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Labor Asks BRTers Urged Roads Snub

By STAFF CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON -- A program of action adopted by the United Labor Conference has the unqualified support of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

President Kennedy called upon all Brotherhood members to get behind labor's all-out drive for a fair deal for all Americans in the defense mobilization program.

This plan of action asks union members:

1. To enlist cooperation in support of this anti-inflation program from all community organizations which support our democratic institutions and are devoted to the anti-totalitarian objectives of America's defense program.

2. To promote public meetings, radio and television programs, speeches before community groups and other appropriate means of alerting every citizen to the need for improved defense mobilization and anti-inflation policies.

3. To forward letters, telegrams, petitions and memorials to President Truman and members of Congress in support of the principle of equal sacrifice and fair play in the mobilization program.

Our first objective is the improvement of the Defense Production Act.

4. To help establish local consumer committees thru which the people may be fully advised of the developments in Washington. Violations of price regulations may be publicized, and to cooperate with public-spirited merchants for local anti-inflation programs.

5. To encourage authorized delegations from labor and other groups to seek appointments with senators and congressmen to set forth the problems of the consumer.

6. To secure the widest publicity thru the labor press and, if necessary, thru the purchase of local radio time and newspaper space, for the voting record of senators and congressmen on major bills affecting the fight against inflation and for a better defense mobilization program.