Memorandum of Meeting with Secretary of State Dean Acheson and the American Federation of Labor's International Labor Relations Committee

ARCHIVES SERVICEM RECORDS NATIONAL AND 54566 68 BERVICEM AND 9, 1949 Meeting of the American Federation of Labor's International Labor Relations Committee with the Secretary. The Secretary, Mr. Lucius Battle, s/s, Mr. Cleon 0, Swayzee, ILS Department of State. Mr. William Green, President, Mr. George Delaney, Int'1 Repre- Mr. George Meany, Secy. Treasurer sentative Mr. Matthew Woll, Chairman, Inter- Mr. william Doherty, Vice- national Labor Relations Committee President Miss Forence Thorn, Economist Mr. Jay Lovestone, Int'1 Consultant (All of the American Federation of Labor) ITP NEA - Mr. Sattherwaite s/s FE - Mr. Butterworth EUR - MR. Hickerson E - Mr. Nitze ARA - Mr. Deniels Mr. Woll read a prepared statement which included the following six recommendations: 1. That this Government provide arms and enter into a defensive military alliance against totalitarian aggression which may threaten friendly nations in Europe, Asia or elsewhere, In this connection they gave strong endorsement to the projected North Atlantic Pact. 2. That the United States delegation to the United Nations should give full support to the IF of L's 1948 Convention resolution which would make it "a crime against international law and an act of aggression against the peace /for/ any government to organize or support (directly or indirectly) any fifth column of fifth column activities in any country with which it is at peace. n Recent arrests in Now York were cited. 3. That the Western Zones in Germany be integrated into an independent German state and that greatest care should be taken to avoid the assignnent of "friends and supporters of German militarism and nazism" to posts of managerial responsibility in the Ruhr iron and steel operations. They proposed further that with respect to the Ruhr both American and bona fide German free trade unionists be accorded adequate representation in its management. 4. That this Government condemn assaults against human liberty in France Spain by indiscriminate arrests and executions of free trade unionists and genuine liberals; and that this Government make clear its disapproval of all proposals to DECLASSIFIED lend E.O. 10501 ESTRICTRO