Hoffa Calls for labor March on Washington I Survil -Against( New Legislation LANSING Mich Jan 30 Teamsters Union President James it Hoff a otayTfek giant labor march--on Washington to wage a "battle for survival" against legislation he said is designed to destroy the working mans rights a blistering two-hour speech before some 200 officers of Michigan building trades unions Hoff a said his union will back an effort to get hundreds of thousands of unionists to converge on the nation's capital in March He described proposed legislation introduced in Congress to regulate the organization of labor unions and their collective bargaining as "garbage" and its sponsors ks "bums" Won't Get Backing "Let me say there will be no labor unions if this legislation goes through" he said "This is survival or the destruction of those who cannot fight" In Washington a spokesman for the AFL-CIO made it clear Hoffa couldn't count on any federation support for a labor protest march on Washington Also in Washington Harold Gibbons Teamsters No 2 man as the imion's executive vice president said that if bonding companies continue to refuse to renew Teamsters Union officials' bonds the union will bring legal action charging a Government conspiracy to influence bonding firms against the Teamsters Union officials are required by law to be bonded Hoffa has claimed that Atty Gen Robert Kennedy has pressured the bonding firms not to sell bonding protection to the Teamsters The Justice Department reiterated last night it had no comment on Hoffa's claims Probe Demanded Hoffa has written the chairman of both the Senate and House Labor Committees demanding an investigation of the action of bonding companies in declining to extend the Teamsters bonding coverage said the proposed legislation would set labor back to the position it held in 1932 "What we need" he shouted "is a return to the spirit of or-against the labor bills The Teamster chief predicted a product of this year's Congress could be a "hybrid" labor bill drawing on legislation already introduced by Rep Dave Martin (R Neb) Sen John McClellan (D Ark) and Sen Barry Goldwater (R Ariz) Leaders Invited Union leaders from all over the nation will be invited to Washing- ton to help develop strategy against labor bills Hon charged that organised labor "has lost its guts" in the face of what he said were threats by the Federal Government to use subpenas and make frequent investigations Atty Gen Kennedy he said "has generated fear among labor leaders worse than the SS troops of Hitler" it a '-i------7---'---------- Survlial Again-----'4-d u77--'-7---'z7 (: New Legislation LANsuicmich Jam 30 tr Teimsters Union President James -1t 4 -Holt te' -1: 7 giant labor march on Washington to wage- a "battle for survival" against legislation he said is de- signed to destroy the worldog man I 's rights In a blistering two-hour speech before some 200 officers of Midi- gait building trades unions Hoffa said his union will back an effort to get hundreds of thousands of liniOniStS to converge on the na- tion's capital in March He described proposed legisla- tion introduced in Congress to the regulate organization of labor unions and their collective bar- gaining as "garb" and its spon- $ors ha age Won't Get Backing "Let me say there will be no labor unions if this legislation goes through" he said This is survival-either survival or the destruction of those who cannot fight" In Washington a spokesman for the AFL-C10 made it dear Hoffa couldn't count on any fed- eration support for a labor pro- test march on Washington Also in Washington Harold Gib- bons Teamsters No 2 man as the imion's executive vice president said that if bonding companies continue to refuse to renew Teamsters Union officials' bonds the union will bring legal action charging a Government con- sphacy to influence bonding firms against the Teamsters Union officials are required by law to be bonded Hoffa has claimed that Atty Gen Robert Kennedy has pressured the bonding finns not to sell bonding it protection to the Teamsters The Justice Department reiterated last night it had no comment on Hoffa's claims Probe Demanded Hoffa has written the chai rman of both the Senate and House a Labor Committees demanding an investigation of the action of bond- big companies in declining to ex- tend the Teamsters bonding coy erage Hoffa said the proposed legisla- tion would set labor back to the position it held in 1932 "What we need" he shouted "is a return to the spirit of or- ageing the labor bills The Teamster chief predicted a product of this year's Congress could be a "hybrid" labor bill drawing on legislation already in- (R Neb) Sen John McClellan troduced by Rep Dave Martin (D Ark) and Sen Barry Gold- water (R Ariz) Leaders Invited Union leaders from all over the nation will be invited to Washing- ton to help develop strategy against labor bills Hon charged that organized labor "has lost its guts" in the face of what he said were threats by the Federal Govern ment to use subpenas and make frequent investigations Atty Gen Kennedy he said "has generated fear among labor leaders worse than the SS troops of Hitler" 0 a calls for
