The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-05-30
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i jority in scores of factories AM
plants. Thus, the A. F. Of L. en-
countered an unexpected obstacle.
i Now Senator Wagner, whose rad
ical tendencies are well known, haI
attempted to give the Blue Eagl
some claws by enactment Of the la
Dor disputes bill and the creation
Of q separate labor relation board
| The measure as it passed the sen.
\ ate makes it unfair" for employ.
ers to do any of the following:
1. To interfere with, or to coercs
employees, in the exercise Of col.
lective bargaining through repre-.
sentatives of their own choosing.
2. To dominate or to interfere
with the formation or administers
talon of any labor organization OF
to contribute financially or aid in
the support Of 1t.
8. To encourage or discourage the
membership in any labor organiza-
ton my discrimination.
4. To discriminate against any
employee for filing charges or CIV
ing testimony under the proposed
act.
5. To refuse to bargain collective
ly with representatives of their en-
ployees.
No prohibition against labor agi-
tators are to be found in the legis-
lation. From all Of the debate and
committee hearings which I have
examined, it appears that business
interests were fighting the 1egisla-
ton not only because of the handi-
caps lit places upon them but as
much for the reason that it repre-
sents an entering wedge for labor
agitators in all commercial lines.
There seems to be no doubht that
when an employer Is prohibited
from driving labor agitators away,
he is handicapped in attempting to
maintain industrial peace with his
own workers on whatever terms they
deemp roper.
Hits Small Employers
If the legislation creating the la
Dor relations board is bad for big
employers Of labor it seems likely
to be worse in the smaller commun-
tiles where employers of small
number Of workers constitute the
majority Of industrial lines. I mean
by that, there Is usually more
skilled labor available in larger In
duStrial communities than In small
town orS rural areas. That being
true, the employer in a larger COM
munity has an opportunity to re-
place workers who are dissatisfied
or who have yielded to the influ-
ence of labor agitators, whereas the
small town employer Of labor can
not always replace workers who
would rather be idle than accept
terms which paid labor leaders tell
the workers are not proper.
Further, the legislation will put
organized labor deeper into poll
tees than it has ever been. It will
make elections depend largely In
stead Of just partially on the atti-
tude of congressman or a sena-
tor toward labor questions. In addi-
ton, the discussion I hear indi-
Gates definite fear on the part of
some political leaders that the paid
organizers in labor circles will
themselves become political as well
as economic dictators.
Ugly Rumor Spreads
It begins to appear that the farm
ers' march on Washington m ay
bring a bareback on the admins
tration. Certainly, opponents Of the
administration are not going to let
President Roosevelt, Secretary Wal
lace and Agricultural Administers