Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-20
EARLY TEST SEEN
ON WAGNER BILL
Measure Is Rushed Through
House Over Cries of Gun
constitutional"
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOCldtcu EEeoSs
An early test in the Supreme Court
of the Wagner labor disputes bill,
creating a permanent National Labor
Relations Board, appeared likely to-
day after its victorious sweep through
the House.
Cries of demonstrations" were
raised time and again during the
eight hours of debate yesterday. but
in the end it was damned through
without even standing vote and
sent to the Senate for concurrence in
amendments.
william Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, hailed
the passage of the bill as a Magma
Charta of labor" He and other labor
leaders had renewed demands for its
passage when N. r. A., with its col
lective bargaining guarantee, was
swept away by the Supreme Court.
They were confronted by organ
lied business groups and some indus
trialiSts who fought its passage
through Congress. 1t was generally
expected that foes of the bill would
take the issue to the highest court.
Connery Is Confident.
Just before shouts of Vote, " 'vote, E"
rang through the House chamber early
last night, Chairman Connery Of the
Labor Committee, said:
I'VE have no fears for the bill on
constitutional grounds"
But Representative Lehlbach. Re-
publican, of New Jersey, asserted the
bill sis manifestly unconstitutional"
Before passage, the bill was amend
ed to make the new Labor Board an
independent agency instead Of part Of
the Labor Department. Another
amendment adopted would prevent
employees In one plant from calling on
those in another in the same industry,
but owned by a different employer,
for help in forcing through collective
bargaining agreements.
Connery predicted the latter amend
meut would be stricken out in the
Senate.
Among other provisions, the bill:
Sets up a permanent National La
Dor Relations Board with quasi-judi-
cial powers.
Guarantees the rights Of workers to
bargain collectively.
Gives workers full freedom to or
ganize without intimidation" from
employers.
Designates representatives chosen
by a majority in plant as lepre-
sentatives of all in collective bar
gaining, but reserves the right Of in
dividuals or small groups to present
grievances.
Names five unfair labor practices, !"
viols tions of which makes emIioyers
subject to orders by the Labor Board
to cease and 6esist," with the al
tentative of appealing to the courts.
Practices Defined.
The practices are defined as:
To interfere with or coerce employees
in self-organization or collective bar
gaining.
To dominate, interfere with or con-
tribute funds toward a labor oryaniza-
ton.
To discriminate in hiring or firing
in order to encourage or discourage
a labor organization.
To discharge or discriminate against
an employee because he has given EVIL
dence under the terms of the bin.
To refuse to bargain collectively.
A proposal by Representative RAM
speck, Democrat, of Georgia, which
was adopted, provided that employe
units designated by the board shall not
include workers of more than one
employer.
Three times the House turned aside
an attempt to write into the bill q
clause that would forbid unions from
coercing workers into joining unions
or into striking. That was the So
called Tydings amendment, which the
Senate likewise thrust aside when
offered by Senator Tydings, Democrat,
of Maryland, before the bill was sent
to the House.
Just before final action, Connery
won approval for a section that de-
clares that nothing in the measure
shall be construed as interfering with
freedom of the press as guaranteed
under the Constitution.