The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-01

SAssA S~poSS ~sseNe sSrkS
 number around S00,000 annually involving the huge total of e2,- O00,O00,OO0. Of these contracts, about 90 per cent gre for sums in excess Of eiO,00O, thus bringing them within the jurisdiction ot the act.
 The Rub
 The law, for example, affects the $500, ,OO0, 900 which the CCc spends annually for shoes, oloth- ing, food, tools, machinery, motor vehicles.
 It affects Navy contracts Cths Navy Department. incidentally, secretly lobbIed against Che HneasuFe), Army contracts, thO 92gB, ,0O0,0OO spent by Che Pro- curoment Dlvlslon of tho Treas. uEy, and tho gaoe, 0o0,O00 pAld out by the EVA and WPA Ger construction materials.
 And here is the rub for the contractor: The lew authorineB the cancellation of contracts # the labor code regulations are violated.
 New NRA
 The PreSidenta' advisers believe that in the sh.Healey Act there iS the making of . new NRA.
 They base this view on these points: Manufacturers who have to conform to the government labor conditions will be intereSt- cd in seeing that their competitors also como Into Inc. Also, it will bO difficult for . manufacturer to segrate tho workers producing government goods from those turning out the same things for private sale.
 FINALLY, it will eliminate . certain class of gweAt-Bhop plants which moved to cheap labor areas in order to Do able to bid low on government business. Under the old law, the government had to accept the lowest bid regard- less of the conditions under which the materials were produced.
 Strike. Breaking
 Justice Department attorneys, applying their microscopes to the recently enacted law to prevent organized Strike.breaking, have discovered Q two.word flaw which may upset the whole act.
 As Q result, Attorney General Cummings Is not looking forward to any Supreme Court test os tho law And with strikes threatel1- ing in the steel mills lt lS almost certain that he will have to Sace one.
 The law was passed in order to prevent organized bureaus in New York from shipping gangs of armed thugs across state lines to areas where strikes were In prog ress. The lew provides Q ee,O00 fine or two years in jail or both for anyone who shall
 ". knowingly tFanspORS any pers0n in interstate com.
 naerce with intent Co employ such person to ObstFuot or in.
 terfcFO with peaceful pickOSlng during labor controversies, oNe." Peaceful Plcketlng???
 Passage Of this, sponsored by the United Textile Workers, was considered Q great break for lAbor. Political prestige of South Care l!nAS Senator Jimmy 4yrn0s, sponsor of the measure, went up tremendously.
 law may wreck the whole thing. It is tho phrase ''peacesuI plck- etlng."
 It now develops that there is no uniform definition os peace" ful picketing. In one state it may Do walking In an orderly manner ten feet apart" In another, bAn- ners arc prohibited. Tn another, there must bo no noise.
 Tho result iS that factories still can Import strike-breakers e long as they do not interfere with peaceful picketing-whetever that may Do.
 Merry.G Go.Round
 The death of Senator Bronson Cutting in ara airplane accident !a being made an anti.New Deal issue In New Mexico. The Santa Fe New Mexican, the newspaper which Cutting bequeathed to c friend, is charging that the Roosevelt spoils system Killed Cutting" The PWAs low- cost housing project in Oklahoma City will b0 known as "Will Rog- CTS Courts" In honor of the lato late humofist and actor ... Tho Administration has just scored an important legal victory ct the hands of U. s. District Judge John McNary, brother of Senator Charles McNAry, republican 9leTo leader. Judge MoNary, in . de- cision handed down in Portland. oregon, upheld the constitution ality of the Taylor Grazing Act. giving the government complete authority oevr ell gsaeeable lands on the public domain except these iIl the forest reserves.
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