The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

Wish 1t Was Back -. vote
Proves Recovery Plan Was
: Popular With Many {.
: Labor Law Will Get Early
; Test in Supreme Court /.
!. All the Credit for ROOse-
: velt's Election Isn't Due to
: Unions.
y washington, Nov. l2.--The 10
members OF the Schechter family,
kheir name made famous by the
o. 8. supreme court decision which
Killed MIRA at Joe Schechters be-
Hest, ell voted for Roosevelt and
announced they wanted new NRA.
2 Jacob Mayed, the tailor who went
kriefiy 70 jail for violating New
Jersey state compliance law, and
chose mishap was loudly mourned
~ republican orators as q horrible
Example Of New Deal persecution
e O little pants-presser, has tele-
Sraphed the president that his bust
hess Ii bad and that "only NRA
Jan restore IT,"
. These incidents. prove. moth
ing. But they NJ In neatly with
- fact Of which this writer and
either observers discovered repeat
aed evidence during the campaign
e--thst NRA was still far more
popular than most politicians sup
opposed.
Low income groups which
.sleaped into the } landslide for
Roosevelt c0nspicuOiisly includ-
sing employees Of hotels, stores, res
s.taurants, and other service trades
still had pleasant memories Of
~. 30 did some substantial groups
.pf not very big business men.
1T Is very doubtful whether
Governor Landon's various at
tacks and challenges to Roosevelt
rs 10 MIRA did him any good.
/. Roosevelt In his New York
apeech promised continued effort
Tor higher wages, shorter hours,
che end of child labor and sweat
ghops--all prime MIRA detectives.
!. And organized labor, claiming
10 have elected him, will vocifer-
Dusty demand the fulfillment Of
those promises through national
aagiglation, although no one Is now
HaekeStiiag o revival Of MIRA In It's
Did form.
Showdown on Labor Law
h w O burning question whether
the supreme court, In the face Of
Roosevelt popular plurality Of more
than 10000 900 and an army Of UNI
Employed even larger, would care 10
Invaiidate q new law providing
maximum hours as on employment
Npreader.
. New Dealers plan TO rush q
labor issue before the court at
1nce, with test cases Of the Wag-
iier labor relations act, which
guarantees collective bargaining
and freedom TO organize. It's
splanned TO put the issue up In such
y way that the court must decide
definitely whether the act Is con-
stitutional or not.
= The idea II 10 get . decision be.
: fore congress meets; then, II the
= declsion IL unfavorable, 10 walt
=, for public reaction ~ guide 10
= the next step.
:. There's q growing feeling
~amOng many Observation-Disclosures
Z, that o constitutional amendment
-couId quickly be damned through
= congress and the state legisla-
!. lures, but few could agree on the
wording of such amendment
. On the other hand, despite
agreement that Roosevelt Is rid
sing high, there's less talk about
-'packing" the court with extra
Justices than there was q year ago.
= Maximum hours and minimum
wage legislation will be intro
Iluced, In any event. II that Is
.heid unconstitutional, the admin
5stration may be expected 10 try
10 take care Of those problems IN
sa bill licensing corporations, al
though the time Of the drive for
-bucf law Is now uncertain-as Is
~thc case with many other matters
in q period during which Roose-
.yelt intends to let things simmer.
All Credit Isn't Due Labor
= Roosevelt owes a lot 10 organ
9zed labor. But not everything, az
sOne might gather from recent utter
sances Of certain labor leaders.
The Lewis Hillinan- Berry Labors
Non Partisan league organized
~thousands Of precincts, distributed
millions Of pieces OF literature, and
delivered hundreds Of thousands
sand probably millions Of votes.
But when you consider the plu-
-Tralities, you'll find plenty Of room
-for speculation as TO how many
votes the labor unions got for
Roosevelt and how many nc went
-out and got for himself.
The American labor party,
= fuuctioning as the L. N. r. l.. In
New York state. was amazingly
effective In getting 100000 cleo
- tors 10 vote for Roosevelt and
= Governor Lehman ON It's own
z ticket. But RoOsevelt's New York
!. plurality was 100000 and he
y would seem far more indebted
z had his margin been In the neigh
= horhOod Of the A. l.. r. vote.
y Labor can take much credit
also for the 665. 900 plurality In
.sPennsylvania. 10000 in Illinois
100000 In Ohio. 100000 In Michi-
Tgan and some others.
! Roosevelt will be very sympa-
thetic TO union labor and will seek
TO retain its support. But 1t can
tie s.raSliafaa that lahar laadars