The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-04-14

| tinians recently 3 ATLANTIC
read in their u OCEAN
newspaper Mott
cias Graficas the
unsubstantiated
report of an outrageous plan:
Germany's Argentine embassy is
said to have advised the Berlin CO.
lonial office that Patagonia is no
body's land and we can annex it
-. Argentina considers it hers on
the basis of outdated political
ideas" Another passage allegedly
said the report was submitted with
''the theoretical supposition that the
whole territory should be annexed
as field for settlement and eco
nomic activity by Germans.
While the German embassy fumed
and denied, all departments of the
Argentine government were ordered
to start investigations. What might
otherwise be an unirnportant issue
may have great effect, for Argentina
alone among South American ma
tons has been loathe to break away
from German trade alliances. If
Patagonia is indeed threatened, Bue-
nos Aires will be quick to seek shell
ter in Pan-American solidarity.
Labor
The unhappy plight of U. S.
ployer-employee relations may be
due either to ~ the Wagner labor
relations act, or (2) American Fed
Grafton of Labor's battle with Con-
gress of Industrial organizations.
Like an impatient school teacher,
both congress and the White House
have resolved to end this squabble,
the White House by sponsoring A. F.
of lie. I. o. peace talks, congress
by amending the Wagner act.
When April II was chosen start
ing date for senate committee hear
ings on Wagner amendments, labor
peace talks were in full bloom. But
SO strong are the workingman's feel
ings about the proposed changes that
many a peace advocate thought
hearings might have been delayed
until labor's warning factions either
make up or draw swords.
To amend the Wagner act, con-
gress can pick from four sets of pro-
posals, all opposed by C. I. O., three
Of them submitted by coherent fac
tons with special interests:
~ BY Massachusetts, Sen. David
I. Walsh, obviously favored by A. F.
of L., which opposes all other pro-
posals: Curtail the national labor
relations boards power to invalidate
union contracts; require NLRB cleo
tons by craft rather than by in
dustrial units; permit employer pc
titions for elections; permit appeals
in representation cases.
(2) BY Nebraska's Sen. Edward
r. Burke, and supported by the po-
tent, strike-weary National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers: Require that
NLRB have representative from Ia
Dor, management and the public;
outlaw deduction Of union dues from
pay envelopes; outlaw coercion"
by either employers or unions; es-
tablish code of unfair labor prac-
tees" for unions as well as en-
ployers; forbid strikes unless a ma
jority of employees approve; require
all union officials to be U. S. citi-
zens; permit transfer of unfair la
Dor practice" charges from NLRB to
federal district court.
(S) BY Oregon's Sen. Rufus Hol-
man: To split NLRB's duties. Adj
ministrative and investigatory pow
er would be vested in a labor rela-
tons commissioner. Final decisions
would be made by nine-member
labor appeals board.
"a BY Kentucky's Sen. M. M. Lo-
gan, supported by the National
Grange and other farm groups: To
extend exemption of agricultural
workers under the Wagner act to
professors and packers Of farm
produce.
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