The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-04-13
Sfufus of Labor
Legislation Now
Conference Topic
Ohio ALL. Railroad Union
Representatives Meet
On Call
(By Ohio Labor News Service)

three weeks remaining of the regular
session of the 93rd General Assembly,
representatives of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and Railroad Union
Brotherhoods in Ohio were to meet
again April II at the call of Secre-
tary-Treasurer Thomas j. Donnelly Of
the Ohio State Federation of Labor, to
consider the status of labor legislation
pending before the Assembly.
A meeting called Tuesday, April
a, was adjourned with action post
poned until April II by the following
representatives Of labor organizations
who attended:
President M. J. Lyden, Ohio State
Federation of Labor; John w. Jockel,
State Conference of Bricklayers; !;
Arnold Bill, State Council of Carpen-
ters; Secretary Charles j. Case, Ohio
State Building and Construction
Trades Council; John Rohrich, Cleve-
land Federation of Labor.
R. B. Ackerman, Brotherhood of Lo-
comotive Firemen and Enginemen;
Robert T. Farley, International Print
ing Pressmens' Union; Don Courtney,
Allied Printing Trades Council; c. w.
Vance, Order of Railway Conductors !;
William Rasey, Brotherhood of Rail-
way Trainmen; Albert Haubrock,
Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway and Motor Coach
Employees; William r. Latiner, Ohio
Firefghters' Association, and Secre-
tary-Treasurer Donnelly.
Purpose of the conferences was to
discuss a course of action to follow in
an endeavor to secure the enactment
of labor legislation pending before the
General Assembly, which has not
taken action on any measure spon-
sored solely by labor in over three
months Of sessions.
Included in the measures awaiting
legislative action are bills which are
part OF the Legislative program of
the Ohio State Federation Of Labor
and which conform to Republican
Party platform pledges. A number of
other measures sponsored by various
state craft organizations with the
support of the State Federation are
also pending.
Labor bills sponsored by the Ohio
State Federation of Labor and their
status as the General Assembly ad-
journed last week include:
Regulating labor injunctions: House
Bill 16-House Judiciary Committee,
Senate Bill 264-Senate Judiciary
Committee.
Amendments to prevailing rate of
wages law; Senate Bill 63-Recom-
mended for passage, on Senate Gen
eral Calendar since March Ia.
State Labor Relations Act: House
Bill 64-Sub-committee of House La
Dor Committee, considered killed.
Forty hour week on public works
House Bill 29-Recommended for
passage, on House General Calendar
since March 20.
Changing name of Ohio Department
of Industrial Relations to Ohio De-
partment Of Labor: House Bill 237-
Recommended for passage, on House
General Calendar since March 20.
Clarifying duties of Regional Claims
Boards of Industrial Commission: Sen
ate Bill 118-Recommended for pass
age, on Senate General Calendar since
March %; House Bill 58S-House Ju-
dietary Committee.
State Wages and Hours Bill: House
Bill 65-lndefnitely postponed by
House Labor Committee.
Outlawing private police during la
Dor disputes: House Bill 41-House
Labor Committee since January "a,
no hearings.
Regulating private detective agen-
cies: House Bill 212-House Judiciary
Committee since March 13, no hear
ings.
Agreed employer-employe amend
ments to the workmen's compensation
law: Senate Bill 131-Passed by Sen
ate without amendment; House Bill
400-Passed by House with amend
ment on floor contrary to agreed
amendment, motion to reconsider laid
on table.