The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-02-16
Block Attempt To
Shelve Labor Act
To Continue Hearings After
Disposing Of Proposed
Wdge-Hour Law
(By Ohio Labor News Service)


Columbus, O.-In an Executive ses-
sion" skirmish, an effort to postpone
further hearings in the House Labor
Committee on House Bill No. Ga, Gre
ating a state labor relations act, until
other bills have been heard was de-
feated when the Committee approved
motion by Representative Ralph H.
Shellhouse, Dayton, to resume hear
ings on the bill following disposition
Of the proposed wage-hour law meas
ure.
Hearings on the latter measure, in
troduced as House Bill No. 65 by Rep
resentative William H. Whetro, Iron
ton, who is also the author Of the
BABY Wagner Act" proposal, were be-
gun Wednesday, February Is.
The suggestion to postpone further
hearings on the labor relations bill
was made by Representative l.. H.
Myers, Lima, Chairman Of the Com
mittee, who first proposed that the
group give him the right to say when
hearings would be resumed.
When he failed to get support on
that suggestion, Chairman Myers
urged that hearings on the bill be de-
ferred until other bills referred to the
Committee had been heard. This pro-
posal also fell on deaf ears.
Representative Whetro then moved
that the bill be reported out to the
Finance Committee, where it must be
considered before being recommended
for passage due to an appropriation
section. This motion was defeated by
vote of ten to four.
The motion Of Representative Shell
house, which also provides that final
hearing on the bill will be limited to
one morning and eyening session, was
then adopted.
A number of employers and employ
er representatives appeared in opposi-
ton to the proposed labor relations act
at the hearings last week, and each
tried to impress the Committee mem
bers with the fact that employers do
not want their employees to have law
specifically guaranteeing them the
right to join unions of their own choos-
ing for the purpose of bargaining col
ectively.
Among those who appeared against
the bill were Don r. Martin, secretary
| Of the Ohio Manufacturers Associa-
ton; Clan Crawford, Cleveland, of the
law firm Of Squires, Sanders and
Dempsey, representing the Legislative
committee Of the OMA; j. w. Deffen-
baugh, Lancaster, representing the
Acknowledging Glass Co.; H. C. At
kinson, of the Akron Chamber of Com
merce; James G. Manley, representing
the Industrial Association of Cincn-
natl; Andrew S. Ormsby, Akron, rep
resenting the Laundry Owners Asso.
citation; Chester Nikodym, represent
ing the Associated Industries, Cleve-
land, and Ralph G. Ward, Industrial
Director of the Ohio Chamber of Com.
merce.
Although there are number of i'm
portant labor-sponsored bills awaiting
hearing by the House Labor Commit
tee, Chairman Myers has confined
meetings of the Committee to date tc
morning and evening sessions on We'd
nesday of each week.
House Bill No. Ga is the only meas.
ure to be given hearing by the Com.
mittee since the Legislature has beer
in session. Representative Whetro
Chairman of the Labor Committee ii
the 92nd General Assembly, pointed
out that at least five hearings were
held each week two years ago to en-
able the Committee to consider al
bills assigned to it.