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agement and economy, of a sub
stantial part of its appropriation
by the committee"
Full Study Urged.
The final recommendation of the
committee was that Congress make
q study of the entire field of labor
relations as further and neces-
sary service" to the people of the
country.
THE committee" said the report,
respectfully concludes than when
an administrative agency of the
Government so far forgets its proper
function as to defy the will of Con-
gress, habor and protect avoWed
enemies of constitutional govern
ment, invent and devise legal
(and even unlawful methods of
tormenting and running employees,
foment and perpetuate industrial
strife and oppress and penalize GER
tain labor groups to favor others
then the time has come when the
people of this country must raise
their voices in inSistent protest lest
industrial peace, and with it, the
entire program of national defense,
be jeopardized, and the fundamen-
tai concepts upon which their gov
ernment is based be ultimately and
utterly destroyed"
Board Lobbying" Hit.
Another section of the report GEN.
sured alleged lobbying activities Of
members of the board and its staff.
This lobbying" it said, although
a definite board policy, was not only
ethically obnoxious, but illegal as
well. Primary purposes of these
high pressure methods were % to
forestall attempts to amend the act.
~ to prevent reductions in the
boards appropriation"
The report declared Former Chair
man Madden participated in these
lobbying activities, and had stated
that on several occasions he had
asked prominent union officials to
testify in opposition to amendments
to the act being considered by the
0CiidlC SoliIilltICC OIl LduCdGlOIi dlIO
Labor
Other excertps from the report
read:
THE evidence adduced before
the committee concerning the ac-
tivities of Edwin S. Smith, mem
ber of the National Labor Relations
Board since its establishment in
1885, reveals a disturbing personal
interest in and support OF persons
and organizations known to be op-
posed to the American system of
private enterprise. 1t also shows
that he has actively participated in
organizations, meetings and con-
ferences known or reputed to have
a connection with various radical
front movements"
Bridges Link Cited.
"One association formed by Smith
that had a deleteriouS effect upon
the operations of the board itself
was his connection with the notori-
GUS West Coast c. I. o. leader, Har-
ry Bridges. Bridges has been a
SGOIH III CSilGeI VI COllIIOFclSy 1O1 oCN-
eral years because of alleged Com
munistic beliefs and activities. He
was cleared Of charges of Com
munism in deportation proceedings
conducted by the Labor Department
through a rather remarkable re-
port submitted by Dean Lands,
special master in those proceedings"
while Smith is the member of
the board most notable for his radi-
cal sympathies, Madden also demon
strated decided y jealous favoritism
for radicals and radical movements.
"After an exhaustive investigation.
the committee became concerned
over the expressed political philoso-
ply of David J. Saposs. He was
demonstrated to be a man of very
pronounced leftist tendencies, and
his writings and Affiliations show his
opposition to the American system.
The division which he headed, in a
policy-making capacity, was shown
to have been not only unnecessary
but also maintained in contraven-
ton of the express terms of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act itself"
Times Case Mentioned.
"The sympathy of the National
Labor Relations Board and its en-
ployeS toward Communists mani
tests itself in board decisions. as Is