Evening star., 1941-11-25
StrikeCurbB Bill
Ordered Ready
By Friday
Romspeek WiIIWrite
Measure Bused on
Presidents Views


day instructed Representative RAM
speck, Democrat, of Georgia. one OF
its members. to prepare by Friday
new bill to control defense strikes
based on President Roosevelt's rec
concentrations for coOling-off pc
riods and compulsory arbitration.
Following the Presidents sueges-
tions made last night at White
House conference with II House
members and Federal officials. Mr..
Ramspeck himself made the recon-
mendation for quick action and said
later his proposals would call for
this procedure:
Successive steps of collective bar
gaining under existing laws. con-
citation, mediation and possibly a
fourth step of compulsory arbitra-
ton"
Recommended Quick Legislation.
At the same time. Speaker Ray
burn said at his press conference
that the White House conferences
strongly recommended that some
kind of legislation be enacted quick
ly-"but not something that will
take the hair off of anything"
Mr.. Ramspeck said he might In
clude in his bill provisions that both
sides in labor dispute must submit
to compulsory arbitration AS last
resort. with the added stipulation
that workers who did not abide by
An arbitration boards decision would
be deprived OF their rights under
such labor laws as the Wagner
Labor Relations and Norris-La
Guardia Acts.
The Georgian expressed the
opinion that present laws were
adequate to justify the Government
taking over defense plant if the
employer disregarded the board S
recommendation but he said it
might be we'll TO write that into
this law
Debate to Begin Monday.
Speaker Rayburn said that pres
ent plans still called for debate on
labor legislation to begin next Mon.
day but he said there was no way
Of knowing now in just what form
the legislation might be
Meanwhile. Undersecretary OF the
Navy ~Trestal told a Senate sub
committee that last winters Allis
Chalmers strike was being felt in
current delays of from two to six
months in the construction of a
number of destroyers and cruisers.
Mr.. Forrestal testified at Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee hearings in
support Of a bill by Senator Con-
nally. Democrat, of Texas, to au-
thorize the Government to take over
defense plants tied up by labor dis
putes.
For rs days last winter Mr.. For
restal said fraudulent and ad-
mittedly illegal strike" at Allis
Chalmers held up production OF cer-
tain propulsion machinery.
Machinery Is Lacking.
AS a result, he told the committee.
hulls of number of vessels were
ready while needed machinery was
not
He expressed the opinion that the
Navy could have taken over the
Allis-Chalmers plant and restored
production on the third day of the
strike if the Connally bill had been
in effect.
Mr.. Forrestal said the Nation
would not tolerate such strikes as
the Allis- Chalmers or jurisdictional
disputes among or within labor un-
ions.
I'VE have no time to waste" he
told the committee. I'VE cannot. as
in normal and unemergency times.
sit and wait for the composition of
differences between employer and
labor by any method that rests solely
upon a test of strength. France
tried that and fell.
The country faces actual and po-
tential dangers 1t has enemies who
believe with scorn and contempt
that our democratic processes will
fail in the stress of action. We must
(See LABOR LAWS, Page A-30