The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-05
SENATE WILL HIT
 STRIKE MEASURE
Indications at Present Are That Members Will MOdi.
 fly House Bill
By GEORGE E. REEDY, JR.

United Press Stan CoFrespondent)
 Washington, Dec, b-(UP)-Sen- ator Walter Y. George, D., oaY said today that there could be no sats- factory solution of the defense strike problem until the Wagner labor Fe. lations act is amended to make t flair to both sides"
 "f think all substantial benefits given to labor should Dc preserved but the Wagner act i4 obviously ones sided" George said in on interview, Management iB forbidden to do BeV. erai things under it which good management demands"
 He indicated. however, that it might not De feasible" to raise the question Of amending the net ct this time.
 There are increasing indications that the Senate will greatly modify the House-approved labor bill spon. sored by Rep. Howard W. Smith. D., Va. The measure, one of the most drastic before Congress, was referred to the Senate labor committee seVera! members Of which have said they believed 1t was "too drastic" It was denounced by AFL president WIl- liam Green AS AmericR's first move toward totalitaFlaHiSn."
 Senator Harry P. Byrd, D., Va, who has been pressing for restrictive labor legislation, said he had writ ten Chairman Ebert D. Thomas, D., Utah, of the labor committee. Te. questlng immediate consideration of the Smith bill. Thomas is out of town and determination of commit. tee procedure will be held tip until his return.
 The Smith bill would postpone ef. fectIve strike e,action in defense plants for period Of from 90 to % days following notification by union and would call for goVernmeflt-sup yised secret ballot of all workers cn strike votes. Organization and jur- isdictional strikes would be pro. hibIted.
 Unions would be required to reg ister their membership and financial statements with the government and could not be represented by an ofii- cial who was subversive or had a criminal record. Mediation rnachin. cry would be required in defense labor controversies.
 CIO president Philip Murray joined Green in blasting the Smith bill in formal statements. Both clamied 1t would take from labor the social gains 1t has enjoyed under the present administration.
 Lobbyists Flood Capital
 Senator II. Styles Bridges, R.. N. H., replied that labor lobbyists are descending upon Washington like locusts." He said the unions should cooperate in accepting some form of reasonable legislation or some- thing more drastic may come along" But he concede that the Smith bill probably would be modified in the Senate in favor of combination bill"
 Senator Joseph H. Ball, R., Minn., author of a pending milder media tion bill, served notice that he would flight the Smith bill on the floor" If it gets there.
 Senator James M. Mead, D., N. r., aligned himself with a CIO sug- gestion that the president call a conference of employers and labor unions to work out voluntary for- mula for settling strikes. Tn formal statement, he suggested the estab- lishment of q national emergency labor policy committee" composed of three AFL and three CTO repre- sentatives and six employer repre- sentatives, to set up standards for mediation amid arbitration.