Evening star., 1943-06-27
BY the Associated Press.

Editorial comment on the Con-
gress vote to override President
Roosevelts veto of the anti-strike
bill included:
New York Times-The whole i'm
plication Of the Presidents veto mes
sage was that, apart from the pro-
vision for inducting strikers up to
IS years of age into "noncombatant
military service" no labor legisla-
ton was needed at this time. The
fact is that thorough. revision of
the labor legislation of the last 10
years has become imperative.
New York Herald Tribune-It was
a whiplash response which may have
parallels in American political his
tory but, If so, we can't recall them
And the American people can be
happy in the outcome as an express
sion of congressional independence.
The Christian Science Monitor
CONGRESSES slap-bang overriding of
President Roosevelt's veto of the
Smith -Connally anti-strike bill is
fair gauge of the national temper
in the wake of coal stoppages. This
dramatically sharp and almost nom
partisan action should serve to warn
the President that he must take
bolder, faster, better co-ordinated
steps along the home front or ex-
pect that Congress will continue to
run with the bit between its teeth.
Chicago Tribune-The great sig
nificance of the overriding of the
Presidents veto of the anti-strike
bill is that Congress has at last re-
asserted the principles of the re-
public.
Milwaukee Journal. President
Roosevelt's veto was the voice of
those labor politicians who have
been in control in Washington for
II years. The sudden, blazing re-
volt in Congress which repassed the
bill over his veto, was the voice of
the people as a whole saying that
this dominance of the American
wartime situation by one group must
be ended.
San Francisco Chronicle.-The
American people are tired of the
President playing politics with the
war. The votes in Congress to
override his veto = are plain evi-
dence of that. We thought
and still think some of the provi-
sions OF the anti-strike bill are OBJ
jectionable. But no one is more to
blame than the President for the
fact that they are now embedded in
the law of the land.
Denver PoSt-Congress repudiated
the labor dictatorship which Pres
ident Roosevelt has tried to fasten
upon the Nation. 1t demonstrated
in no uncertain fashion that, in a
crisis, 1t can muster up enough cour-
age to break loose from the Presi-
dents political apron strings and
truly represent the people it was
elected to represent.
Salt Lake Tribune-This unprece-
dented celerity in Congressional
action was the direct result of John
L. Lewis definance of duly consti-
tuted Federal authority in the set
tlement of wage controversies and
his subversive indifferences to the
pressing needs of men on the battle
fronts of the earth.
Atlanta Journal-One fact stands
out above all the partisanship that
has been eXerted. The American
people want the war prosecuted on
the home ficnt with the same fidei-
lty to the national interest as is
required of the Army and the Navy,
They will not tolerate a defiance OF
the majesty of the Nation. In max
ing that plain, the Smith Connallv
bill serves distinct and needed
purpose.
The (Memphis) Commercial Ap-
peal-It is deplorable that the Presi-
dent would not see that the
Nation wanted fortnight action to
check the rebellious labor leaders,
We can be hopeful that the rebuke
the people gave him for his vacil-
lating on the home front will make
him reconsider the handling of some
of the other problems.
Nashville Tennessean - Through
this courageous action. a far step
was taken toward restoring the dig
nifty of law and order in the midst
OF growing uncertainty and threat
ened chaos.
Los Angeles Times-Not since its
inception has the Roosevelt admin
istration suffered a more significant
defeat the veto message made
1t painfully clear that Mr.. Roose-
velt still clings to his 10-year policy
OF union bootlicking, regardless of
the demands of war and the ma
tional safety.
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Iruculent gentry of the John Lewis
type did not believe that Congress
ever would dare to approve an anti
strike bill. But Congress has ap-
proved such a law and has forced
1t over the Presidents veto. .
What they considered impossible
has been done with a will.
Portland (Oreg) Oregonian-The
emergency that demanded action
was as plain to the President and
as early as it was plain to the Con-
gress. There will be inescapable
inference in the public mind that
he attempted to use the bill for
trading purposes-as threat over
the head of Lewis and his miners
to coerce them back to the mines :,
Mr.. Roosevelt stimulated the already
widespread decline of public conf