The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-19

said:
Tbeen reported for permanent legisla'
ton both in the House and in the
Senate. The vice of the continued
appropriation is that under the guist
Of preventing discrimination, bust
ness will be hampered and harassed
Places Of business may be entered
without probable cause, and bust
nessmen may be summoned to pro-
duce their books and their records In
distant parts of the country, and
they may be required to defend
proceedings against them far away
from their places of business OF
places Of residence. There are nc
qualifications for the agents or agen-
cies. They may be social dreamers
They may not believe in the COM
petitive system or in free enterprise.
Grave injustices will be done. Inef-
ficiences will result. The centralized
bureaucratic control, especially OF
the small businessman with six or
more employees, is enough to con-
denim the proposal. The great objec-
ton is that the proposal will regi-
ment and destroy small business.
H. r. 2232.S. lol
The above bills have been report
ed to the House and to the Senate
They undertake to implement the
Executive order establishing the
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice and to make it permanent
law with power and authority to en-.
force. AS is commonly said, the bill
has teeth in Il to enforce the find
ings of the Committee. The bill dele
gates to a Federal agency dangerous
powers Of RECOMMENDATION over mil
lions Of citizens. Its orders and de.
cisions are really final
Many otherwise good men and
organizations are petitioning for the
passage of the act. They do moi
anow the contents of the bill. They
have been misled by the name and
by the title.
A minister of the gospel recently
wrote to a Member of the House
asking him to sign the petition fol
he discharge of the Rules Commit
e on the above House bill. The
.ien-her of the House, in answer,
advised The minister as to the pro-
visions of the bill, as to the vast
powers of the Commission its un-
equalled authority, its RECOMMENDATION
of all businessmen with six or more
employees, and its farcial appeals
The minister promptly wrote back
TO the Member Of the House that he
never dreamed the bill contained
The provisions for fine and imprison-
ment without a trial by jury, the
summary provisions for contempt,
and generally the power to control
all employees by hiring and dis
charge. He congratulated the Mem
Der Of the House in not signing the
petition for discharge, and urged
him to vote against passage of the
bill. The same situation applies to
many others who have endorsed the
bill, They believe in fair employ
ment, but they do not know that
under the guise of the name of Fair
Employment Practice there is the
power to destroy the businessmen
Of the country, and especially the
small businessmen. The large busi
ness firm is able to take care of it
self. These firms are familiar will
labor problems, They have thei.
lawyers, The small businessman ha
trouble enough with bureaucrac.
now. There are too many investi
gators. The crux of the pending bill
IS that it will absolutely paralyz
small business,
The argument that the bill nipple
t ments fair labor practice is pur
hypocrisy. The bill takes away tn
| right that every American enjoys G
choosing his own employees. 1t sub
! jects the employer to the charge G
prejudice and discrimination ever
time he hires or discharges. But ths
!. is not all. 1t makes the charge
l criminal offense and at the sam
time deprives the citizen of the rigf
/ of trial by jury. No bill should dc
( prive the citizen of the right of tri;
: by jury in a criminal prosecution.
: The House Bill
- The bill provides for a Comm:
: sion to be composed of five men
bers at salaries of $4,000 annual,
r 1t defines as an unfair ~employmer
practice the refusal to hire any ind
vidual because OF race, creed, colo