Evening star., 1945-10-22


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By ]. A. FOX.
The White House today an
nounced the appointment of
Judge Walter P. Stacy of Will
mington, N. c., as presiding
officer of the Labor Management
Conference, which opens No.
vember S.
Judge Stacy, so, has been presio-
ing judge of the North Carolina
Supreme Court since 1925 and has
served as the Government repre-
sentative in labor matters for many
years.
At present he is a member Of
the National Railway Labor Panel
set up as a war agency to handle
rail labor disputes. He also has
been an associate member of the
War Labor Board and in 1941 served
as an alternate member of the
National Defense Labor Board
predecessor of the WLB.
Truman Studies Wage Policy.
At the same time Judge Stacy's
appointment was announced, Eben
Ayers, assistant White House press
secretary, told newsmen he did not
know when President Truman's
prospective statement on wages and
prices would be forthcoming.
Mr.. Truman called in several Of
his top advisers today for further
discussion of the statement. Sum-
moned to meet him at $3.50 pm.
were Secretary of the Treasury Vim
son, Secretary of the Navy ForreStal
and Secretary of Agriculture Ander-
son; Edward C. Moran, jr., Second
Assistant Secretary of Labor; Eco
nomic Sterilization Director John c.
Collett and OPA Director Bowles.
The President originally had
hoped to have something to say
about new Government policy after
the Cabinet meeting last Friday,
The statement still is being worked
over, Mr.. Ayers said
He added that Mr.. Truman
planned to devote much time be-
tween. now and November to PLAN
ming Tor the Labor -Manage cement
Conference which is expected to set
up new machinery for handling labor
disputes, serving along the lines that
| the WLB did in wartime.
/ Mr.. Ayers said the President would
confer with many of those who are
going to participate in this session.
Ramspeck Offers Plan.
Meanwhile, the wage-and-price
issue brought more congressional
discussion.
/ Representative Ramspeck, DEM
ocrat, of Georgia, majority whip
and acting chairman of the House
Labor Committee, proposed legisla-
tion patterned after that under
which the railroad brotherhoods
operate-a prohibition against strik-
ing pending 6o-day cooling off"
period.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, Of
Louisiana, suggested, however,
that Congress sidetrack all labor
legislation for six months and let
labor and industry shake down"
into stable postwar relationship.
Three Major Principles.
The Ramspeck plan for settling
labor disputes is based on three
major principles:
l. If disputes cannot be settled by
collective bargaining the President
/ should name three-member i'm
partial board to make a fact-find-
ing study and submit recommends
tions.
! g Strikes be forbidden during the
period the board is investigating the
controversy.
8. The boards recommendations
should not pe binding, but should
be stated forcefully so that public
opinion would be brought to bear
on either employees or employers,
whichever appeared to have the
least justification for their stand.
i Under such plan, which has
worked very well for the railroads
and the brotherhoods, the investi-
J cation period would allow plenty of
time for cooling off and the con-
troversy could be settled on its
), merits Mr. Ramspeck said.
THE Government can't compel a
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