The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1945-12-27
Hobbs Bill Thredtens All
Unions, Ddn Tobin Declares
By MARGUERITE BROWN
Federated Press

Indianapolis, Ind. - (FP). - The
Hobbs bill is another attempt "to cru
city labor with endless legal proce-
dure," Pres. Daniel j. Tobin of the
init. Bro. of Teamsters (AFL) told
Federated Press here.
Were bitterly opposed to it and
will fight it to the end" the white
haired leader of one of the largest
AFL affiliates said, interviewed fol-
lowing passage by the House on a
voice vote of the bill, which was aim
ed directly at the teamsters union.
Now up before the Senate for ac-
ton, the measure CHR 32) would
make the anti-racketeering law ap-
plicable to unions and union members
and provides maximum $4,000 fine
and 10 years Imprisonment for any
one who interferes with interstate
commerce by robbery or extortion."
The socalled friends of labor in
Congress who voted for the Hobbs
bill were putting an ordinary working
man who had family and was trying
to get days pay or organize his
union in the same classification as a
murderous holdup man." Tobin said
angriy.
"We do not know how far this
Hobbs bill will go, and all the plaus-
ible excuses that it does not mean
this and it does not mean that are
just so much ballyhoo," he asserted,
expressing the belief that the bill
would harm all of organized labor.
Interference with interstate COM
merce can be construed to mean any
thing, depending upon the prejudice
of the court"
Tobin whipped into those congress
men who claimed they were voting
for the measure because of fight
many years ago between members of
Teamsters Local S07 in New York
and other drivers coming in from
outlying districts miles away from
New York City.
At the time of the dispute, Tobin
pointed out, about half the members
of Local S07 We're out of work and
desperately seeking means of obtain
ing employment. They succeeded in
passing motions that out-of-town
trucks bringing merchandise into the
city from rural districts of various
states should not be permitted to pene-
trate farther than the edges of the
city and that unemployed New York
truck drivers would be given the
tr1,ok., 10 Ialiva,. tLo goods fro,1o +Loxo
at r1ust be borne in mind that in
all these proceedings, even in the
court proceedings, the international
union was never involved" Tobin ex-
planned. "On the contrary, it had con
demned this procedure as a violation
of u, S. law and the union constitu-
ton and il had succeeded in cleaning
the matter up long before the case
was ended in the courts"
Tobin said that at the time of the
dispute he had warned officials Of
Local S07 Of possible suspension or
disciplinary measures if they con-
tinued the practice The local officers
said they were unable to obey Tobin's
order because of conditions prevail !
ing within the local at that time. The |
court action followed
Describing the Hobbs bill as "per-
haps the greatest Injury that could
have been done to labor" Tobin said.
.Those who favored the measure and
its passage should be remembered
on next election day by the men and
women who toll throughout The ma
tion, Organized and unorganized, be-
cause t is another attemtt to shackle
labor by throwing it ir;o unending
litigation to preserve the freedom and
justice to which they are entitled as
Americans, and which men and women
have died to preserve"