The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-11

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 ----- major strikes which have so seri- ously damaged our economy" would have Hailed completely" to prevent or shorten them. Rather. he said. leach of these strikes would have had the full sanction of the bill"
 The Case Bin posed for Mr. Tru- man perhaps the most vexing deci- sion Of his presidential career Supporters and opponents had bom- barded him with letters and tele- grams of advice.
 Had Puddle in Mind
 Tn arriving at his decision. Mir. Truman said:
 T have tried, as the repreSen- tative Of all the people of our nation, to approach this problem objectively free from the emotional strains of the times. and free from every consideration except the well fare of our nation and of the world which is so dependent upon our recovery to a full peaoetime econ- omy"
 He said he had not considered it from the standpoint of whether tt favored or harmed labor or man. agemenf. but from the standpoint of "whether or not it benefits the public. which includes both man. agement and labor |
 Mir. Truman mildly Hebulzed con- gress for acting hastily on the bill. some of whose sections he fav- ored.
 He said the Case Bin. demon strates the dangers of attempting to draft permanent labor iegisla- ton without painstaking and eZ- haustipe consideration.
 Picking the measure apart see- tion by section. Afr. Truman list- ed these major objections 10 the bill:
 1. IL would defeat the ',high and unauestionahly desirable 0bjec- tive" of encouraging peaceful set- tlement of labor disputes.
 2. It is likely to encourage unions to resort to 'auiclEie" strikes-the type which the bill seeks to eliminate.
 3. Its penalties are ''inequit- able" He said il provides harsh CT penalties for labor than for management.
 {. The provision for Q e0-day cooling off period during which strikes are forbidden would re- suit in premature demands for mediation, Hong before the pos abilities of direct negotiations be- tween the parties had been eg- haupsted"
 s. If mediation Is preferred and the 6o-day period expires without results, employees would feel free to stSike-''With the sanction of Congress"
 (. Provisions of one section of the bill laaeti0D ad) might well result lll some employers pr0v0k- Ing strikes in order fo give them ] the ophortnnity to diseharee the empl0ye leaders"
 L Tine proposed establishment 0f a fiNe-man Eaderal Mediation Board actually l a backward step" islnasmueb as it would have no auaai-jndleiai 0r auaai-legis- latipe functions. but would be purely an administrative agency. The net effect Of such R board would be 10 create q separate and duplicate labor department
 6, Congress has applied the faet-linding principle t0 public utilities but has onittnd ft an- tiEaly in 0theg industries of equal imp0rtan0a."
 Act Talkan Ao Tamk
 Then Mr. Truman. after long cd. ylee from his Congressional lead. CTS and his own staff. took to hit. ter taak the secfiono { the nleaslgs enahodyane ''the sO-ealled anti. raeketeering act"
 This section" the President said does no nlore than prohibit a persons. whether union nepHesenta. tiNes or empl0yes CT others, iron interfering with interstate Goinmefp by robbery and egt0rtlon.
 Aar. Truman added that snch provision did not bar strikes a1a<