Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-06-14
Trumon's Reasoning

II is a little difficult tO IeSOhN'O
dent Truman's reasoning in explaining MS
veto of the Case Bill in the light OF MS
nronosaI to Congress several weeks ago Tor
ioo;sI.t;on which would have gone far be-
..d The nrovisions of the Case legIsla-
tiOn.
There isn't lsbOring person IN the
country who doesn't agree with most oil
Mr. Truman's reasons for not approving
the legislation passed by Congress. At the
.or,s time. labor is not going to be able to
forget what occurred during the rail ana
coal strikes simply because the Presioeht
reversed himself and said the things anou.
the Case bill which could have been said
~ his nrouosed legislation, and with lot
better reason.
obviously Mr.. Truman has desire TO
make a distinction between forced lapor
under the Case bill and forced labor under
hi. nroposed legislation. Actually, forced
1,hor ;S lust as undemOcratic under the
Trur,an proposaI as under the Case legis-
lation.
AS was to be expected, the president
used his veto message to repeat ms own
rronosal for temporary legislation SO
that strikes against the government when
vitality affect the public can he halted
In again advancing his legislative pro-
noSaI. Mr.. Truman demonstrates S'uO-
horn attitude which is difficult to recon-
ciIe with the words of his message, unless
l;La the statesmen Of the Far East, he is
intent upon saving face. Obviously, Mr..
Truman is still insisting that he has the
his
ocratic in peacetime, whereas the case Dill
is just the opposite.
Bv sticking with his guns in the face
of the bitter criticism aimed at him oy
Iahor leaders from all unions, Mr. Truman
has not done his own political cause any
good. In fact, il is quite possible that he
had added to the injury which his III
advised proposal to Congress has done Tor
him.
Had the President used his veto mes
sage To admit that he had erred; had he
condemned all legislation aimed at shack
ling and weakening labor, including MS
own, he would have regained some lost
political ground and won the respect OF the
entire country.
IL Mr.. Truman has the type Of men
taIity which is able to see that the Case
bill does not fulfill the functions for which
il was allegedly created, he must be able
to see that his proposal to create tempo
rary legislation to halt strikes against the
government is the most dangerous pro-
posal ever made by any chief executive
Nor does the public welfare plea OF the
Presidents message of several weeks ago
which he repeated in his veto message pro-
vide any good reason why such legislation
should be considered and passed, for every
strike, even the smaller ones, affect the
public welfare in some manner.
IL the Presidents anti-labor proposal
of several weeks ago became law, all that
would be necessary would he for the gov
ernment TO declare the public welfare al
fected, take over the struck industry and
draft the workers for forced work.
To make his message complete, the
President might have added that every
thing he said in criticism of the Case bill
vas doubly true of his own proposal OF
course, Mr.. Truman is the President, and
according to the inference contained in his
message, the President, like the kings OF
old, can do no harm.