Evening star., 1946-05-26
Senate Passes Revised Case Bill
But Delays Emergency Measure
House Committee
Named to Weigh
Permanent Statute
(Tert of administration Strike
Control Bill on Page A-5.)

The Senate blocked immediate
action last night on President
Truman's request for emergency
strike control powers, already
approved overwhelmingly by the
House, but finally passed the
amended Case bill placing per-
manent curbs on labor unions.
The vote on the Case measure
was 49 to 20.
The House, acting less than two
hours after hearing the President s
personal appeal to Congress, put
through by a vote of 3o6 to 13
emergency legislation empowering
the President to draft men for in.
dustries in strike emergencies. II
was debated only 40 minutes.
1t followed up this action imme.
diately with the adoption of con.
current resolution, offered by Rep.
resentative Smith, Democrat, oi
Virginia. providing for the appoint
ment of a joint committee of the
two houses to study the whole prob.
lem of permanent labor legislation
Seven members of the House anc
an equal number of Senators will
serve on the committee. The reso.
luton instructs the joint commit.
tee to report its recommendations
within six months.
Will Be Taken Up Tomorrow.
Immediately after the passage o1
the Case bill, Majority Leader Bark.
ley asked and obtained unanimous
consent to report the Presidents
emergency bill from the Interstate
Commerce Committee. At his re.
quest it was made the unfinished
business of the Senate. 1t will be
taken up when the Senate meets to.
morrow.
The Case bill which passed the
House in February, must 60 back tt
the House for consideration of Sen
ate amendments. 1t is expected
that the House will concur in mos
if not all of them. The amendment!
adopted by the Senate yesterday re-
store it closely to its original form
Many Senators foresaw the pros.
pect of presidential veto of thl
Case bill, after the President ha
been given the emergency powers
This is the hope of Senators whit
opposed the Case bill and the fea
of Senators anxious to enact withou
delay revisions of the permanen
labor laws. The Presidents address
in which he urged the appointment
of a joint committee of Congress
to study permanent labor legislation
appeared to support the belief tina
he would veto the Case bill.
The Presidents emergency bill
particularly the draft-labor feature
drew the fire of group of liberal
and conservatives, and Senate
Taft, Republican of Ohio, objected
to its consideration by unanimou
consent-the only way it coul'
come up as separate measure las
night.
Teeth Put in Case Bill.
In another hectic night session
however, a coalition of Republicans
and Democrats voted these teetl
into the permanent Case bill:
l. A provision under which un.
ions could be sued in Federal court!
for violation of their contracts, ap'
proved, so to 26.
2. A ban on secondary boycotts
So to "a.
3. Adoption of the Hobbs Anti.
Racketeering Bill, which had beer
long delayed in the Senate aftel
passing the House twice, SO to %
4. Eliminating supervisors in in
dustrial plants from the status O
employees" in the Wagner Labol
Relations Act, 48 to 80.
S. Requiring a 60-day cool-of
period before workers could strike
whenever the new Federal Media
ton Board is trying to settle ,
dispute, 81 to 26.
6. Provide for fact-fnding board
as originally proposed by the ad
ministration, to help avoid labo
disputes. but only in the case o
public utilities, So to 10.
Votes came rapidly yesterda,
after the agreement obtained Fri
(See STRIKE CONTROL, P. Al.