Evening star., 1946-12-16
lndustry-Labo Peace
Formula Is Too Late,
6. 0.P. Heads Declare
BY the Associated Press

An 1nQuSCry-laDOr proposal
that Congress narrow promised
labor law reforms to let unions
and management seek peace on
their own drew a ''too late" re-
sponse today from Republican
ranks at the Capitol.
The proposal came from a COM
mittee representing the AFL, the
CIO, the National Association Of
Manufacturers and the United
States Chamber of Commerce.
But Representative Brown Of Ohio,
leading candidate for House ma
jority Leader in the new Congress,
said recurring strikes mean new
labor legislation Is inevitable.
These recommendations come in
at a pretty late date" Mr.. Brown
declared. "If these people have the
answer to their difficulties, why
haven't they used it by now, or If
they have used it, why hasn't it
Worked?"
Mr.. Brown thus echoed statements
from other COP leaders who said
privately last week that bill calling
for compulsory arbitration of all dis
putes affecting the public interest
will be pressed soon after the law
makers convene.
But the Industry Labor COMMITTEES
set up last year as an advisory
group to the Labor Department
came out in opposition to any such
law as well as to the creation OF any
new Government super machinery"
for dealing with strikes.
Instead, it said the Governments
role should be limited to lone of vol
untary mediation" through the
Labor Departments existing concil-
iation service. 1t suggested wider
use of voluntary arbitration clauses
in worker-employer contracts.
"We believe that any form OF
compulsory arbitration or super
machinery for disposition of labor
disputes may frustrate rather than
foster industrial peace" the COM
mittee's report said.
with collective bargaining freed
from all wartime controls we be-
lieve that American industry and
American labor can and will assume
their individual responsibilities"
The Labor Department added its
own Endorsement to these recon-
mendations in releasing the COM
mites report.
But to this Mr.. Brown said:
"If the Labor Department has
the answer now it should have used
| it a long time ago. Certainly there
has to be some new labor legisla-
ton. And you can bet your life
there will be-"
Techniques Proposed.
In it's discussion of mediation the
committee recommended four major
techniques:
l. Designation of a group of ''men
nationally known for their work in
labor relations, these men to be
used as special conciliators for ma
jor industrial disputes"
2. Creation of labor Industry pam
els to work along with Government
concilators in mediating disputes.
8. Far wider use of voluntary
arbitration without resort to strikes
The committee suggested that labor
contracts carry provisos barring
strikes or lockouts for duration OF
the pacts and agreements to arbi-
trate any disagreements arising
during the contract periods. In
negotiating new contracts the COM
mittee called for voluntary arbitra-
ton after all mediation processes
have been exhausted"
4. Employment of emergency
boards of inquiry" another name
for fact-finding boards, to hold
hearings and make public recon-
mendations in key disputes where
normal mediation efforts have
failed" and where opposing parties
consent to the fact-finding pro-
cedure.
Murray Repeats Wage Demand.
| The statement is the first public
pronouncement of the Advisory
Committee established last January
on recommendation of President