The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-26
SENATE'S ACTION
ON BILL DELAYED

|NENAlES ACllON
ON BILL DELAYED
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putes proposals. No immediate de-
cision had been made on that plan.
Approve Taft's Proposal
While waiting for the formal COM
mitsee report on the presidents
bill. the senate approved, so to
Is, a proposal by Taft to make
unions liable to suit for violation
of contract and to deny Wagner
Act rights to union members who
engage in a wildcat" strike.
The amendment thus was at
tached to a pending committee
approved bill sitting up a federal
mediation board and prohibiting
interference with farmers delivery
Of p~erishable products to market.
By roll call tally of SO to "a, the
| senate okayed an amendment to
prohibit secondary boycotts, sub
jecting those who engaged in them
TO prosecution under the antitrust
law.
The amendment was aimed at
preventing unions from blocking
sale and distribution O. goods pro-
duced by manufacturers employ
ing non-union workers or rival Ia
Dor unions.
Apparently weary of the long
debate the senate-without dis
cussion-adopted a broadly Wordeo
amendment making it a felony to
interfere with or delay the move
ment of commerce.
The addition was made on a roll
call vote of SO to %. The measure
embodied the language of the long
debated so-calIed Hobbs anti
racketeering" bill which has been
pending before congress for sew
eral years. 1t would subject VIC
lators to penalties ranging up tc
20 years Imprisonment and a fine
OF $40. 0O0.
The measure embodying Presi
dent Truman's far-reaching re-
Communications was approved by
the interstate commerce committee
unanimously. But only after a
tussle over including the provision
to allow him to use the draft as
a weapon to end strikes.
Senator Hoey (D.-N.C.) said the
committee refused, by a vote o.
IL to 6, to eliminate that section,
The fight to strike it out vas lee
by Senator Johnson D.-Colo.).
Only One Change
He said the committee made
only one change in the bill, shift.
ing the expiration date to July /.
1947.
Further following the President
proposals, maze personally at {
joint session, the house by voice
vote passed a resolution calling
for a joint senate-house committee
to study the needs for further la.
acknowledgement legislation and tt
make recommendations to congress!
on these needs. No opposition
voices wer audible.
The resolution, sponsored by Rep
Smith D.-va.), calls for a IA
member committee-seven from
the senate and seven from the
house.
The legislation was adopted by the
house under virtually m~precedent-
ed procedure whereby regular
rules were suspended for the day.
Prior to the action the Legislators
had heard Mr.. Truman make an
imprisoned plea for speedy ac-
ceptance of his plan.
The president had asserted that
action was imperative to prevent
thousands of workers from being
harmed by the actions Of their
leaders.
llC 4AiCoouASs ot 1hl. Human .
own suggestion, is effective only
for six months after the "cessa-
ton of hostilities" as proclaimed
by the president.
The bill does this:
l. Specifies that the chief execu-
tive may proclaim a national
emergency at any time that an
interruption occurs in operation of
any facility he deems "vitally
necessary to the maintenance of
the national economy"
2. Gives the president power to
draft into the armed forces any
individuals necessary to run such
strike-bound plants during the ex-
istence of such an emergency.
8. Takes away the seniority and