The union times., 1946-01-19
ShOWdOWnLOOns
 After 22 Groups Press Conferees
Open Letter Brands House Passed Bill As Empty
 Pretense'

WASHINGTON-T -Twenty-two organizations supporting the Full Employment Bill have called on Congressional conferees to ap- prove a real bill containing the essential features" of the Ad- mlnistration measure or kill the legislation so the people will know Congress is not willing to assume its proper responsibility"
 Empty Pretense''
 In an open letter to House and Senate conferees, the organizations which have led the campaign for the Full Employment Bill said the meas ure passed by the House was mere ly an empty pretense" and if Con- greSS was mot willing to assume its proper responsibility for the mainte- nance of healthy economy then this fact should not be obscured by the re- porting of a conference bill which would only serve to confuse the American people"
 The letter pointed out that the Senate bill passed by vote of 7I- 10 and that all the eight Senate cOnferees except Sen. C. Douglass Buck (R., Del.) had supported it.
 The organizations said that a1- though this measure was weakened before 1t was passed, it still repre- sents an adequate foundation for an all-out effort to maintain full em- ployment i'll free America"
 All Shades of Thought
 But the House bill, the organiza- tlons said, lis totally inadequate." They said its passage would be mere ly an empty pretenSe that something was being done to maintain employ ment and production
 Organizations signing the letter included labor, liberal, religious, racial, farm, veteran, consumer, and industry groups. They were:
 Alpha Kappa Alpha Non-Partisan Council, American Jewish Congress, American Veterans Committee, Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen, Con gress of Industrial Organization. Methodist Federation of Social Serv- ice, National Assn. for the Advance ment of Colored People, also National Board of YWCA, National Citizens Political Action Committee; Nation al Commission for the Defense of Democracy through Education of the National Education Assn, National Consumers League, National Council of Jewish Women, National Council of Negro Women, National Farmers Union, National Lawyers Guild,
 Also, National League of Women Shoppers, National Women's Trade Union League, New Council of Amer ican Business, Railway Labor Execu- tives Assn, Southern Conference for Human Welfare, Union for Demo cratic Action, United Christian Coun- Gil for Democracy.
 The letter set forth i'm detail the minimum requirements of sat- isfactory full employment bill and said it would be ''far better to make a strong fight for an effec- tive measure than to report back a bill which lacks the essential fea- lures of the Senate bill.'s
 The minimum requirements listed:
 A strong declaration of Govern ment policy that all Americans able to work and seeking work are entitled to employment opportunities, the Gov ernment has ultimate responsibility for maintenance of full employmnt, and commitment to use the Govern ment's financial resources to the ex- tent needed.
 Presidential Report
 Provision for an adequate report to Congress by the President, setting forth the Presidents general program for maintaining full emp1oyment-as we'll as specific goals for employment, production and consumption, and an analysis of current and foreseeable trends with respect to employment. production and consumption.
 Creation of a representative joint
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