Evening star., 1946-06-03
Bark|ey Has No Idea
What Truman Will Do
With Case Measure
BY the Associated Press

| BY the tssoeioted Press
Senate Majority Leader Bark
ley said today after a White
House call that he had no idea
what President Truman intends
to do about the Case strike
control bill.
The measure, imposing curbs on
labor unions. has been in Mr..
Trumans hands since Congress
completed action on it last Wednes-
day. White House Press Secretary
Charles Ross told reporters the
President is considering it from all
angles"
Mr.. Truman has until midnight
June IL to sign or veto the legisla-
ton, Mr.. Ross said. adding that the
President was getting a lot Of advice
pro and con-"
CIO President Asks Veto.
A letter from CIO President Philip
Murray, calling for a veto of the
measure. is on the Presidents desk,
but he hasn't had an opportunity to
read it, Mr.. Ross reported.
William K. Jackson, president of
the United States Chamber of Com
merce, called at the White House,
meanwhile, to urge the President to
sign the bill.
Saying he spoke on behalf of the
chamber, he told the President the
measure lis definitely in the public
interest" His statement, contained
in letter left with the President,
asserted that congressional action
on the bill reflects strong public
demand for action to minimize work
stoppages."
Senator Barkley told reporters
that he and other congressional
leaders who visited the White House
did not discuss with Mr.. Truman the
Senate's action in knocking out of
the Presidents emergency labor leg
islation a provision for drafting
strikers in Government-seized IA
cilities.
Opposition Calls Hearing.
That bill bounced back to the
House-straight into rump hear
ing called to air organized labor's
opposition to it.
Sixteen members critical of the
measure-both in its original strike
] draft form and as modified by the
Senate-invited four top union
! chiefs to an unusual pm. session
They also called upon all their
colleagues to attend the gathering
which Representative De Lacy,
Democrat, of Washington said was
designed to stem all this hysteria. "
The House passed the measure,
306 to 13, a week ago Saturday less
than two hours after it was request
ed by Mr.. Truman. The legislators
showed it through under virtually
unprecedented procedure which by
passed committee consideration. The
Senate passed the bill early last Sat
urday morning. 1t was cleared
through the Interstate Committee In
that chamber, but no hearings were
held.
Four Union Leaders Called.
Invited to testify today are Presi-
dent William Green of the American
Federation of Labor, Mr.. Murray
Secretary Treasurer A. E. Lyon of
the Railway Labor Executives AS
sociation and President Harvey
Brown of the International Asso-
citation of MachinistS.
AS passed by the House, the
bill would give the President broad
powers to seize essential plants if
) work stoppages occur and to draft
individuals necessary to run them.
The Senate deleted the draft au-
thority, but left in the power to
take over industries.
Both bills require union and man.
agement leaders to take affirm
ative" action to halt work stoppages
in plants seized by the Government.
The measure now is awaiting
House action again, but Speaker
Rayburn said no conclusive de-
cision is expected until at least
Thursday. At that time the House
may decide whether to accept the
Senate version or send the two
vi d1tS W D. COIllcIc cllCc COulullCCce
to work out a compromise.
/ Sponsors of Informal Hearing.
Mr.. Truman told Senator Rad
/ cliffe, Democrat of Maryland, Sat-
urday that the Senate emasculated
his bill. Key House members who
have controlled previous labor legis-
lation declared, however, that they
doubted whether Congress would
agree to anything stronger than the
! Senate version, unless new strikes
: develop.
Those sponsoring today's informal
hearing include Representative De
, Lacy, Representative Marcantonio
; American Labor, of New York anc
IA Democrats: Representative.
Bailey, Neely and Kee of West
Virginia; Celler, Powell and Kleir
of New York; Healy and Patterson
of California; Kelley, Green anc
! Morgan of Pennsylvania; Biemillel
of Wisconsin; Coffee and Savage o1
Washington.
Meanwhile, the fate OF this legis.
lation remained closely tied In with
the lonp-ranpe Case hill