The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1946-03-29
SENATOR MURRAY AS A SOCIAL PROBLEM
By. RALPH ROBEY

we get labor peace in this nation something will
be done about Sen James Murray of Montana His
point of that labor simply do Every
posed piece of legislation matter how mild be- and
matter it merely attempts of the
obvious leaders, Immediately hailed by the
effort destroy unions and out all the
gains which labor has through generation of strug
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If Mr. Murray matters relating to labor legislation,
were lust one of our SO senator's and with no more and
each of the Others there would be
this extraordinary bias of his But unforu
natey that not the Mr. Murray is chairman of the
Senate Labor commtteeor properly the Senate Com
mtee Education and Laborand all proposed legislation
referring to labor has through his hands Every proposal
thus gets subjected the full impact of his bias The upsho
that bill after bill is killed the committee with the senate
being opportunity to vote the other
And when bill is lucky enough to withstand this onslaught
finally reported outwhch happens only when the
outside pressure becomes unusually powerful always
emascuated that except for the number the bill practically
unrecognizable
perfect example of such emasculation by Mr. Murray
the socaed Case bill which his committee hoped report
out this week This measure it's original FORM true left
piece of labor legislation
of those things huriedy thrown together few days by
house committee substitute for President Humans fact
finding proposal There good points in the bill
corrections that clearly need to be made in the labor stu
aonbut neither IN content nor IN breadth OF vision dd
provide what is to have sound legislative
foundation for continued labor progress in this country
spite of its obvious shortcomings however, the bill found
ready support in the house. and February it passed
the humping majority of 258 to 155 Thereupon Civ
the senate where in due time ended Mr. Muray
unendy hands, and had the senator had his that
unquestonaby would have been the end of the bill In fact
talk the effect that this going happen
that the bill would be permitted to die committee But
this be Of those instances where the demand that
something be done strong Murray his
committee decided kind of must be reported
And just that nothing exactly what Mr. Murray
the committee do The bill redrafted by
did contain single of the provisions of
the original Case proposal 1t bill to which the most
ardent CLIO supporter could take exception 1t bill
which didn't pretend to offer solution of the
major questions involved in the labor problem it
fronts
the of emascuaton of this particular bill AS stated
above it measure which could become
What the flatfooted determine
Murray prevent congress from enacng
corrective legislation.
In justification for his position the senator according
that legislation not because in
management will learn that strikes don't pay
That course 1t would have been just
ibe generation ago maintain that there
bring the old buccaneers terms because
would learn that it doesn't the public
legislation those old buccaneers would have
nended their ways And the labor leaders who today
ponsbe for which constitute labor problem
not going mend their until forced to do by leg
Station
Murray, by using his committee chair
IAN to prevent this corrective legislation making himself
nto major problem. And he certainly is doing the
american public profound disservice