Evening star., 1946-01-28
House Group Delays
Showdown on Rules
For Strike Control Bill
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The House Rules Committee today
put OH until tomorrow showdown
vote on, proposed new strike control
legislation.
In two-hour session, the COM
mittee debated inconclusively about
House procedure on the Labor Com
mittee's modified version of the fact
finding bill repeatedly asked by
President Truman.
Chairman SABBATH, who had pre-
dicted a "hot fight over what rules
should prevail during House consid-
Grafton of the measure, starting
Thursday, called another session for
tomorrow. The committee is ex-
pected to decide then whether the
bill shall become a vehicle for gen.
eral labor legislation.
Mr.. SABBATH said he would seek a
rule to ban any amendments except
those dealing with fact-finding. He
termed this necessary to prevent
passage of what he described as
vicious" labor legislation.
Representatives Cox, Democrat, OF
Georgia and Smith, Democrat, OF
Virginia reported, however, that
they would attempt to get an open
rule, which would allow any type
of amendments to be offered. If this
is granted, Mr.. Smith has a substi-
tute he will offer for the Labor Com
mittee's measure.
The committee bill provides for
fact finding boards in major labor
disputes. But it does not, as Mr.
Truman proposed, give them SUBJ
poena power or forbid strikes while
the boards deliberate. The Smith
plan would put these teeth back
into the bill. along with several
union regulation proposals.
The Labor Committee filed a re-
port today on Its bill, stating only
that 1t was approved by majority
Of the group 90 voted for it,
against. Seven of the eight op-
ponents filed minority report
criticizing the majority action and
reiterating their demands for ad-
ditional hearings on the entire issue
IndusEy's Refusal Cited.
The minority report said:
This bill. as reported, neither
carries out the recommendation of
the President, nor will 1t in any way
be helpful in resolving the differ
ences between industry and labor.
"The latter has been proven by
the the fact-finding boards which
have already been set up by the
President in the General Motors
and steel situations. In both cases,
industry has refused to comply
with the recommendations made.
I'VE feel the only way in which a
real solution can be found is a more
comprehensive study of the underly-
ing causes.
I'VE firmly believe that the labor
management situation at the pres
ent time is so serious that it de-
mands study of the basic under
lying causes in an effort to find a
lasting solution, rather than inef-
fectual, meaningless legislation
which will do nothing but further
confuse the picture"
The minority report was signed
by Representatives Kelley and
Green of Pennsylvania. Hook and
Lezinski of Michigan, Powell of
New York, Geelan of Connecticut
and Patterson of California all
Democrats.
Meanwhile Harold C. Havighurst
professor of labor law, advised
Senators against enacting any
labor batting legislation"s at this
time, saying 1t could bring us to
the verge of a civil war"
The Northwestern University
teacher urged the Senate Labor
Committee to support the Presi-
dents request for fact-finding legis-
lation, saying opposition to it
comes from the stronger employ
ers and the stronger Unions"
Under proposed fact finding
boards, the witness said the side
that is the weaker in the economic
struggle is given the advantage" of
a public hearing, He said this
would strengthen collective bar
gaining.
Asserting that the existing post
war industrial disputes are mat
ural," Mr.. Havighurst said the sit
uation calls not for a plague, but
for understanding. The task of
Congress, as I see it, is not to de-
termine which part it wants to hang,
but to aid in developing healthy
system of collective bargaining"
He urged that unfair labor prac-
tices" be REDEEMED to place RESPONSE
bility on unions as we'll as employ