The union times., 1947-04-26
, Congressmen Give Ct. Workers Stab In Back
Only Patterson Of Nauga. tuck Votes Against
 Anti-Labor Law

Rep. James T. Patterson of Naugatuck was the only one of Con- necticut's six Congressmen, all Re- publicans, who voted against the Hartley anti-labor bill, when it was passed by Congress last week.
 Voting for the bill, which was strongly opposed by Connecticut labor, and it's friends in all walks of life, were Ellsworth B. Foote of North Branford; William J. Miller, Wethersfield; Horace Seely-Brown, Pomfret; John D. Lodge, Westport; 1; and Antoni N. Sadlak, Rockville.
 The Senate is now working on its own version of anti-1abor legislation, and Connecticut unions are concen- trating i'll attempting to persuade Sem ator Raymond E. Baldwin not to vote to hamString organized labor. It is known that Sen. Baldwin favors amending the Wagner Labor Rela- tions Act, which labor considers to be its Bill of Rights.
 It is generally believed that Sen. Brien McMahon will oppose any punitive legislation against labor.
 Before the vote was taken last week in the House of Representatives, Con- gressman Foote of the Third District, and Congressman-at-1arge Sadlak re- ceived the following telegram from Vincent J. McGovern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Coun- Gil:
 McCOVERN'S WIRE
 "In behalf of New Haven Central Labor Council, composed of 50 A.F.L. unions with 10000 members, I urge you to vote against the vicious anti labor bill now before the House.
 ''It is a sad commentary on our American democracy that with pro- fits at the highest peak in American history, Congress is out to mutilate organized labor.
 elf you believe in democracy, you must accept freedom for labor as well as for management. The working people of this country did a gigantic job in producing the materials that won the war and in making possible the record profits made by industry while American boys were dying abroad.
 Tt is up to you, if you represent all the people of your district, to see to it that labor is not punished for its patriotic contributions dur ing and after the war.
 We urge you not to fall into the trap of becoming an anti-labor congressman.
 "Please let us hear from yea and soOn.''
 Joseph M. Rourke, secretary-treas- urer of the Connecticut Federation of Labor, in an address declared that ii this legislation is adopted by Con- gress, responsible labor leadership would be greatly handicapped.
 Extremist, punitive legislation" he said, plays into the hands of extrem- ists in the ranks of labor. Should Con- gresS continue in its present haywire course. these elements will contend, and many will agree with them, that Congress IS obeying the commands of Big Business to crack down on labor unions, while doing nothing to check eXorbitant prices and fantastical1y high profits"
 Rourke said Republican party lead CTS who were outside the camp of the progressives, were making a terrible mistake which they would rue in the near future in encouraging legislation to repeal the National Labor Re1a- tlons Act and to restore the use of in functions in labor disputes. "They had better listen to men like Senators Morse and Baldwin" he warned "who disagree that the voters in last years election issued a mandate to cruelty labor"