Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18
THE LABOR BILL which recently occa-

THE LABOR BILL which recently OcCd-
stoned such turmoil in Washington was pre-
nared with scrupulous care by Congress.
It originated in the desire OF tne Aihell,
can people for industrial peace; Ii was P"So@"
hv LARGE maiorities in both House ana sen
ate. It was passed in the public good-oWIhlccin
definitely includes the best interests OF ooCh
labor and management. ~ H.
CONGRESS took it's responsibilities with tne
utmost seriousness. The labor committees
in both houses listened to many witnesses
the chief voices in organized labor, spokesmlee!n
for management, labor arbitrators, plaln c!Cl-
zens, professors from unlverslCleS' anu "iii0il
members from factories.
The committees listened. They asKeo
nestions. They did extensive research In
the committees and in both halls OF Congress
there were months of discussion.
Ont of this American process emerged
measure which is neither prO-labOr nor pro-
industry, but wholly prO-publc. 1t DIDN'T con
tain certain provisions that the National AS
sociation of Manufacturers fought for. AND
# did contain certain provisions Wnlcn the
aders of organized labor fOugnt against -,
Rut there was not one provision IN the Dill
which was not scrupulously fair to all. And
there was not single provision Cilc'' was INV
for the public good.
=. Actually. the code set up by the bill does
onlv four things: DIT restores fairness
and equality to collective bargaining. %,
r seeks to protect the rights of the Individual
worker against coercion from any source
(3)-It puts a curb on the excesses OF union
leadership; (4-t prevents communists
from taking over the active leadership Oh
unions.
: No law in itself can prevent all Industrial
unrest ,but the American people expect lapol
and management to stop diSruptlng the econ
omv. What all Americans need-What the
whole world needs-is production. The one
wav to get production is through teamwork
NSo@&
WHEN SENATOR CAPPER introduced
q bill in Congress to outlaw interstate ship
ments of liouOr advertisements, that was i'm
nortant. Because Senator Capper is pub
Usher of important farm newspapers. Never
theless, the Capper proposal is almost as Ol(
as printing, itself Thousands OF the hnes
publishers and editors have refused hquof
and tobacco advertising, on moral grounds
holding t,1le to their own convictions tina
such advertising isn't eft to print. AT tn
same time, most of the most important news
papers and magazines take the position tina
the manufacture and sale of liquor and tc
bacco is according to law, and protected %
the federal and state governments. There
fore, they claim, it is not for them to refus
advertising of legally-approved products
Similar bills to the Capper document haV
been offered, many times, and always plgeor
holed-and that is what is going to happe
to the Capper bill. Those are the facts, minU
the principles involved
&S@NG
ALL THE TIME we have been puss.
footing with Russia, there has been nOthlr
but failure in our attempts to gain their he
in establishing peace.
Secretary of State Marshall has laid
straightforward program in the laps OF 81
tain. France and Russia. Molotov turn'
down London and Paris. That was his w;
of thumbing his nose at the government
the United States.
Isn't it time for the United States to t.
the Communists that we are through wi
them? If we have job to do in Europe tn
is still unfinished, we can trust Marshal
judgment and work with governments OF
World that will cooperate with us, and at t
same time, tell Russia and all of the wild a
woolly nations to get out of the way
Russia is always claiming right to
possession of the atomic bomb. Amer
isn't fool enough to trust nation that
never proved its friendship for u.s.
N&@N&
UNDER THE PRESENT law the Sec
tary of State is next in line to the Preside
inasmuch as there is no Vice President.
pending proposal if enacted into law by O.
gress, would make the Speaker of the HOl
first in line of succession, to be followed
the Senate President Pro Tenn. If this
passed, the Secretary of State would not
first in line because he would come after
House and Senate successors.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin suggest
new addition to the list of successors. He
planned that if an atomic bomb was drop
on Washington, it would wipe out all of
Cabinet officers and Members of COngre
therefore, he suggests that top officials in
Army and Navy should be added to the
The theory is that this would insure {
tinuance of the Federal Government with
anV DELAY.