Evening star., 1947-05-13
Labor
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such everyday bargaining issues as
the closed shop, jurisdictional
; strikes and secondary boycotts, the
Senate bill would give the President
and the Attorney General special
procedures for dealing with national
emergencies growing out of labor
disputes.
In recent years the White House
has had to rely on war powers in
dealing with such emergencies re-
sulting from threatened railroad
and mine strikes. These war pow
ers are passing out of the picture.
/ Many political observers expect
Mr.. Truman to veto the labor bill,
on the theory that the final con-
ference agreement with the House
is almost certain to be tougher than
the Senate bill.
Senator Barkley, however, told
the Senate he has no information
on what the President will do.
"He does not know, nor do l,
the terms of the bill that will reach
him eventually" Senator Barkley
Ipointed out.
Morse Hints at Repercussions.
| In the final round of debate, Sem
-ator Morse. Republican, of Oregon
also limited at political repercus-
sions next year. One of a small
group of liberals on the COP side.
Senator Morse favored the bill as
1t came from the Senate committee,
but felt his colleagues went too far
in Strengthening It on the floor. !
Warning that some of these floor
amendments would enable anti
union employers to take advantage
OF the bill to suppress unions, SEN
ator Morse also expressed regret
that Republican party leaders de-
cided to write an omnibus bill in
stead OF separating some of the
major issues.
Referring to these leaders on the
Republican side, Senator Morse
added: They can stand on their
record, and I will not hesitate to
stand on mine in the campaign of
1948."
If the Senate conferees are forced
to put back some of the House
teeth they have extracted, the final
Senate majority on adoption of the
conference report would be smaller
than today's vote.
This was Illustrated late yester-
day when Senator Aiken, liberal
Vermont Republican, said the SEN
ate had not broadened its Labor
COMMITTEES draft enough to Justify
voting against it. He warned, how
ever, that If the final conference
agreement resembles the House bill,
ne would like to see it vetoed.
Provisions Outlined.
Both the Senate and the House
bills:
l. Outlaw the closed shop, under.
which the boss can hire only union
members.
2. Permit the more common union
shop when majority of workers
vote for 1t. Union shop agreements
authorize employers to hire any one
they choose, but workers must Join
the union shortly thereafter.
3. Prohibit jurisdictional strikes
and secondary boycotts. A jurisdic-
tional. strike usually results from a
fight between unions over which
should do certain work. A secondary
boycott is union attempt to hit
indirectly at an employer by forcing
other employers to quit dealing with
him.
4. Authorize the Government to
seek injunctions to block or stave
on national emergency strikes, such
as coal or steel tieup.
S. Create new Federal mediation
agency Independent of the Labor
Department.
6. Make unions liable for unfair
labor practices. Employers already
are.
Z. Require unions to register and
file financial reports annually.
8. Make unions subject to suit in
Federal court for violation of con-
tract.
9. Prohibit employer collection of
union dues unless workers give their
consent in writing.
10. Free employers of any obliga-
ton to bargain collectively with
foremen.
IL. Guarantee employers freedom
OF speech in dealing with employees
so long as their statements are
neither threatening nor coercive.
II. Outlaw union coercion of