Evening star., 1947-01-05
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court of courts, to be sponsored by
Senator Ferguson of Michigan.
G. o. p. Gets In First Word.
The Senate Republicans got in
the first word on labor legislation
in advance of such recommends
tions as President Truman may
make in his message on the state
of the Union, to be delivered at a
Joint session Of the House and
Senate at l pm. tomorrow.
It was reported that overtures had
been made for a conference between
the Republican subcommittee and
the President on a labor program
but that nothing had come of them
The President apparently decided
to deal with labor legislation HIM
self. If there is soft pedaling in
the White House, however, the Re-
publican majority in Congress is
prepared to go ahead with its own
program.
The motion to recommend the in
PRODUCTION of the Ball-Taft-Smlth
bill was made in the conference by
Senator Taft, who will head the
new Labor Committee of the Sen
ate. 1t was adopted by voice vote
with only two or three noes, among
them Senators Morse of Oregon and
LANCER of North Dakota. Senator
Morse was a member ofs the SUBJ
committee which made the report
but he was in Europe practically all
the time the committee was at work
He voted against the Case bill in
the last session.
Portal Pay to Be Studied.
The Republican conference also
took cognizance of the wave of por-
tai pay suits filed by labor unions,
which threatens another dislocation
of the country'S economy. The sub
ject was referred to group of Re
publican Senators from the judi
ciary Committee and the Labor
Committee, with instructions to
make a prompt report, and, if nee
essary, recommend legislation.
Senator Ball, reporting for the
subcommittee, said that it was of
cation into labor Encouragement and
labor problems before any legisla-
ton, as proposed in some quarters,
would not be wise. Such an inveSti-
cation would take months, perhaps
years. The subcommittee held that
action on many phases of the labor
problem could and should be taken
at the present session of Congress.
Two Major Tasks.
'The first session of the 80th Con-
gress," said Senator Ball, faces two
major tasks in the field of labor re-
lations legislation. The first is to
achieve a better balance between
legal rights and responsibilities OF
employers and employees and unions
In labor relations and by other
means to- try to lessen the. number
of strikes which interfere with COM
merce. The second is to provide q
practical and sound solution fol-
the industry-wide shutdowns which
have paralyzing effect on our econ
omy. A very wide range of legisla-
tive proposals will be made, includ-
ing creation of new federal media
ton machinery, overhauling of the
National Labor Relations Act, some
amendments to the Norris-Ls
Guardia Act, outlawing of compul-
sorry membership in unions, estab-
lishment of federal standards fol
unions as regards finances, election
of officers, strike votes, etc, COM
pulsory adjudication of major dis
putes, application of the Sherman
Act to collective bargaining in GER
tain cases, and writing of a new anti.
monopoly statute to apply to labor
relations"
Case Bill to Go Ahead.
The subcommittee canvassed tn,
question whether all proposals fo
labor legislation should be place.
in one, overall bill, and decided
this might not be practical. How
ever, if the Labor Committee flnd
that it can make recommendation
on number of the proposals il
time to get them into one bill, tina
course will be followed.
In the meantime, 1t is proposes
to 20 ahead as fast as possibl
with the revised Case bill, afte
only brief hearings.
Among the amendments to tn
Case bill is one to outlaw secondar