Evening star., 1947-01-07
Labor
recommendations and the proposals
we made last year"
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Bricker Points to Case Bill.
Senator Bricker of Ohio also
pointed out that most OF the Pres
ident's recommendations were in
the Case bill which he vetoed at
the last session Of Congress" He
saw an indication that the revised
version introduced this year would
not encounter another. veto.
Representative vorys, Republican,
Of Ohio was outspoken in opposi-
ton to the commission plan, which
he said would give the Democrats
"A of the 20 members to be appoint
ed by the President and Congress.
From Representative Eaton, Re-
publican, of New Jersey came the
comment: "He only touched the
fringe Of the labor-management
problem. We can't settle that one
by sprinkling rose water on it"
Representative Hartley, Repub-
lican, New Jersey, said that the
Presidents speech, so far as labor
is concerned, was very far from
punitive-it was puny."
That reference was to the Presi-
dents warning against punitive leg
islation.
Brown Would Go Farther.
Representative Brown, Republic
can. of Ohio didn't think the Presi-
dent had gone "far enough" on labor.
Representative Case, Republican,
of South Dakota, author OF the con-
bill bearing his name, said
the President didn't get very much
farther in his labor objectives than
he did year ago. am inclined TO
agree with his objectives, but there
are other things in that field equally
important, and the need for them Is
equally clear"
On the Democratic side, however,
Representative Kirwan OF Ohio said
he agreed with the President that
I'VE shouldn't penalize workers for
actions of poor union leaders"
Chairman Carroll Reese OF the
National Committee
that the President had
called for another Investigation
instead of action to solve the vital
problem of labor-management rela-
tions."
Thought Given Civil Rights.
Comment generally disclosed, too,
that members of Congress were
puzzled as to just how many strikes
could be banned without endanger-
ing our general democratic free
doms."-
American Federation Of Labor
Green said that 1.-TWO big
questions" confront organized labor
in connection with the Presidents
program.
"The first is whether Congress
will see fit to enact it as it stands
and as a whole, or whether the law
makers will reject the constructive
recommendations and limit their
actions to the passage Of restrictive
legislation, perhaps far more sweep
ing than the President suggests.
"The second question is just how
far the President intends to carry
the fight for his program as whole.
These matters must be given due
weight before the trade union move
ment can make any final commit
ment."
Sees Need for Peace.
Mr., Green agreed that "the need
for q greater measure OF industrial
peace is unquestioned."
He said that, as the President
stated, industrial peace cannot be
achieved merely by laws directed
against labor unions" Nor can it
be achieved, Mr.. Green said, If "our
general democratic freedoms" are
endangered by punitive legislation" !"
He said bis organization shared
Mr.. Truman's view that jurisdic-
tional strikes are indefensible and
mis- insistence that such disputes be
settled by peaceful means"
whether prohibitory legislation is
the answer to this problem Is ques-
ton which will require further study.
The same is true with respect to the
on secondary boy
colts and compulsory arbitration OF
disputes arising from differing in
of existing collective
contracts" MIR. Green
added.