Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-03-07
Behind the
Scenes In
Politics
BY
Clayton
Rusch
Chairman

lost in a very short time. In
fact the time required is only
long enough for Congress tc
convene and enact an all EN-
bracing labor bill.
Such a bill is now under
consideration by the Senate
and House labor committees
The labor bill which comes
out of this committee can be
so written as to deprive labor
of all its basic rights.
If all our b sic rights
(Which include the right to
strike, protection from unfair
court suits, the right to nego-
tiate industry-w id e agree
ments, the union shop, and the
protection afforded by the
Wagner Act) are destroyed
the result will be chaos for the
whole nation.
If we are to have free en-
terprise in this country, labor
must be free too. ShacKleo
labor and free management is
the essence not of democracy,
but of fascism.
Everyone should write to
the members of the Senate
and House labor committees
and protest passage of ANY
anti-labor legislation and the
restriction of any of our hard
won rights.
Their names are: Robert
Taft, Ohio; G Gorge Aiken,
Vermont; Joseph Ball, Mime
sofa; H. Alexander Smith, N.
j.; Wayne Morse, Oregon; For
rest c. Dom ell, Missouri;
William E. Jenner, Indiana;
Irving M. Ives, New York;
Ebert D. T h m a s, Utah;
James E. Murray, Montana;
Claude Pepper, Florida; Allen
Ellender, La; L S e r Hill,
Alabama. address communi-
cations-Senate Office Bldg,
Washington, D. c.
House Education And Labor
Committee: Fred Hartley, Jr.
N. j., Chairman; Gerald Lam
dis, Indiana; Clare Hoffman,
Mich; Edw d McCowen,
Ohio; Max Schwabe, Mo-;
Samuel Mcconnell Jr. Pa;
Ralph Gwinn, N. Y; Walter
Brehm, ohio; Wint Smith,
Kan; Chas. Kerston, Wis;
Geo. MaciKnnen, Mimi; Car
roll K e arms, Pa; Thomas
Owens, ILL.,; Richard M. Nixon,
CAL; John Lesinski, Mich;
Graham Barden, N. c.; Angus
tine B. Kelley, Pa; o. c.
Fisher, Texas; Adam Powell,
Jr. N. Y; John Wood, Ga;
Ray M a did e n, Ind; Arthur
Klein, N. Y; John F. Ken
nedy, Mass; Wingate Lucas,
Texas. address communica-
tions-House Office e Bldgp
Washington, D. c.
OUR TASK
We must carry out this task
of letter writing. Failure to
flood the members of these
congressional labor commit
tees with letters of protest
from the people can well be
the cause of the loss of labor's
rights.
On the State level, there are
many anti.labor bills, attack
ing all our basic rights, but
fortunately they have not yet
been referred to any commit
tees. This column will report
developments on these bills.
Just now in the State legis-
lature the issue of amending
the unemployment compensa-
ton is being considered. The
reactionaries are recommend
ing that the rate be cut to the
employer. This is the essence
of Senate bill 112. There Is
also a progressive bill being
considered. 1t is called Sen-
ate bill 90. Senate bill 96
would increase the maximum
weekly benefit amount to $50,
extend the coverage period to
80 weeks and eliminate many
disqualifications.
The names of the Senate
Committee now t u d yin g
these bills will be printed
soon, in this column. In the
we should all write
to our state legislators and
urge them to support In
creased unemployment COM
pensation.
Address your letters to State
Senators-Virgil Cramer and
Raymond Hildebrand, Senate
Bldg, Columbus, o.,
and to State Representative
Fred Hunt, Ben Reading, Opal
H enry Bartell, and
George Thompson, Columbus,
Ohio.
We missed the boat in No
vember. If we miss the boat
now, by failing to write, we
may be responsible for setting
the clock of progress back a
full half century.
We must get on the beam at
once and start an avalanche of
letters to our national and
state legislators.
We must let them know
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