The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-26
ANTI-CL0SED SHOP
MEASURE PASSES
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Contracts in which membership
in unions is required as a condi
ton of obtaining work would be
against the public policy and ar
illegal conspiracy in restraint Of
trade"
In a vigorous speech opposing
the bill, Rep. Fred Register assert
ed that the proposed bill was ''mis'
understood" because II dom
think there is a man in this body
who a say whether it applies to
industries engaged in interstate
commerce."
The bill, Register added. "can'
not and will not remedy the labor
situation en- a national scale, nc
matter how much we condemn the
activities of national labor lead
ers."
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Rep. George Uzzell, Of Rowan
pointed out that in addition to out
having the closed shop, the bill
would ban the union shop, main
tenance OF membership and. the
mandatory check-off of union dues.
"In my opinion the bill is a SLAP
against labor in North Carolina"
he said. We've had perhaps the
finest management-labor record Of
any state in the union"
Those speaking for the bill in.
cluded, in addition to Scott. Rep,
Clarence Hathaway Of Gates. an
other of the introducers, and Reps
W. o. Frank Taylor of Wayne, w.
I. Halstead of Camden, R. L. Har'
ris Of Person, Harry Vanderlinder
of Catawba. Henry C. Fisher Of
Buncombe, and E. H. Malone Of
Franklin.
II see nothing punitive in thi.
BILL" said Taylor. Its no slap al
anybody. All / can e in the bill
is a statement that a man does
not have to belong to a union ir
order to have the right to work.
"The slavedrivers and taskmas
tiers of labor are against this bill
and not the people who are seek
ing jobs" Halstead argued.
THE poorest service friends o.
labor can do is to fail to correc'
excuses of which labor is some
times guilty" said Malone. I'm
less labor is curbed in its exces
ses, I think that in four or five
years, John L. Lewis will be If
control.
Lewis was also mentioned by
Fisher who said:
Lewis Denounced
John L.. Lewis is public enemy
number one. He was during the
war and is today. When a mar
can turn this country into a shiv
ering shambles, prevent industry
from operating, and deny a mar
the right to work, that's dictator
ship"
Others speaking against the bill
included: Reps. Clyde A. Shrevs
OF Guilford, John Umstead of Or
ange, Oscar Barker of Durham
and r. M. Kermon Of New Han
over.
"This bill, instead of striking a
the evil of the system strikes a
the very heart of organized labor
namely the right to bargain col
lectively." said shreve.
The senate passed election Law
bills after making two changes IL
the original ones.
1t eliminated a proposal tina
precincts with more than 1.50t
registration be divided, and votet
that congressional vacancies b
filled by party primary only if tn
congressman dies more than eigh
months before the next genera
] lection.
The eastern band Of Cherokee
Indians, who reside il wester,
North Carolina. fought a joint res
olution by Rep. Ben Tompkins o
ia ckson which would have er1an
cipated them from federal super
vision.
The Indians said they wanted
the federal supervision, since !
meant $500, 900 annually for thei
schools. road building and medica
needs. They said shey did not be
lieve> the state OF North CAROLYN;
would do as well by them.
The house postponed a vote I'm
til tomorrow on a proposal by Rep
Sam Worthington of Pitt to peti
ton the federal government to de
crease bright leaf tobacco allot
rnents, in. the face Of a huge sur
plus of weed already in storage
and an announcement that Grea'
Britain planned to curtail its to
bacco buying in this country.