Evening star., 1949-05-07
The poitieoi kH
Toft-HortIey Act Repeal
Seen Likely in Nome Only
Move to battle-ground in Ssaae
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Ttat CHEERS wascA aass soas ~ tSo-a
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cf The acnGn1sssstAcas laaes Ell aaccS wtsA
tAF Woac substitute, arr eAeeSr because tSs
administration RaceTsatp n tns Hsuse
svosdec tae passage Ct tAs weoa bill II va.
face SArIng !es tAr aanntstrsttan-AFs
that's al As Representative Charles Ma
lcck- Republican q Indiana put a~~~rYas
A tne SK' lime ever sAw majority asaaefs
ehee' when = BIZ of ihegs hae eeea Ex.
committed
MT Rankin e! Mississippi Democrat es-
scFahed The errasae voting Ia Noass even
more pgngenty II reminded htra. ne sAsd.
oi the !tssie about TIE SNAKE River n
Arkansas which went
II wtsEied In and WISHED ea,
And le:t the people al IN ocaes
Whether IN It's Hsgsag track
II was eotag wesi OF coming back
senate New. Fessaaas.
Wheiher the battle over the TAfs-AaFtlex
laa Is 10 move nov 10 the Senate remains
y
Labor Committee nays that the course %
action On the Thomas nllI--~A duplicate 81 ths
lesinSki bal which met defeat Ia the
Hou>e~w!i De determined after meetings al
the Senate committee and the Democratic
Policy Committee ot the Senate. Ths Thomas
bill MAS placed on the Senate calendar by
the Sane high~ handed tactics which placed
the LesinSkt bill on the House calendar IN
these labor packed committees no oppor-
tunlty VAS permitted TO offer amendments
The administration hiii--not . l.ns oi
which Was written on Capitol Hill. but down
toSn--rnay be recommitted before II 10 ever
taken up on the Senate floor and an effort
made TO write . new BILL with enough con.
cessions made by the administration to
gain votes, Such a move might ee re-
sisted by opponents Of the administration
who are supporting the new Taft bill. ~hich.
like the Wood bill. retains all the most TN
portant features Of the Taft Hartley Act.
although IL carries some % amendments
OF the present Law.
Senator Taft and others believe they have
the votes TO put this bin through the Senate
with few changes II any They prefer 10
deal with the new Tai, bill rather than have
a revised administration measure put eut
by the Senate committee
Face Saved By MAneuves.
opic Tic uANh Nnru tNr @uHllhtSIh~
ton boasted that II would set Q repeal bill
OF It's own choice through the House by
humping big vote. II could not even get
through the House the compromise pro-
posal. containing half . dosen important
concessions including the use Of the In
junction by the Government 20 halt . strike
that threatened the public welfare which
the administration leaders offered IN dee
peration during the fnal hours Of eonAid-
Grafton In the House
The voting In the House has ALREADY
brought threats from the CiOs Political
Action Committee that II viii wags q bitter
campaign next year 10 defeat members wro
had the temerity 20 vote against the Lekinaki
bill. How much the labor bosses can ac-
complish is a question. The Wood bill was
fair bill. amending some features ot the
Taft Hartley Law which need amending
and that fact may percoiate down through
the ranks OF organized labor--pArtieulafly
II no labor legislation comes out Of thls
session Of Congress.