Evening star., 1949-06-05
6. 0. P. Hopeful
Over Labor Bill
Fight Tomorrow
But oouelos oeclores
Oemocro Con Win
Most OF Their Aims

SeGAss Republicans battling 10
keep esg n&ss 81 Tire Taft Hartley
law commended Yesterday ua I've
eve oI tsse aseasns as senate de-
bate that = Democrats essagwv-
natw drive psass into ttsesr hAads.
Bat seaatos noaaglas. Democrat.
Il: Illinois, header es the move
to ywst~ the Truman lAhas bill.
took q sharply different Ssew lie
Sald
4 tatn1 wesr Eea a very gs0s
chance 10 put our program ACROSS"
Debate on tAe administration
bill is scheduled co start tonnasTux.
II would repeAi she Tatt Hartley
Act and replace II With . slightly
modified Sersien Of the old Was.
nrs Ae,
Three Republicans. Senators
Taft Of Ohio. ponnell al Missouri
and Smith ai New Jersey, are
sponsoring . substitute measure
which would retain the haaie pro.
visions Of the Taft Hartley lAw.
Beth Provide fer SEIZURE.
Both their substitute and the
administration bill amendments
backed by senator Douglas and
a group Of other SenAtnss--lnelud-
ing both Democrats and Repusa-
cans~~prostde for presidential sei-
Eure o! struck plants in national
emergency disputes
That proposal came under bill
ter attack ay the National Coal
Association John %, Battle,
the association executive vice
president. said m statement
that seizure doea not solve lAhnr
disputes. II only leads 10 more
seizure and ultimately 10 national
ixation and Stateiasn"
Five proposed amendments 10
the administration btll. including
the seizure proposal. we're out
lined 10 an all.day meeting of
Democrats Senators Friday.
There was no decision on any
OF them, but hackers Of ths
amendments claim they attracted
some support which they said tho
administration bill otherwise
would not get.
AL sesrss warnlns.
Amid the talk Of oasnpromlse.
William Green. president Of the
American Federation Of Labor.
served notice that labor wsii
never be satisfied with anything
else" except outright repeal AZ
the Taft-Hartiey Act. He aaid
this Congress "has . clear man
date from the people" for such
action.
Mr.. Green, writing in the AL
Political Leaguc's new pubiiea-
tton. the League Reporter. kaid
we expec, Action--gaow ="
''ff we don't act action within
q reasonable tifns. " he added "we
will call upon every working man
and woman In America To 60 10
the polls in 1850 TO defeat thoas
members Of Congress who failed
TO respond 20 the will Of the
American people +"
Besides Senator Douglas. uF-
iginal sponsors Of the flye amend
msnts included Senator HlIi. Dem
Iocrai Of Alabama and Republican
Senators Akin. OF Vermont aud
Morse Of Oregon.
Senator Douglas said yesterday
that two more Democrats. Bena-
tors withefs. Of Kentucky and
Humphrey. OF Minnesota and ara
other Republican. Senator Tubey.
Republican Of New Hampshire
have agreed 10 Join In sponsoring
the amendments,
Previsiena % AmsnGmensa
In addition To seizure al struck
plants for Up 70 % days. The
amendments provide far:
A free speech guarantee 10 bosh
employers and workers.: unlon
financial reports; collective bar.
gaining In good faith on tfs pass
OF both unions and employers:
and for oaths by both uniun en-
GERS and employers t,sss they are
not Communist. FAscls&A. og
members of totalitaYtan orEanaxm-
tsons
n wak learned that Senator
Taft and other hackers ~ his ssse-
stitute bin were much relieved
when they foans oat iass whst
kind of . cosupTusuias tsse Demo-
cratic leadership has ts mind.
Senator Taft. n s known. re-
cards the ncfnpromi@ as ieMs ~
. yoss-settsr than shr nfe which
went down 10 defeat In taas Hoass
. month AFo. despite ihs fArt ~
Sec LABOR pare A-A4