Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-01-07
Inside America
written by the Staff of The CIO News)
an eye pinned on the 81st Congress.

There's every indication that legislative activity going to
be stronger sharper intense than at time since the
beginning of the war first days of FDRs New Deal
every indication, too that President Truman is
going to press adoption of the which he and
Democratic candidates generally won the election
Signs of the Capitol Hill evident Wash
ngon Post instance reports that agreement
on plan to limit the power of House Rules Committee
That group acts cop every bill reported out
by every other House Committee committee puts its
on any bill the floor until the Rules
Committee says yes Committee has often held up
months killed them altogether or IT has adopted
make amendments from the House floor easy or al
most impossbedependns on mood and whm OF Commute
majority.
liberal members of Congressad of It's Oldest
(hes 8O Next line is Gene Cox, Georgia ultra
conservative fought New Deal for
plan to Washington Post
reports permit bills to be removed from Rules Committee
all technical difficulties does provide method
of ending botleneck Rules Committee that has harassed
Congressional liberals for years
cIo is closely watching Capitol Hill developments Few
days after Christmas Phil Murray few associates called
President Truman Rayburn Speaker of the
House and on Senator Scott Lucas a. MI slated to be Demo
Murray and other cIo leaders "aint talkn they
showed smiles of of satisfaction
Office of Representative Tom Burke Cd ohio> Is going to
a union look
Burke former vice-mayor of Toledo, is ending
executive secretary of the Toledo CIo Council
reporter recording secretary Of the Council
former CIo Newspaper Guild Vice-President
Fate of House I'm American Activities Committee apt
next few weeks On its future hangs much
of future of civil liberties of many Americans.
Committee developed prestige Washington observes
think Hiss Chambers tangle; without that extra pub
city oomph slated certainly for the sh-heap where
CIO many government leaders, hundreds of thousands of lib
eral citizens think it belongs
Committee by indictment of Rep. Parne
Thomas R N j. its chairman salary kckback charges
trial due federal court refused to throw out the
charges against Thomas
Then Rep Mundt (R S. D)--a Senator after January s.
dhand gossip charges against late Lawrence Dug
gan State Department official with of best repua
tons in Washington That brought more criticism of Com
Mundt tried to hint his release of documents" had
voted by Committee members-but there's evidence
Mundt and Rep Nixon R. Calif) then tried whe-wash
operation They proposed giving some rights to witnesses
which critics of the committee had long demanded But Reps
Rankin ID Mss) and Wood 3D. Ga) refused for
the minor corrections proposed
Many Congressman feel that committee under Rep Wood
bad than committee during past two years.
they feel will discredt all types of Congressional practice
Hence thinking Capitol Hill to find way to wipe
out replace limit the Un-American Committee
Sign of the low estate in which UnAmerican Committee
101 Democratic members of House. single
voiced desire to serve on Un American Committee.
One of big fuses Congress come over plans
for national health insurance pan supported by labor liberal
groups and President Truman.
tNote: Health insurance is NOT "socialized medicine"
provide system of collection from paychecks create
national fund to pay for each persons doctors bls
Powerful American Medical Association is warpath-
convention slipped through SIS tag each memberamost
doctor in county-to fight health insurance fund Many
doctors up in arms over this levy proposed by ANA high
command,
Medical lobby incidentally biggest spenders last
according to reports filed with Congress But prospects
are medical lobby will spend even more in 1949
ClO oeeVes In practising "hat preaches ClO calling
on companies throughout TO bargain on health and well
fare pension plans CIO National headquarters are
covered by what u Treasury and other describe
as one of country's finest pension plans