Evening star., 1952-06-21
House Vote Shapes Up
On Urging Truman 10
Use Taft Act on Steel
By Froncis P. DoueIos

By Froncis P. DoueIos
A request that President Tru-
man use the ft-Hartley Acts
80-day no-strike Injunction in the
steel dispute is expected to be
voted by the House when it re-
Sumes consideration of the Con-
trolls Act.
Administration leaders conceded
they probably could not head it
off. Nor were they able yesterday
to block votes for virtual scrap
ping of practically all price con-
trolls and a drastic curb on the
Wage Sterilization Board.
Action Seen Wednesday.
Request to use the Taft-Hartley
measure is due to come up We'd
nesday when the House returns
to action on the Defense Produc-
tion Act with its price, wage and
rent controls. The Senate already
has voted similar advice to the
President on steel strike action.
The way was paved for a House
vote late yesterday. A point of
order to keep the Taft Hartley
proposal from being offered as an
amendment to the pending con-
trols bill was overruled. After that
the House consideration of the
measure was put over until
Wednesday.
1t was the end of a day-long
grind, which saw the administra-
tion's legislative program for con-
trolls shot full of holes. Republic
cans, more numerous on the floor!
than the majority party, virtually
took charge.
Subject to Reconsideration.
Since the actions were taken
by the House in committee of the
whole, they are subject to recon-
Sideration and roll-call votes when
the body gets down to final action
on the bill. After that, House pro-
visions conflicting with those in
the Senate measure are subject
to action of conference commit
tee.
The House voted, 176 to 81, for
a Wage Sterilization Board I'M
which public members would be
the majority and which would be
denied power to act in wage dis
putes.
It voted, 146 to SO, for an
amendment by Representative
Tale, Republican, of Iowa, which
OPS said would mean the end of
price controls, if it remained.
1t voted to remove canned and
frozen fruit and vegetables from
price controls. This was on AM
amendment offered by Repre-
sentative Harrison, Democrat, of
Virginia.
1t voted in favor of an amend
ment providing that professors of
agricultural products should bel
given the benefit of ceilings re-
flecting cost increases, just as the
Capehart and Herlong amend
ments provide for manufacturers
and distributors.
LoOphole Writing Charged.
At one point. Representative
Holifield, Democrat, of California,
remarked that the bill was grad
ually getting into such shape that
it would be hypocritical to vote
for it as a price control measure,
since it wouldn't control prices.
The CIO wrote each member of
the House a letter, charging the
majority was writing loopholes
into the act lin order that favored
groups may extort even greater
profits out of the Nations house.
wives"
The amendment for the use of
the Taft-Hartley Act in the steel
strike was offered by Representa-
tive Smith, Democrat, of Virginia.
Representative Fulton, Republi-
can, of Pennsylvania, raised the
point of order, objecting that the
proposal was not germane to the
bill.
Mr.. Smith asserted that his
proposal merely amplif1ed the Ian
guage already in the act. Ma
jority Leader Mccormick said
that, while Congress may advise
the President, it should do so in
this case in a separate measure.
Held Germane in Ruling.
Representative Mills, Democrat,
of Arkansas, who was presiding,
said he had studied the language
of the act and of the proffered
amendment and ruled the amend
ment germane.
On the day before. an amend
ment to permit seizure Of the
lost