Evening star., 1955-07-25

vening steps: That if the Presi-
dent declared an emergency. he
then would appoint a board of
inquiry and after that the Attor-
ney General would decide
whether to go to court for an
injunction.
Mr.. Miller broke in to de-
mand: why not start the
machinery and try to use it! We
are wasting time sitting here to
consider new legislation. I think
the Taft-Hartley law would ap-
ply. I maintain it does and you
don't want to use it. You are
beating about the BUSH"
Representative Smith, Demo-
crat of Virginia, q lawyer and
former judge and chairman of
the House Rules Committee In
terjected:
There might be a difference
of opinion on that. I agree with
Mr.. West. I don't think it (Tai1-,
Hartley would apply"
Representative Davis of
Georgia. also a lawer and a for
mer judge, argued that the COM
mittee had before it bill con-
ltaining the same general princi-
Iples as those in the Taft Hartley
Act. Mr.. West disagreed to the
point of explaining again that
the Taft-Hartley Act would
apply to national health and
safety as involved in transporta-
ton, whereas the District bill
would limit its effect to the
local difficulty.
Questions Responsibility
Representative O'Hara, Re
publican of Minnesota, took issue
with the proposal of the District
Commissioners to lift the fran
chise of the CTC and authorize
the District government to
operate the company until some
settlement was reached or some
new arrangement made.
Mr.. O'Hara put his finger par
ticularly on the fiction" that.
once Congress ordered the fran
chise revoked defective a year
Ihence), the District Commission
ers would take over management
and operation while not taking
title to CTC properties.
Commissioner Spencer said the
District officials thought it would
be impossible to set up the in
Iterim arrangement so that COM
pany employees would be treated
as employees of the District Gov
ernment.
i Mr.. O'hara:
Suppose that the District did
not do a very good job. Who
would be responsible?'
Mr.. Spencer said the company
had constitutional protection
against any taking of private
property without just compen-
sation.
). Mr.. O'Hara said he thought
it was spreading the fictior
. rather far" to contemplate 9
measure under which employees
of CTC would be deemed" tt
be employees Of the CTC while
working under the management
of the city government.
Hyde Explains Bill
Earlier Representative Hyde
Republican of Maryland, ex.
planned that he had introduced
the Commissioners measure al
their request, for two reasons;
First, so that the Commissioners
ideas would be before the COM
mittee; and, Second, that he hac
| hoped it would lead to john
, hearings with the Senate com
| mittee. The Senate group re-
jected joint hearings.
Mr.. Hyde said, II have no par
ticular brief for this bill or any
, part of it."
|, Mr.. Hyde added, THAT the one
big barrier to this bill-and il
; is only one of them---is that il
takes us down the road of nj
return" referring to the lifting
of the CTC franchise.
;. Debate also developed as tc
whether the company would need
an increase in fares, and Mr.
Spencer said he thought that
was so. While the company can
be given no guarantee as to this
he said he thought it could ex-
pect action for an increase from
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