The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1956-04-06

President Richard M. Nixon?
AS the late Al Smith used to say
let's look at the record. Organized
labor has done so and branded "Little
Beau Weep" as a double barreled
stinker. Inspired by President Dwight
D. Eisenhower's heart attack last
September, labor rechecked that rec
ord just to make sure. Here is what
Nixon did on % major votes between
1947 and 1852 as member first of
the House of Representatives and
then of the Senate:
LABOR ISSUES
(1) He voted April IT, 1947, for
passage of the House version of the
Taft-Hartley Act, which destroyed
many projections of the Norris-La-
Guardia and Wagner acts and i'm
posed restrictions on labor ranging
from bans on the secondary boycott
to outlawing of industry-wide bar
gaining. (The latter provision was
removed before final passage.)
(2) He voted June 20, 1947, to
override President Harry S. Trumans
veto of the Taft-Hartley Act.
(3) He voted May 3, 1919, to sub
stitute the anti-labor Wood bill, which
contained all the worst features of
Taft-Hartley, for the Lesinski bill
which would have repealed Taft
Hartley.
(4) He voted May 4, 1949, against
recommittal of the anti-labor Wood |
bill. against sending it back to
committee.)
(5) He voted February %, 1947,
for a bill which not only nullified |
claims for portal to portal pay but
also relieved employers from liabil-
tiles and penalties for violating the
Walsh-Healy, Bacon-Davis, and wage
hour laws. The first two laws provide
For prevailing wage standards in man
Featuring and construction done
lnder contract with the federal gov
eminent.
(6) He voted August 10, 1949, to
'emove one million workers most
n need of its protection from COW
rage under the wage-hour law.
CD He voted June 10, 1852, for
he Byrd amendment requesting the
PRESIDENT to invoke Immediately the
'aft-Hartley injunction against the
United Steelworkers of America.
10 union then on strike.
SECURITY
(8) He voted February 27, 1948,
0 override President Truman's veto
f resolution which removed $780,
90 individuals from old age and
lrvivors insurance coverage.
(9) He voted November 5, 1949,
, remove the major hberalized bene-
it provisions of a social security bill
lpported by labor.
(10) He voted August 6, 1850, to
revent recommittal of a social Sc
lrity bill. 1t was planned to recon-
it the bill to include disability COW
age. Another object was to knock
1t the Knowland unemployment in
trance amendment which weakened
,deral enforcement of unemploy-
ent standards and permitted states
force the unemployed to break
rikes or go without compensation.
OUSING
(1D He voted June 29, 1949, to
event federal financing of low rent
lblic housing development by elimi-
lting title II of the 1949 housing
t.
(f2) He voted June 20, 1851, to
t public housing starts to 5000
tits for fiscal year 1852 from the
5000 units authorized by the 1949
using act.
(13) He voted June 8, 1862, against
the number of public
using starts for fiscal year 1853
pm a token 5000 units authorized
rlier by the House to a bare mini
I'M figure of $4,000.
(14) He voted March %, 1850, to
| the middle income cooperative
using provisions of the 1850 hous-
: act by recommitting the bill.
(15) He voted March 16, 1948, to
zee final rent decontrol in the hands
local boards which were usually
1trolled by real estate interests.
(16) He voted March Is, 1949, for