Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-18
Missile Base
StrikeLosses
Rose in Month
By LEE M. COIN
Star staff Writer

Slle and space sites Tor l.l36
man-days last month. COM
pared to q total Of 1853 man.
days of work lost in the pre-
ceding three months.
Although last months strike
record was better than the A.
979 man days lost in Septem-
Der. 1860. Labor Secretary
Goldberg said yesterday, 1T
is too high in view Of the
critical Importance to the Ma
non of our missile and space
programs.
Reporting the strike figures
in a letter to President Ken
nedy. Mr.. Goldberg said last
months relatively poor record
resulted almost entirely from
unauthorized walkouts at Lowry
Air Force Base, Denver, where
7l6 man-days were lost, and at
Schilling Air Force Base. Sa-
lima. KanS., 244 man-days.
Cites Full Cooperation
: Workers at these bases re-
turned to their jobs under
orders from the Presidents
Missile Sites Labor Commission,
Mr.. Goldberg said, adding that
the commission received
whole hearted co : opera
ton" from national officers Of
the unions involved.
He noted that the strike
losses were relatively small,
compared with the approx
mately / million man-days
worked per month.
President. Kennedy estab-
lished the commission last May
rs to help settle labor disputes
at missile and space sites. and
received no-strike. no-lockout
pledges from labor and man
agement. These moves headed
off demands in Congress for
stringent legislation against
work stoppages at missile and
space sites.
Mr.. Goldberg told q news
conference labor and manage
ment leaders re-affirmed their
pledges at a meeting last Sat-
urday.
Consider 2 Reports
Reporting on a meeting of
the Presidents Advisory Com
mittee on Encouragement
Policy, held here Monday and
yesterday. the Secretary said
the full committee considered
two subcommittee draft re-
ports = on attenuation and
chronological advances. and on
collective bargaining and in
dustrial peace.
After very fruitful" discus
sion, Mr.. Goldberg said, the
committee referred the reports
back to the subcommittee for
revisions. Final action on these
reports to the President is ex-
pected at the committees next
meeting here November 20. he
said.
Although the final reports
may not, be unanimous, he
said, they viii reflect wide
areas o. agreement" He re-
fused to discuss details. -
Job Retraining Responsibility
Another informed source dis
closed that the committee re-
port will propose distribution
Of responsibility among labor.
management and Government
for handling training and re-
training Of workers who lose
their jobs because Of automa-
ton.
Similarly, the committee is
expected to recommend public
and private sharing of costs
for moving unemployed work.
ers to areas where Jobs are
available. And the committee
will propose m assures to
strengthen unemployment
compensation and Government
placement services.
The source said the collective
bargaining report probably will
suggest strengthened media.
ton services and fact-finding
with settlement recommended
tons as part of a flexible" ap-
proach to handling national
emergency strikes.
President Kennedy and Mr..
Goldberg have criticized the
inflexibility Of the Taft Hartley
Act in dealing with such major
strikes. The law now provides
only for 80-dsy injunctions to
stop or prevent strikes that
imperil the national health or
safety. Fact-finding panels are
specifically barred from max
ing recommendations.
Other Reports Slated
Mr.. Goldberg said three
other subcommittee are ex-
pected to report at the No
vember meeting on economic
growth and unemployment,
policies to keep United States
goods competitive in world
and sound" wage
and price policies.
The 21-member advisory
committee is making "substan-
tial progress" Mr.. Goldberg
said. The President appointed
to the committee seven leaders
of labor, seven from manage
ment and seven representing
the public including Mr..
Goldberg as chairman and
Commerce Secretary Hodges as
vice chairman.
Progress Against Bias
On another question. Mr..
Goldberg said: Labor unions,
by and large. are doing a pro-
gressively better job in the area
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