Opinion ID: 1545430
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Modification of Order.

Text: This contention is that the order should be modified to provide for a present determination of the bargaining representative. The entire supporting argument is as follows: The events complained of occurred in 1939 as did the designation of Lodge 1426. What the situation is three years later no one can say. It would be unfair to assume that Lodge 1426 still represents the men. This was done by the Court in National Licorice Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 309 U.S. 350, 60 S.Ct. 569, 84 L.Ed. 799. Where so much time has elapsed and where so many changes can occur, it is the only proper thing to do to have a present determination of the question of representation. There is no showing that any change in bargaining representative has taken place. The force of the argument is that lapse of time and that possible changes may have taken place to change the representative. This nebulous supposition is clearly insufficient. National Labor Relations Board v. P. Lorillard Co., 314 U.S. 512, 62 S.Ct. 397, 86 L.Ed. ___, and cases cited therein; National Labor Relations Board v. Blanton Co., 8 Cir., 121 F.2d 564, 571. The situation in the cited National Licorice Co. case was entirely different; the Board did not oppose such modification in the Supreme Court (page 359 of 309 U.S., 60 S.Ct. 569, 84 L.Ed. 799); and the point was not discussed in the majority opinion.