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Show fcjAMl Prsto Members of congress are noting and reporting Increasing evidences of bitter public resentment against John L. Lewis and against labor's highhanded tactics. Even some of labor's suporters on the Hill are beginning to admit that labor has the whip hand and is using the whip too liberally. Nevertheless, the ranking labor leaders will make no concessions. This became evident during the recent re-cent Labor-Management Conference, Confer-ence, which got nowhere because labor had all the advantages and wanted to keep them. Management Manage-ment had nothing to bargain with. The Truman administration is well aware of the real situation, but it has never los t sight of one thing labor votes. However,' this politically-conscious capital noted the resuls of several recent primaries with keen interest. Observers pointed to the race in Birmingham, Alabama's predominantly industrial area, where Rep. Luther Patrick, who had CIO endorsement, ran behind Laurie Battle, a veteran. Rep. Patrick not only had the solid support sup-port of the CIO but he voted for OPA in the House and made much of the fact during the campaign. Also held ' significant was the fact that no House member who voted for the Case bill passed overwhelmingly as a step toward a sound national labor policy based on equality and responsibility was defeated in the May 8 primaries primar-ies in Indiana, Alabama and Ohio. Nor were any who voted for the bill defeated in the Illinois primary some weeks ago. |