Show 1 L I House Okeh 0 of Work-Fight Work Bill Transfers Battle to o Senate WASHINGTON Feb 2 UP Opponents UP-Opponents Opponents of compulsory man mat t power legislation carried their fight to the thc senate Friday after the house by a to vote approved the May bill to put men in the year 45 bra brackets on a work else basis House passage came Thursday night after acter a motion by Rep Dewey Short R. R Mo to send It back to the military affairs committee for tor further consideration tion failed by a to vote Chairman Elbert D D. D Thomas D. D Utah called his senate military affairs committee into a closed meeting Friday to decide what action would be bc taken and to talk taUt over amendments He Hc promised It would be given speedy action because there Utere has been such widespread widespread widespread wide wide- spread support for it He declined to say whether open hearings would be held although the Congress of Industrial Organizations Organizations Organizations and National Association of Manufacturers have demanded hearings for an opportunity to present their c case se against an any form of compulsory legislation Thomas indicated that the senate senate senate sen sen- ate committee would pay special attention to a proposal to keep all aU administrative authority of oC the act under the war mobilization director The house bill biJl gave the office of war mobilization authority to designate critical labor shortage areas and certify them to the director o of ot selective service who would in turn direct local draft boards to order men In nonessential activities into war work to plug the gaps Amendments to take administrative administrative administrative adminis adminis- functions away from loc local l draft boards were defeated both bothin in the house committee and on the floor loor As it went to the senate the tile measure was exactly as approved by the house military affairs committee com com- Under the bill deferred men 18 to 45 15 would be frozen to essential jobs and those in nonessential activities activities ac ac- ac- ac would be liable to orders to essential jobs in labor shortage areas Penalty for tor failure to obey the order would be a maximum fine of and not more than five years' years imprisonment or both unless unless unless un un- less the registrant could show good cause for tailing falling to comply I |