Show Thomas Doubts Value Of Wage Meet Plans WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V Dec 28 UP p- p Sen Elbert Thomas D. D Df Utah Tuesday tossed cold water on the idea of a management labor-management conference conference conference con con- ference to fix a fair wage standard standard standard stand stand- ard for collective Bargaining So did a business spokesman But Sen Morse R. R Ore said he is all for it and thinks the scope of such a conference should be even broader He would like it to produce recommendations for new labor abor legislation to replace the Taft-Hartley Taft law So would the C CIO I 10 0 except that the labor organization still insists that repeal repeal and and reenactment of the Wagner agner act must act must come first The presidents president's council of economic economic economic eco eco- advisers ers suggested over the week end that a new national la la- la management bor-management conference might come up with a wage standard to serve as guide for voluntary voluntary voluntary vol vol- vol- vol I settlement of pay disputes Thomas is slated to be chairman I of the senate labor committee when the Democrats take over control o of congress cong next week weel He told a reporter he is s skeptical cal about the value of a wage yardstick yardstick yardstick yard yard- stick on on the basis the economic council viewed it Cites CHes Tendency The tendency always is for or such agreements to become bInding in practice and thus cause trouble Thomas said paid He cited as an example the 1941 management labor c co conference o n 11 f fer e r e n c e which produced a no strike strike strike-no no e-no no lockout pledge and brought about creation of the war labor board Later the board established the little steel formula w w which h hi i c Ii 11 clamped a lid on wartime pay boosts I r participated in that conference conference conference confer confer- ence Thomas said and I know that the little steel formula which followed was not intended in so far as it became binding As for Morses Morse's suggestion that any new management labor-management conference conference conference con con- ference recommend provisions of a anew anew anew new labor law Thomas said that would be passing the buck Up to Congress That decision is up to congress after proper public hearings the Utah lawmaker declared But a C CIO I 10 0 spokesman esman commenting commenting commenting com com- privately on the councils council's suggestion said he thinks a conference conference conference con con- ference would be a fine place to draft recommendations on such things as fa a what to do about jurisdictional disputes b how to eliminate certain secondary boycotts boycotts boycotts boy boy- cotts and c how to handle national national national na emergency strikes At the same time a chamber of commerce official official also also talking with the understanding he would not be named said named said he thinks the average management representative tive doubts that any good could come of a new conference This official added however that the chambers chamber's labor relations committee will meet here Jan 12 and probably will discuss the councils council's councils council's councils council's coun coun- cil's suggestion |