Show GOP Senator Says Labor abor Repeal Fading V WASHINGTON Feb 4 C UP p The The administration sent cOngress congress a bill to continue the European recovery program for another year but left blank the amount of aid to be asked for the 12 months beginning beginning be be- ginning July L Chairman Bloom D. D N. N Y of the house foreign affairs committee said the figure willbe willbe will willbo be bo supplied later V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 4 UP UP- UP Sen Robert A. A Taft said Friday that administration leaders have dropped all aU pretense of repealing the Taft Hartley t-Hartley labor l law w in su substance sub stance stance but would do so only in form The Ohio Republican told a news conference that many many provisions of the pre pres present nt Taft Hartley Hartlev law have been approved by administration spokesmen including including in in- eluding in one case at least by President Truman Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Taft law lawis is disposed of he said No one today is proposing to to repeal the Taft-Hartley Taft law in substance only in form He listed one-by-one one the points which he said had been approved in principle by Mr Truman Sec Secy of Labor Maurice aurice J J. J Tobin and Paul M. M Herzog chairman of National National National Na Na- Labor Relations board I No Objections Objections' The president he said apparently apparently has no objection to spelling spelling spell ing lug out in legislation exactly what powers of injunction he hasIn hasin has hasin in dealing with strikes causing a national emergency Taft also assailed Mr Truman and Atty General Tom C. C Clark for contending that the president has inherent or implied constitutional const powers to stop strikes affecting affecting affecting af af- af- af the national welfare That doctrine he said is Ills a a. threat to the freedom of this country And he added that if See Page 7 Column 1 if t Taft Sees ees Law Repeal In Mild Form Only Continued from Page One Ono it could mean developed further seizure of ot your our property and my property nn held Tafts Taft's news conference was I after the first management spokesman spokes spokes- man to testify on the administration tion bill told the senate labor com com- he ho was opposed to it He said President Truman's claim to inherent powers to stop strikes was a strange and dangerous doc doc- trine Almon S. S Roth president of ot the thc San Francisco Employers' Employers council told the senate labor committee that the closed shop ban and injunctive in- in provisions of ot the thc Taft- Taft Hartley law should be retained in new legislation Roth said he could not understand understand understand under under- stand why the administration objects objects objects ob ob- ob- ob to a specific injunction section section section sec sec- tion in the new bill if it claims constitutional authority to seek court intervention in strikes affecting affecting affecting af af- af- af the national interest Mr Truman said Thursday he had no objection to injunctive powers being written into the bill but he saw no need for it because of his inherent and implied constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- powers In connection With the dispute over the presidents president's inherent powers to seek injunctions Republicans Republicans Republicans asked that Atty General Tom C C. C Clark be called for ques ques- Other congressional developments developments developments develop develop- ments United front Nineteen front Nineteen southern southern south south- ern senators organized new delaying delaying de de- de- de laying action to save filibuster rights for use against President Truman's civil rights program They agreed at a secret meeting on ona ona ona a united front against a Republican can move to force immediate senate senate senate sen sen- ate action on pro pro- Plantings The Plantings The s-The The senate agriculture agriculture agriculture ture committee voted to exempt 1949 corn wheat cotton and rice in computing further planting quotas The purpose is to remove any motive on the part of farmers to plant large in 1949 in order to set a big base for future quotas Officials fear surpluses would result S Salaries a l I a r i e s s- s Budget Director Frank Pace Jr said the federal salary system is so mixed up some officials get more money than their bosses He asked a n. senate civil service subcommittee to approve approve approve ap ap- ap- ap prove a bill boosting the pay of some top federal officers Other congressional developments developments developments develop develop- ments On the spot spot House House Democratic leaders are on a spot because of ofa ofa ofa a change in rules they pushed through on the opening day of con con- gress Rep John T. T Rankin CD D. D Miss is backing a bill to grant veterans veteran 60 60 to 90 monthly pen pen- If Rankins Rankin's veterans committee committee committee com com- the bill house leaders cant can't bottle it up in the rules committee committee committee com com- as they once could Under the new setup Rankin can wait 21 days and force a floor showdown Housing Housing Sen Allen J. J Ellender Ellender Ellender Ellen- Ellen der CD D D. La J said real estate in interests interests interests in- in are saying the administrations administration's administrations administration's administrations administration's tion's home building building- program program program pro pro- gram would cost a year for 40 years Ellender said the cost would gradually build up to that figure and then drop The would be the maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum cost he said Reorganization House House Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- were set for tor quick action Monday on a bill granting the president powers to reorganize the executive branch of the gov gov- government The bill exempts no departments departments de dee de- de or agencies and makes the authority permanent S Shipping Chairman h hip 1 p p pin 1 n g g Chairman W. W W. W Smith of the maritime commission offered to tako take over the job of seeing that American shippers get geta a fair share of foreign aid busi busi- ness Foreign aid boss Paul G. G Hoffman has said hell he'll move more of his recovery shipments in foreign foreign foreign for for- eign vessels because their rates are lower Some members of congress congress congress con con- gress objected Smith made his suggestion as a compromise to settle settle settle set set- tle the issue More pianos Rep plants Rep Dewey Short Mis Missouri's ouris ouri's lone G GOP 0 P congressman congress congress- man thinks the air force needs more planes and fewer colonels and generals Hes He's a member of the armed services committee considering considering considering con con- the group 70 air force program He said hell he'll fight a provision provision provision pro pro- vision in the bill by which the air force could boost its officer strength by |