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Show N L R B Wins High Court Approval For Withdrawal in Ford Litigation WASHINGTON, Jsn. I 11 The national labor relatione board was given - the right by the supreme court todsy to withdraw from a circuit cir-cuit court litigation Involving validity valid-ity of an order against the Ford Motor company. In a decision by Chief Justice Hughes, the high tribunal affirmed a ruling by the federal circuit court at Covington, Ky., permitting withdraws!. Ths labor board wished to adopt new procedure. It decided upon this action aftsr ths supreme court on April 2i condemned procedure em ployed by Secretary Wallace in ordering or-dering a reduction of charges permitted per-mitted commission men at the Kan-ass Kan-ass City stockyards. In its order, the board directed the Ford company to reinstate 2 employes em-ployes and to cease interference with tna self-organisation of workmen. work-men. Harmon Waley, serving 48 years In Alcstrss prison in connection with the kidnsping of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser of Tacoma, Wuh, in 1939, fsiied to get a supreme su-preme court order for a writ of habeas corpus. Waley and his wife, Margaret, were arrested In Salt Lake City. The court gave broad power to ststes to prevent the sale of intoxicating intoxi-cating liquor. It sustained Michigan snd Missouri Mis-souri statutes barring ths importation importa-tion of alcoholic beverages from other states which ensct discriminatory discrimina-tory legislation. The court held unconstitutional today an attempt by Washington state to collect from a Seattle fruit marketihg company a elate business (CenttnuM on r.K. Two I (Coium fwtf) Court Backs NLRBJMove (Continues From Pel Ontl or occupation tax baaed on grosa revenue received. Hopes of the atata of Utah that It will be granted power to collect income in-come taxee from the salary of an employe of two specified federal agenciea were raised Tuesday. According to an International Newa Service dispatch, tha U. 8. supreme court granted a petition of the Utah tax commlsaion for a review re-view of a atata supreme court decision de-cision on the matter. Involved I the question of whether wheth-er the atata can tax tha salary of W. J. Van Cott. counsel in Utah for the Federal Reconstruction Finance Fi-nance corporation and the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation. |