Show Social Security Program ti labor laws Face Congress Proposed legislation to Bring Unions Under Definite RestrICtions New Insurance Plan To Out Out Out-Beveridge Beveridge England's Program By Neu t Analyst and Commentator U Service 1343 H I Street N W Washington D C CAs CAs As the ship of at state puns pulls out of the holiday doldrums skIpper and crew are sett sctt ng theIr s Ja as for rough weather eather There are cross currents ahead m in the new congress whIch are going to set the old shIp rocking Symbolic of conflicting mo mote moe moments e ments the of which w 11 soon be filling the Congress anal onal Record are these two mo A proposed bIll to bring labor unions into the restrict restrict- restricting mg ing pale of leg such as busl busi business ness has to contend WIth under the anti trust laws and a socIal securIty program whIch some say wIll out Beveridge England s new plan That program Its author Sir William says sas is S m in some ways ays a on The holiday doldrums I men mentioned boned were ere not entirely a seasonal affair thus year There was the usual al letdown h 1 while e congress went home and the nation turned to festal thoughts There was also a pre premeditated premeditated meditated lull whIch was necessitated by the turnover m in the last election The administration knew that no matter what hat was done m in inthe the interim between bet and January It would ouId m in some measure be undone when hen anti administration Democrats and the increased Re He Republican publican minority got together lD in the new congress Stop Gap Arranged Since manpower is S the prune con consideration of the moment a stop gap was arranged WIth much fanfare Manpower Commissioner McNutt was given new powers and a far flung program was as ballyhooed But It was mostly ballyhoo and Just be before tore fore Christmas wIde publicity was given to a document which was ob obviously the forewarning that much strIcter regimentation of labor was m in the wind The long postponed but inevitable national service sel act raIsed Its head again agam The document was a draft ot a abIll abill bIll made by Grenville Clark an at- at attorney attorney torney who suddenly emerged as a presidential advIsor It v was as an announced announced that he made a special trip to England to study the Brutish British man manpower manpower power setup Clark remained silent until Just before Christmas and after congress had gone borne bome but every congressman received a copy of the proposed leg About two t weeks earlier shortly after the Beveridge report v was as made public a cab net officer was heard to remark We ye ve got to get busy and draw up a program that fits America s needs a little better than the Bever dge plan would But the lull was still lulling then and when the President was asked at a press and rad o 0 conference If he were ere preparing a message for congress on the that subJect was about the t me of the remark ot of the cabinet member member-he said no The Beveridge plan was the nat natural natural ural result of the Battle ot of Britain Then a common danger brought the British people closer together The underfed and under housed had bad to be taken care ot of Class lines don t exist m in the sham shambles shambles bles A bombed out duchess can be as cold and hungry as a waif alf The poor suddenly realized that If they could be taken care ot of as well wellor or better m in an emergency they ought to have a little better distribution tion ot the ordinary decencies of I 1 fe fem fein m in prosperous peace times WIse leaders didn t walt wait until the it ar was over to face angry demands which might turn into real re re elution S r William WIlham Beveridge s committee drew up the blueprint for what they called a Brutish British on m in the coun country country try s econom c setup under which as one spokesman described It the people would contribute by their own preference to a nat onal ance fund rather than take a hand handout handout out from the state Assurance The goal of the Be plan Is Isto isto to lay the ghost of insecurity by means of assurance Assurance IS the British word for what we call insurance and wh ch really defines the commodity better than our assurance word that men and women omen would have a subsIstence through sickness and unemployment and old age would have money to take the baby through its difficult early stages enough for a decent burIal WIthout burdening friends or relatives would provIde a working woman wIth a bonus when she mar tied so she wouldn t be penalized for enjoying connubIal bliss All thIS V would auld be done on the principle I of ord nary commercial insurance except that the government would run the machinery both labor and andI I cap tal would contrIbute as such and the people as a whole m in accordance with their income would pay a share through taxes The plan Is not new But It Is a consIderable on of the present security laws such as Br tams has had for a long time and such as the New Deal brought to America AmericaNo No sane American politIcIan no matter how far he leaned to the ye ve side v would suggest re repealing pealing America s socIal securIty laws It couldn t be done But the controversy will l arise anse m in congress when attempt are made as they wIll be to extend the benefits both as to amounts paid and to new categories of workers Such exten extensions lions are contemplated m in the plan now m in Washington I Labor Regulation That Is one trend we can look looh for Running counter to It on the surface but really also shooting at the grea greatest test good for the greatest num number her ber IS the trend toward regulation of organized labor Probably a dozen bIlls have been drawn up all ot of which tend to put the screws on labor un ons Many liberals feel that the unions have It coming The growing number ot of strikes m in wartime when hen maximum product on IS a matter ot of patriot sm as well as necessIty the eXIsting union rules whIch tend to With maXImum product t on the various restraints con can considered as eVIl as the restraint of trade resulting from monopolies all have been highl by war condItions B Bills ls wIll be presented to root out these ills Much of the restrict on ot of unions could be aVOId aVOIded avoided ed If the unions cleaned the r own house houseIn In America as m in England when a nat on IS called upon to make the sacr sacrifices ices demanded by thus thiS war It Itcan itcan can be expected that the people WIll insist on a democratic tuon of opportunity and reward of effort when hen peace comes The war wIll also ha have hae e taught that maxImum production means maxImum pros prosperity penty There are plenty of people to consume peacetime products there are plenty of natural resources whose development can turn furn sh the Jobs for the consumers and provide the pay wh ch makes It poss ble for them to buy what IS produced Any group or mst cost farm la labor labor bor which management stands m in inthe the way vay of this maxImum production IS bound to have Its wings cl le Ie the people will demand and get greater assurance against rainy days wh ch come even when prosper ty IS with us And m in pro provid vid ng It It Britain comes along America cannot be far behind Sightless Workers Lockheed officials report that 13 bl nd workers who are helping bUild fight ng and bomb ng planes plane m in the a plant are m in some re respects respects better than average a and turn turnout turnout out more work than theIr fellows because of h gher concentration In dud ng t vo women the these e s workers passed a month s placement test lD in the Lockheed factory and andare andare are now working as tub ng assem assemblers bIers burring roll operators and as assemblers assemblers of S boxes One IS a parts handler on a conveyor m in the pa nt shop GUide dogs bring the bl nd em employees employees to the plant each and doze all day beneath their mas masters mastern tern benches M ss as Hazel Hurst Hunt Hunts s pres dent of a found at on onI I for tram train ng bl nd persons worked I at every job before select ng the blind worker to be placed m in It However the number of jobs they can perform w th safety WI will alwa always s be limited she said Lockheed hopes to find Jobs for more sightless work workers workers ers Its It's UniForms Now The Importance of Harry Hopkins bathrobe conferences With the Pres PresIdent President Ident are on the wane as tar far as their Importance goes The President Is paying more attention to advisors advisor m uniform |