Show T-H T LAW Non Red Non Red Oath Labor unions union bitter enemies of the Hartley Tart act since the day it was enacted found themselves confronted again with one of the most disliked provisions of the law The US U.S. supreme court upheld the provision that requires union n officials to file non-Communist non oaths if U their unions are to use machinery of the national l labor relations board Both national and local officers of most unions have filed such affidavits af at although a few holdouts remain Chief Justice Vinson said in his page 31 opinion Those who so 10 Congress has found would subvert the public interest cannot escape all regulations because at the the same same time they carry carryon on legitimate political po po- activities To encourage unions to displace them thern from positions positions of great power over the national national na na- I economy while at the same time leaving free the outlets by which they may pursue legitimate political activities of persuasion and advocacy does not seem to us to contravene the purposes of the first amendment |