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'WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 'S'7ASHINQTON S7ASHINQTON ' . . , D C---The C The CThedemand C - .Tbe Tbe . - - Tbdemand for a hew new and effective effectivecovernment effectivegovernment effectivGovernment covernment government labor lpbor policy hasreached has hasreached hareached reached the point where conressmen con1 con1gre con conface gre face toface ressmen len $ will will 'Soon Soon ' be afraid to toface face their constituents unless unlessthey unlessthey unlesthey they do something itUntil ItUntil it itUntil Until John L Lewis pra praor prpc- prpc prac - , ticaUy tically prpcticaUy practically ticaUyraraly.zed raraly.zed raralyzed paralyzed . the nat1 nation n with withhis his coa coal strike , many a congress- congress congressman - - 'man man congress'man ' man felt f u secure in his Job ob so solong long as he be played ball with with or- or organized organized - - ganized labor laor or and refused refivote to tovote tovote vote for any legislation opposed ! . opposedby by labor leaders But now ever even eventhe the congressmen from the big biggest : gest industrial mdustrial centers are find findicy findlag , ing lag that their do nothing " pol . icy is causing more and morediQsatisfaction mortdissatisfaction mortdissatisfactionFor more dl'satlsfaction dlsatlsfaction diQsatisfaction " ' dl'satlsfactionFor diQsatisfactionFor For they are discovering thatthe that thatI thaithe I the rank and file of labor-the labor the laborthemen laborthemen labor - th thmen < men who vote them into office officeare offic officare < ! are tired of strikes and are artlooking . lookmg looking to government for someprotection some someprotection , protectIOn against the insecurityand insecurity insecurityand insecurityand and loss of income mcome which has resuited resuited re reI sulled suited from the epidemic olwork 01 of 01work ofwork work stoppages stoppagesAutomobile stoppagesAutomobile stoppagesAutomobile Automobile workers for example ex ex'ample 'ample ample who were out of work formonths for formonths formonths months due to thier own strike strikeand strikeand strikeand and later cut off from any income in income income come because of the coal strike strikeare strikeare strikeare are making it clear that they do donot donot donot not want this condition to con contmue continue contmue contmueCongress tmue tinue tmueCongress tinueCongress Congress is also being made increaslngly in increasingly increasingly creasingly aware aw re of the fact that thatthe thathe tha t tthe organizedlabor the ; group known as organizedlabor organized labor which it has been pamperng pamper pampermg pampermg mg for years , is not nearly as asbig asbig asbig big or as strong as is the un unorganized unorganized unorganized organized consumer when he be- be begins begins be begins - - gins raising his voice And John JohnQ JohnQ JohnQ Q Public has made it crystal crystalclear crystalclear crystalclear clear that he expects congress to tostop tostop tostop legisiation legislation legisletion stop fiddling over labor legisla legisle tion and come through with with anew a anew anew new policy which whichwill will bringpeace bring bringpeace bringpeace peace on the labor front frontUp frontUp Up to the last minute congress had congresshad hoped that the President Presidentwould Present Presentwould Presidentwould would take over the respon responsibiJity responsibility responsibility sibiJity sibility for settling setUing the coal coalstrikeand coalstrikeand coalstrike strike--and strike and - - - and thus make it un unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary necessary for new legislation leiPslation to tobe tobe toe be ? enacted immediately But Butnow Butnow Butnow now . with a railroad strike strJke and anddanger anda a shIpping strike expected to en endanger endanger danger the nation almost asmuch as asmuch asmuch much public as the coal strike , the pub pub- - - lic is insisting that a permanentsolution pennanent permanent pennanentsolutIon permanentsolution solutIon be found Piecemeal Piecemealsettlementusually Piecemealsettlementusually Piecemealsettlement settlement-usually settlement usually - usually based on ongiving ongiving gIving labor leaders practically practicallyall all they ask for-is for is for - is no longer longera ! a satisfactory answer A strong law , curbing strikes strikes and forcin forcinunions forcing forcingwtlons forcingunions g , . wtlons unions to accept repsonsibilities repsonsibilitieswUl repsonsibilitieswill repsonsibllitleswill wUl will undobtedly undC\btedly undC btedly undSbtedly \ be enacted soonDebate soon soonRebate Rebate Debate eb te over the labor crisi crisihas crisishas s ! ; ha has overshadowed all other matters mat matters mattars ters tars here Bore h re during the past monthand rnontb rnontband mon monand and it la is apparent that congre congress congressis congreis Is in 10 more Of Cf ) a jam is than at anytime any anytime an y : time in years Bu But because be use of thecoming the tin tincoming e oming coming ( : election , and . . the desire desireof des desof desireof ; of most congressmen tongressmen to get getof I borne home getborne gethome , It is eXRected expected . that some someof someof of the socallea socaUed socalied "must must 'must " 'must'legislatlon mustlegislatlon 'must'legislatlonw1l1 ' " " ' legislation legislationwill legislationwill w1l1 will be rushed ruhed : ; thro through h at the thelast thelast thelast last minute and other hnportant important hnportantmatters importantmatters importantmatters matters wl witl will 1 be sidetracked indefinitely in indefinitely indefinitely definitelyThe definitely . , legislatlon legislation The "must must " " tag put put on legis lation by the President seems tchave to tohave tohave have very little if any effect oncongress orcongress on oncongress congress these days , . partly per- per - . haps hags perhaps , be cause President Truman Trumanhas Trumanhas Trumarhas has Pref1dentRoosevelt's not followed Pref1dent Pre PresidentRoosevelt's PresidentRoosevelts ; ident identRoosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelts ' policy of pleading to tothe tcthe . the people for enactment of his hispet hispet hispet toj pet legislation - - - - - - - - |