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Show Labor LaborFor For two years labor s 111 III ill starred starreddove starreddove starreddove dove of peace peaoe has sought a restmg resting restmgplace restingplace restingplace place hovering over Ur the battle battleground battleground battleground ground of John Lewis Congrasa Congress tor for torIndustrial forIndustrial torIndustrial Industrial Organization and William WilliamGreen WilliamGreen WilliamGreen Green a s American Federation of La Lahoc Lahoc Labor hoc This month for three reasons reasonsthe reasonsthe reasonstha the dov dove hovers nearer earth But Butthere Butthere Butthere there la Is still no Indication that peace peacewlll peacewill peacewill wlll will ( ) come Orne via mutual consent a amore amore amore more likely solution is victory vlct.ory vlctory . tor for torthe forthe torthe the A F of L thanka thanks to growin growlii.anti-C growlii.antiC growlii.anti growliianti C * . . antJ-C antJ C anti-C anti - - - I 0 sentiment senhment welling up upsince upsince upsince since Homer Martin MarUn split the Umled United UmledAutomobile UnitedAutomobile Umt dAutomobil Automobile * WI WF W ( rkers during Janu Jams January Jamscry January ary cry The three Indications of a ashowdown ashowdowln ashowdoWn ashowdoWnKuprenr showdown showdowln showdownRuprerne showdowlnSupreme Kuprenr Ruprerne Supreme Court C urt The much cussed cussednu cussednational cussednational nu national tlonal labor relations board III e1 e1letedly IIIlel.edly alIc lel.edly leledly letedly , . edly pro C I 0 wrs WIIS was rebuffed rebutted rebuffedIn rebuttedits In its three Supreme court dedsions decisions dedsionswhIch decisionswhich decisionswhich whIch effectively banned tha the sit- sit sitdown sitdown sit-down sit down - - - down strike Specifically the two twomajor twomajor twmajor major decisions ruled ( (1) 1 ( I ) that Chi Chicago Chisago Chlcago cago sago a s Fansteel Metallurgical cor eor corporation eorporation corporatlon poration could not be compelled compeJled toyV to toDANIEL yV ' r abl'e able t ' ' t t tyt yt s < Ai Aii i ) DANIEL TOBINThe TOBINThe TOBIN TOBIN77r 77r The yevcemuker peacemaker acfmaker ! eschewed peucf peace p < ' CfI . . rehire rchir participants in tn the notorloWi notorious notorious1 1937 37 sitdown sltdown and (2) 2 ( ) that NLRB hu has hasmisttiled humisn hasmisruled misn mist-tiled mist tiled - cd In irs charging a Cleveland Clevelandfirm Clevelandfirm Clevelandflrm firm with unfair labor practices for fordealing fordealing tordealing dealing with one set of organized organizedworkers organizedworkers organlzadworkers workers after fa failing lUng to reach an anagreement anagreement anagreement agreement with another set setSinca . . Sinca Since C I 0 s most successful successfulweapon successfulweapon successfulweapon weapon has been discredited , . C I Io I0 o 0 itsell ltsell hi is rs thereby discredited But ButJohn ButJohn ButJohn John Lewis organization has al ai already aiready already ready attained a big measure 01 o1 o1success 01suceess ofsuccess suceess success so this effect is unlmpor unimpor unlmportant unimportant unimportant tant Greater by far fur is the blow to toNLR toNLRB toNLHB NLR NLRB a s prestige to be reflected in incongress incongress incongress congress during the next few weeksWaen weeksWagner weeks weeksWagaier Wagaier Wagner Waen r Act Ao Aot & C I 0 has .tood tood stood stoodpat . stoodpat .toodpat pat against amending amendmg the labor act actand actand actand and well It might . , since most NLRB NLRBdecisions NLRBdecisions NLRBdecisions decisions hav have been favorable favorableChief favorableChief favorableChief Chief aentlment sentiment for changa change has hascome hascome haacome come from A F of L which lostprestige lost lostprestige lostprestige prestige by NLRB decisions and andemployers andemployers andemployers employers who claim the th act dls dlscriminates dlscriminales discriminates criminates criminales against them Addlnlr Adding Addlnlrits AddingIts AddingIts its voice Is the public which appar apparenUy apparently apparently enUy ently dislikes tha the idea of giving givingNLR givingNLRB givingNLRB NLR NLRB jurisdiction which tradition traditionally traditionally traditionally ally has belonged to the courts Re- Re Revision Revision Re Revision - - vision of the Wagner act . is the No No1 1 certainty of 0f this year s COJ1gress congress COJ1gressprobably congressprobably congressprobably probably stripping slnppmg NLR NLRB of ot Its ItsPOW'f itspower itspower POW'f POWf power ( ' and establishing another anothertribunal anothertribunal anothertribunal tribunal more to the liking of con conservatlve conservative conscrvative servatlve servative elements How C I 0 0would 0would 0would would suffer suffor suitor how A F of L wuuld would wuuldgain wouldgain wouldgain gain by this move mi ml ve is lS strikingly ob obvlous obvious obvious obviousP vlous vious vlousPI viousPt PI Pt P ace Bee Talks Enc Encl Enct ( uraged by courl court courlnIl courtrul courtnil nIl rul r gs and put pul lie he ltc sentiment sellhment A Ff Ff F Ff f L L . c ) i ) ild lid aT alT iii ( rd t t ) ) accept Presl Presi Preslder Presider Presidei der t R osevelt osevell s a c irrci Irr1 irrer ( ' t labor laborp'ac laborpeace laborpeace p'ac pac peace ( ' ( ' t lid id with reservations rAf'rvations rAfrvations z4ervatlons z4 ervatlons ' HO Ito 1101 { ( e ef ef f ( the adm n strati i is thnllabor that labor I a Itwo atwo two fIcUuns fictions t f tctluns IcUuns ictions will settle seltle their dls dis dlsp disp disp p te to In 10 coherence coi fcrence ferencI ' precludinc precluding II a afiery aflery fiery 'ry ry ( ' c nkrcsslonnl n"rcssionnl nrcssionnl nbresstonnl " debate overWagner over overWal'T1er overWagner Wal'T1er WalT1er Wagner . 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