| Show Bill to Fight Paralyzing Truck Strike Sen Wallace F Bennett R R- R utah last week said he will join Sen John L McClellan Ark D-Ark again In Introducing a bill placing transportation unions under the trust anti laws Sen Bennett said the need for legislation of this kind has been made clear by the im mense power attained by Jam Jam- James James es Hoffa President of the International Teamsters fers Un- Un Union Union ion and Harry Bridges of the West Coast Longshoremen Power of this type is in- in intolerable in tolerable in afree a free society Sen Bennett said The anti anti- antitrust antitrust trust laws applying to the management of railroads ds truckers and shippers It seems only consistent that they should apply to the un- un unions unions ions in the same industries SEN BENNETT cited the current day 23 old East and Gulf Coast dock strike which has cost the nation nearly half halfa a billion dollars in losses More than ships are arc idle from Maine to Texas not notto notto to mention striking longshoremen seamen and waterfront truckers This illustrates the serious consequences conse- conse consequences of a transportation strike The bill S 2573 was intro intro- introduced Introduced in the last session of Congress but it was not acted upon It is a bill asking for lent of trust thc the trust laws to prohibit certain activities activities ties of labor organizations in restraint of trade such as in wide strikes THE PURPOSE of this leg leg- legislation is not designed to pro pro- prohibit prohibit hibit any and all strikes by transportation unions or to interfere in any way with oth- oth other other er collective bargaining meas- meas measures measures ures Rather its purpose Is to prevent serious threats to our economy that can come from froma a crippling nationwide trans tram transportation strike The Utah senior Senator said The trust antitrust laws were written at a time when large corporations were forming trusts which gave them mon mon- monopolistic monopolistic control over certain areas of the American econ econ- economy economy omy Today particularly in inthe inthe the transportation industry a similar situation has arisen with respect to labor unions IN SUCH INDUSTRIES as automobiles or steel industry industry- wide strikes are costly and senseless but in the field of transportation they are ai a matter of life and death This sets this industry apart from others Sen Bennett said He said that threats made by Mr Hoffa during the past several years have indicated a paralyzing strike of the trucking industry in the Unit Unit- United United ed States is not out of the question He He said the possibility ity of f the Teamsters combining combining ing with the Longshoremen Longshoremen's Union and other transportation transportation tion unions constitutes an present ever threat to the nation's na tion's welfare |
