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Show i flo Comment W . By James W. Douthat WASHINGTON Charges of misdeeds by labor union un-ion officials in all parts of the country are contained in more than 50,000 letters received by the Senate Rackets Committee headed by Sen. McCIellan (D.-Ark.). The offers of Information, and charges, have overwhelmed over-whelmed the relatively small staff of the Senate committee, com-mittee, with the results that In- vestigations may never be conducted con-ducted on many of the charges, i The letters admittedly may contain many "spite" charges and may reflect rlvaly within local and international unions. But, lievei iiitrltrss, aiTioZflTiCrii has been expressed by committee' members that the charges ofj corruption and misdeeds are so numerous. I Meanwhile, it appeared doubt-' ful that legislation will be enacted en-acted at ' this session which would curb the cast power of la-J would curb the vast power of la-1 Some members of Congress' say that this can be Attained only through a revision and tightening of the Taft-Hartley Act. Fears voiced by some members mem-bers that the McCIellan commit-tee commit-tee inquiry might result in, "persecution" of labor unions are1 regarded as utterly unfounded. In fact, the big union bosses seem to feel that they can thumb their noses at the McCIellan committee with Impunity. I STATES RIGHTS President Eisenhower Is now emphasizing a proposal he made when -he en-tered en-tered the Presidency that thei federal government return many programs and projects to the state and local control. I The latest statement of Mr. Elsenhower on the subject was made to the governors confer-1 ence at Williamsburg, Va. He suggested creation of a federal-state federal-state task force for action toward to-ward shifting programs "back home." After Mr. Eisenhower came Into In-to office a new Hoover Commission Commis-sion was created with power not only to recommend a shifting shift-ing of duties within the govern, ment but aiso to propoM.- a continuance of functions. Further, the commission on Intergovernmental In-tergovernmental Relations, headed head-ed by Meyer Kestnbaum, made an exhaustive Investigation, and submitted a report in which it was disclosed that many federal projects could be discontinued. I In submitting legislation to congress after 1953, Eisenhower cabinet members frequently stressed their belief that there should, be a greater sharing of programs by state and local governments. gov-ernments. The new proposal of the President Presi-dent thus is regarded by his supporters sup-porters as being consistent with the announced objectives of the administration when It ousted the New-Fair Deal, which was charged with expanding and building up power of the central government over a 20-year per-iod. per-iod. Adoption of the Elsenhower program would make possible a reduction In federal expenditures and taxes. One of the benefits of It, Mr. Elsenhower pointed out, is that the "freight charges" Involved In collecting taxes from people In the states, sending the money to Washington, and then sending it back again, would be eliminated. |