Show washington snapshots liy by james preston I 1 A lot of the nations law makers alio ho thought they were casting I 1 it old upon tile the waters by voting noting for foi brolli bi oal it legislation lit in behalf of laboi unions now find that instead they alu lairlee n boomerang which threatens to them right be twedell tile the eyes the ilie reason was that at the insistence si mi of tile labor laboi lobbyists hobbyists the decided to impose no re rc whatsoever upon the unto loin 4 N now ow after a year and a half tin the return 4 tire no coming in and not only front the back home pre cluts but lit front tilt the capitol capital itself there Is one angle causing par furrowed brows blows although A public opinion to say the very least Is not friendly fil endly toward the CIO the leaders me are feeling pretty cocky these thebo days dais they tire aio collecting millions monthly in fit diles dm a and assessments and are pi turing to moye mno not only into it six story office building fideli they just bought but al so 0 onto the farms nw congressmen Congi easmon who hall hail from rural sections ions thought it was waa au all right for industrial employees to join unions but they left the farm farin flold field open to unions too to their regret so the southern tennant fa banners union called a national convention at denver to get all can canary iry ILI packing house and agricultural into one bigun big un lor lon affiliated with john L lewis mid the 0 LO 10 1110 1 lie a announcement of the call for bat injecting said in part in we cannot organic IZ along craft lines of separate iiii loi of each type of work we clearly build a union including till all workers lit in agriculture agil culture and related fields such as canneries puking cing houses bouses etc part of the union idea la Is that when alit n employees in a certain fac tory toi want shorter hours or higher pay they call a union official from outside that factory to talk with the boss of them usually that official knows very little about the conditions in that factory but sone lie he even claims to know more than company officials about company compain ier profits and losses A great many of the rural congi congre gre essin cn are arc wondering how the fanner will like it when some fellow lo 10 front from 1 a l different part of the country upon him and threatens to filhe 4 all 11 th the 0 it hands a nd S off tit the farm unless lie ho gets a union contract of a 40 hour we week k at 40 cents oil nn hour at tile hie chrle aasc thue lime the la Is conducting a big organizing cani cam ani among congressional secretaries it it claims to be getting many new members daily when and if the secretaries tire sufficient cent ly organized for a strike that will play liob hob with ninny many solons for whether they like to lo admit it or not there nr nrc L many legislators who have their offices entirely in the hands of 0 fhe the lawmakers would be lost if thor they had to see heo about getting a job for bill jones or straightening out tom williams benefit check they even know what telephone num ler lar to dial ldes that the CIO has started another organizing campaign ahmoi among ig federal employees in general many of the legislators saw what might be coming coining in a recent sta statement by existing federal em cm f floyces plo ploy ces union which wants to at af with the new 0 1 I 0 movement this union coill pointed cited out that during tho the period of provisional organization there will be no strikes or picketing agonist government departments but naturally no promises were made about the future so the legislators are wondering lor illg how many folks would laugh at them it if all the depart anent of agriculture employees employ eca johned them and went on it a sit bit down strike the law already keeps s soldiers idlers 0 and sailors sut lers out of unions a but it says nothing about our federal employees there are some whisp its to the effect that legislation will he w presented forbidding strikes mid and picketing hy by employees of the federal government |