Show Unions Wages Several Senators have suggested suggested suggested sug sug- Congress act to curb the power of unions to force pay increases increases which sometimes prove so unreasonable unreasonable unreasonable unreason unreason- able they harm the interests of the workers themselves CASES WERE c cited i t e d in which pay scales went up so steeply union workers found themselves out of work The industries affected could not pay the increase and earn earna a profit This has been true in several areas in the construction construction construction con con- industry to such an extent President Nixon recently recent recent- ly acted to halt haIt swiftly rising pay scales on federal projects FEW WOULD seek to diminish diminish diminish di di- minish the power of organized labor so that such power would revert to industry but there is a paramount public interest the federal government must take into account in its legislation legislation legislation legis legis- lation dealing with both management management management man man- and labor In essence the responsibility of Congress is to see that neither industry nor labor abuse the public and this has happened too often recently in the transportation industry and in others THERE IS also the national nation nation- al security field and neither industry nor unions should be allowed to endanger national security which has also happened happened happened hap hap- in hi recent years on several several several sev sev- eral occasions The public interest interest interest in in- terest should be protected in these areas by congress congressional tonal action |