Show washington snapshots by james jamea preston preiton with the ever mounting clamor throughout the country for amendment of the wagner act the national labor relations board which operates under the act la Is being hard put these days to maintain its opposition to such amendments copartner co oo partner with the congress of industrial organization in opposition to proposed amendments now being demanded iby by not only a large segment of organized labor itself but business and the public as well the NLRB Is struggling to regain a position of good graces in the peoples eyes washington observers read with tongues in cheeks a recent report of the activities odthe regional office of the NLRB comprising new york new jersey and connecticut one of the most important sectors of the boards work the report covered the period from 1935 through last year and sought to temper th publics attitude toward the activities in that period in addition opponents of amendments of the wagner act have been sorely disappointed that the outlawing of strikes by the supreme court did not silence public demands for revisions in the act they had hoped that the decision would put a quietus on demands for amendment but instead have found the publics reaction to be one of a continued demand for permanent legislation revising the act to eliminate its one sidedness and charges of bias biag within the national labor relations board members of congress are beginning to find this sentiment reflected la in mall mail from the folks back home especially from a large section of the farm population while farming was specifically exempted from the operations f the wigner wigder act numerous administrative rulings by the Natio national naf labor relations board have caused many engaged in various farming activities to feel the pinch of the law imposed upon them the government printing office usually carefully corrects any gram i magical errors that might slip into congressional debate dabate it let a bad one get by recently when it printed a joint resolution A A rather knotty problem resulted As printed the resolution called tor for construction st of a government eril ment aircraft manufacturing plant at a cost of only 1 the ODO figure appeared in the preamble but in the body of the resolution the govern anent printing office left oft off three of the Os delegate samuel king of hawaii recently entertained members of the house territories committee ommIttee 3 nt at a luncheon the unique menu enu read na hua macoll ka wal 0 ka ica eliaha kaham ka akib ka io kola ka ula kahlke pol ke halo palal na iia mea owell kipe 0 kona na hua bus pas kiki in other words the guests ate native fruit cocktail pineapple juice tuna salad broiled meat irish potatoes pol fried taro relishes rolls coffee nuts SIDELIGHT washington probably has more private parties per wee week than any city of its size in the united states the reason la Is that almost the entire adult population Is on the federal payroll find and the work lay day Is the same for everybody 9 a m to p m every night thousands gather for parties in apartments and private homes at one party recently several young lawyers employed in various government agencies participated they suggested and played a new kind of game the game was a mock trail with miss democracy on trial the climax came when the defendant was be headed the charge being a pub public he nuisance and carrying a dangerous weapon the constitution I 1 |