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Show One Step Forward Passage cf the Hatch bill is la step in the rig-t direction but there is little reason to assume 'that tr-e act a 'ill i-it an end ito the activity cf iDllice-hiOlders. It will nelp do doubt, and th:Jt is -a distinct gain. The Hato.i Measure applies, of course, to Federal e.iiplt.yes only, aiaja' ti.te pro.-eibitions that it contains do not apply to State e.r..4oyes. In iy38 it was ci.iiarged, in seme States, ultaa-t Cere was a contest going on with State ejr.ployes, coerced ty a tt-ate er.achine, battling rag.ainst Federal ar.ployees, coersed' by a Faot-eiai Faot-eiai fxacJtune. Wltdle we are net prepared to argue Cis allegation it will be an-oner an-oner forward steLj if, and isihen, itgesiation is enacted to apply to all (ctate employes t-'.e same regulation taait the new law applies tc F'aaieral oifitp h"Wrs. |