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Show The 3mies9 Mews Letter Is That So? A . noted commentator who boosted the wrong candidate for the Presidency now suggests that organized labor might win the scheme lo repeal the Taft-Hartley Act, Now, down in their hearts, the majority of people in political circles and in private life, regard these big labor strikes as challenges to the power pow-er of the national government lo maintain peace. We have laws for every kind of cases, for all individuals, and for groups "like labor unions. Then why there should be an exception in handling hand-ling disputes between labor bosses boss-es and employers doesn't seem reasonable. Getting down to brass lacks it is a proven fact thai the big la bor unions are pretty apt to be lieve that before there is a gen eral strike that some method ol voluntarj ''cooling off" period might be agreed' upon to head off court proceedings, or interference inter-ference by government aulhori tics to siczc "struck plants" anc facilities. This correspondent prcdictec during the presidential campaigi: that the- incoming C o n g r c s i would approve many points lithe li-the Wagner Act and the Taft-Hartley Taft-Hartley Act and revise thesr measures to put teeth in the law: lo prevent most strikes, and Ic keep the relations between employers em-ployers and workers in statu? quo. In fact nobody knows bcttci than President Truman that these wholesale strikes are the number one stepping stones towards to-wards higher costs of production and higher costs of the necessities necessi-ties of life So keep your patience because the probabilities are that the President, in the next Congress, Con-gress, will rise lo the occasion and strengthen existing labor laws so they can be used to bring about settlements between managers man-agers and workers in future years. That may all sound optimistic, opti-mistic, nevertheless your correspondent corres-pondent in Washington is expressing ex-pressing an opinion wisely shared shar-ed by political leaders in the national na-tional capital. Looking In The Wrong Direction The Attorney General of Florida Flor-ida J. Tom Watson raised a yell connected with an appeal that slates must organize lo combat encroachment of states rights. The only trouble with there states righlers is that they are' defying the authority of the federal fed-eral government, Watson & Company Com-pany simply have got the cart before the horse. Th- stales have specific rights in the documents docu-ments arranged by the founders, which gave the right of the government gov-ernment to put seeding states of the south back in their place. But they don't seem lo remember that there was a Civil War in which the Confederates conceded conced-ed that the government nt Washington Wash-ington was to continue as it was handed down by Washington, Jefferson, and all the founders. Less Pressure The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System has reported re-ported a listing of "inflationary pressures." Businessmen, according accord-ing to the November Federal Reserve Re-serve Bulletin, are becoming more cautious in building up an inventory. The increase in private pri-vate construction is flattening out, That is because there has been a resistance on the part of buyers lo current high prices. Farm purchasing power has passed pas-sed its postwar peak and consumers consum-ers at the grocery stores are insisting in-sisting on more goods for less money. That has had a strong effect ef-fect on conditions. New Postal Rates On January 1 new postal rates will go into effect but these rates will not affect first-class letter mail, post cards, newspapers, library books or publications of fraternal, scientific or religious organizations. . Special delivery packages will be raised from 13 cents lo 15 cents for 2 pounds and gradually up from 23 cents to 35 cents for 10-pound packages. Parcel post rates will be doubled in some cases. Money orders will cost al-1 most twice as much. Registered I mail jumps wfth heavy increases. ' |