Show NEWS BEHIN V 1104 HE I 1 4 11 1 f by B PAUL MALLON y Rie released leased by western newspaper union LABOR legislation FORCED BY br STRIKES washington A fair trade practices bill for labor is supposed to lie around congress until the coming expected wave of union strikes generates an irresistible demand for its adoption then it or something like it is passed this indeed is the sotto voce program such delay may sound like a back end way to handle an expected national crisis because the bill prop poses to avert the f strikes by providing machinery for just settlements not only 4 in the public interest but in the J long range int interest erest A 1 of the unions yet i you can see chatis beginning to happen to the legislation in donald the probable ab sence of Alaba mas senator lister hill from the list of sponsors this was supposed to be a tour four senator bill introduced by two democrats and two republicans in fact the same ones who sponsored the declaration of senatorial peace principles ball burton hatch and hill but on this bill hill says he was just too busy to fill out the leadership so it became most people think the real reason is that the CIO was instrumental in hills recent reelection election re the too busy treatment is likely to be applied generally to the proposal because nothing in its announced purposes can very well be openly opposed by the unions or anyone basically the bill would require the arbitrary unions to moderate their public be damned policy disruptions of public service such as in the fifth avenue bus slowdown in new york fork recently where the drivers just decided to run an hour or so late as well as strikes in public utilities milk deliveries etc would be prevented by judicial compulsory arbitration this is in m the sound interest of the unions because all now are suffering from the conspicuous public be damned policy of a few unions the bill was not written by manufacturers rs or employers but by an old union lawyer donald who composed the josf successful labor law ever enacted the railway labor act under it the railway brotherhoods brothe have prospered better than other labor unions and without strikes the senatorial sponsors are not anti labor people either but somewhat left leaning the way they described their general purposes is this ONE BOARD PLAN they would break up the competitive h handling of labor through var various i i government agencies now and put all conciliation and mediation activities in a new five man board A second board of three wo would u id handle complaints of unfair practices by labor or employer not just labor alone as now the wagner act would be further amended to make unions democratic and to limit the closed shop to places where the union onion controls at least 75 per cent of the workers and Is open to all members and thus is not in itself a closed shop handing employment down from generation to generation in its own ranks or otherwise limiting workers rights further logical limitations would cut down the number of captious strikes now expanding the coun try labor could stop all the national opposition arising against it in many states where laws or constitutional changes are being advocated or enacted to protect public interest against the unions it if they would take the mild and reasonable purposes of this bill or alter them to suit the situation if they would say the word to senators like hill the bill would go through in a minute unfortunately too many labor leaders now are shortsighted reactionaries tion aries who want to defend the status quo and prevent any reform of existing unsatisfactory conditions so it is quite possible congress congre ss will not only wait until the strike horse runs away but the whole labor barn burns down before taking up this key to lock the door excessive use of power always kills itself by its own excesses history is bulging with undeviating examples latest one is hitler who contrived his own defeat by carrying his power to lengths which caused an overwhelming opposition to be aroused statesmen labor leaders or other humans seem unable to realize that power la lasts ats only as long as it is wisely used those who read this column weekly on the legal power built up by the black faction of the supreme court for unions to fix prices realize the trend of this faction the black block ruled on restraint of trade and conduct of operations outlawed for all other people in their own selfish interest and we recognize that too as public be damned authority for labor to exploit the interests of the consumers who are the public |