Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 24, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 June 1934 — Page 14

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WAGNER LABOR BILL AROUSES BITTEROISPUTE ‘Hoax,’ Foes Say; Another Says Act Necessary to End Strike Threats. BY HERBERT LITTLE Times Special Writer WASHINGTON, June B.—The much-revised and modified Wagner labor bill was under attack from all sides today. “A hoax,” an •'anti-labor bill,” complained the American Civil Liberties Union. “It’ll cause more strikes,” leaders of big business charged. The reply of its author. Senator Robert Wagner (Dem., N. Y.), was: ‘‘The purpose of the bill and the effectiveness of the bill is to prevent further strikes. If some such bill is not enacted, we’ll have more strikes.” Meanwhile, the measure, setting up a national industrial adjustment board, finally placed on the President’s ‘‘must” list, seemed certain to prolong the session for some time because of the “disguised filibuster” speeches planned on the pending silver and other bills which are ahead of it on the senate schedule. Several Republican senators and some Democrats of conservative trend are planning these dilatory speeches. Senator Wagner himself is dissatisfied with the bill as rewritten by the senate labor committee and intends to fight for amendments to divorce the board from the labor department and give it power to meditate hours and wages disputes. The Civil Liberties Union attack alleges the “act will be used to impose compusory arbitration for it does not affirm labor's right to strike; it does not outlaw companycontrolled unions; it does not require employers to recognize and deal with representatives of the workers.” The union in letters to senators argued that “the bill does not prohibit employers from creating com-pany-controlled unions, although it purports to prevent them from interfering with or dominating workers’ associations.” N “It inevitably will serve as a weapon in the hands of employers to crush organized labor.” the union said. Arthur Garfield Hays and Harry F. Ward signed the letter. The White House refused comment on the automobile “big four's” visit, when the heads of Packard. Chrysler, Hudson and General Motors issued a statement expressing fear of new labor controversies in case of any new labor legislation. Other business complaints, made by the United States Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and other business organizations, express fear the Wagner bill would lead to widespread or national unionization, concentration of too much power in the American Federation of Labor, and limitation of an employer’s freedom to handle labor problems in his own way. Senator Wagner’s answer is the bill itself and the labor committee's report on it. The bill by title is aimed to “equalize” the bargaining power of workers and employers. The large surplus of workers and resultant unemployment creates a glutted labor market. A man has to take a job at the employer’s figure. If he is protected in unionizing, he may be able, through his union, to bargain on more nearly even terms. The bill forbids certain practices termed “unfair” to labor—coercion and discrimination with regard to union members, the domination or financing of union organizations. Senator Wagner and Chairman David Walsh see this as the major equalizing part of the bill. Senator Wagner believes most of the opposition voiced so far has been predicated on utterly wrong assumptions. He points out that it does not compel any one to join a union, does not specify what kind of a union shall be organized, does not require that a union be affiliated with any national labor organization such as the American Federation of Labor. Neither does it compel a closed shop. Chairman Walsh considered these general misapprehensions so unfortunate that his committee report started off with a statement of things which the bill is reported to do but actually does not do. In medieval as well as in ancient times honey, instead of sugar, was used to sweeten foods.

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