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THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD, KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. C.
WASHINGTON REPORT
UNWISE STEP , pule. This is a most unwise step
The long and festering dispute! and we will have future reason
between the railroads and some; to rejK'nt it.
of their employees pushed the To its credit, the Congress has
country to the brink of national ff>und iabor-management disputes i
crisis last week. Again, the s|)ec-
distasteful It has avoided them
tre of the countiy's economy wherever possible. Our system
grlitdinig to a halt loomeri bt'fore depends upon the optmation of
ue and the Congress rushed in to free collective bargaining and in
prevent national disaster. With- most instances this keystone of
out doubt, the Congress and the orir economic system works rea-
courts were the last hope df pre- sonably well. There are .some ex
venting the American pwple ceptions, however, which were
from being victimized by an ar- rewgrii/ed a great many years
gument in which they had no ago when special legislation was
part. But in the legislation it passtxi to deal with work stoppa-
passed, I strongly biriieve tho BPs in the Railroal.! industry.
merce last week. Efforts were | the urge next March to Jump
malie In the closed sessions of just as mindlessly into 'the ques-
the Committee to change the res-, tian of work rules which involves
olution, but we were able to thousands of detailed operational
write a measure that would ac-! agreements. Whatever happens
oomplish the two essential pur- ’ now, one thing is certain. The
poses of such Congressional in- 'Congress has taken on a new
tervention. 'First, we needed to ' responsibility. It has invited in-
. .u ' assure that the railroads would ■ dustry and labor to move away
crisis. All have asserted 'that opcrrite. Secondly, we ! the negotiating table and
health, wolifare, and security of | provide more time I or bring their disaigii-eements to
the nation dcmanii the continued | The ori-, Washington,
operation d? the railroads. Every | .vvould have done:
til recent years. Most 'Presidents
during the last thirty years have
had to face at least one railroad
(Help make Nortji CaroBna bea-
^ . .1 iiill'i'l ixfsufimicfii 'wv/uiu iiavc mt_i- .
President has also respected the !... nrohibitinff a strike or a AH this points, again, ito the : ^'^“ul |n ilSTil. This cannot 'be
principl that labor and manage-1 ,„r theCongrei to 'get to - ^
ment should work out their dif- j March 1 ” — - | work on a new formula for solv-
ferences and have avoided taking , | ing these l^ilsp'Utes. Proposals by
sides In the (dispute. j During the Floor debate at the | the White House have ibeen ig-
The present disagreements eleventh hour, the House agreed nored for many months. Sim-
have gone on since September | to an amendment providing a j mering these specific disputes in
1969. "Cooling off’ periods have | fiw percent pay raise retroactive I Capitol Hill’s political pot may
not cooled tempers on either side to January 1, 1970, and an addi- well prove so unsatisfactory that
and when time ran out, thcreliional 32c per hour increase re- ' ~
Congress went too far. 'By iit.s ! In the Railway Labor Act, the 1 was no fiurther legal means to troactlve to Noven-.'ber 1, 1970.
action, an already confu.scd .situ- public’s slake in uninterrupted ! prevent a strike. Therefore, for]Thus, for the first time in these
atioii has been aggraval<>d an.i railroad operations was spelled ! >he fourth time since 1963. the, disputes, the Congress has placed
iwe have established a precttdcnl out by empowering the Presklent i President was otolStated to ask
that 'the Congress and probably to provide "cooling off periods’’ . fer emergency powers to prevent
■most Amricans will live to re- during which strikes and lock-^ collapse of rail service while
gret. (We have rushed in to kw'p outs are forbidden. In theory, efforts to get the two sides to-
the railroads running which was negotiating could continue anil j gethcr could continue,
i^e only permissible alternative, an agreement is reached. This' The emergency resolution 'was
However, the Congresis has also I law has had a stormy history, i brought before my (Committee on
itself in 'the position of abbitra
ting a complex dispute about
which It has little knowledge or
a'jthority.
I opposed this action. By agi^ee-
ing to it, we 'have 'plunged into
dangerous territory. I have
the Congress may ibe forced to
face up to the problem of writing
new grour.<j rules 'for these fights
that will bo fair to all.
acted to fix wages in a labor dis- i Ivut it has worked fairly well un-I Interstate and 'Foreign Com- doubt that Congress may
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complished by garden; cii.ibs al
one, or 'municipal goyemnwivts,
alone, or the state gt^ernment,
alone. It can be aoctm^liahed by
the indlvidua) efforte :oI all the
citizens. I
Many times the qhai'acter of a
family can be judric'd by Khe ap
pearance of the home- Visitors
can likewise judge a town or city
by the appearance of 'the homes.
A well laniiscaped industrial
plant, factory, warehouse or
place of business -denotes Officers
and employees aa. congenial and
efficient as the^r 'pleasant sur
roundings. With’ ,pleasant sur-
‘rou'ndiftgk you’'Hrtd too, ®ood
neighbors, substantial 'dtizeijf
and community 'pride.
Reial esUte dealers itkII iiM tl|iat
they at let«t. '|0'jtb aS
percent mot* fpr a It is
weU landsoapdi. flbe Jber
oome Aiore attfactiv* ga they
grdw and inovlde shade and ool’
or, or (*hateyep they were spleot-
ed to aooompHsh hi > tfia ( (land'
scaipe s»heipe,,Jlif .the neighbors
match your effort, .the ‘whole
neighborhood will 'become . .a- de
sirable'plliae’'to ll've, and'-yodr
home or biuireh* b0cditae>si'{DOd
investment should yOu wish-.»to
sell. , '
Colorful 'flower ’borders, edging
plants alorf;i walks and di^VM,
well selected toundatiem-' plants
tnd'trees for frsmliiig your hcnie.
all add up ,*i, .and
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that the avocation ’Qr hobby o(f
gardening, aip®'*'^* ^ I'^opr
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f,^8on for this sterna 'Ijropf,' the
fadt that if Is 8oiaethln[y in wWeb
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Aside from the imily groMlM we
have the specialists, who otn
create many art tfotros with liv
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