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SECTION TWO The National Outlook Where We Stand On Labor Legislation 'By iurfeH Robey i— ; ~i The Senate has passed a labor bill. It was sponsored and han dled on the floor by Senator Ken nedy, (D-Mass.), and Senator, lve«, (R-N.Y.). This led to an; obvious, comment that the meas ure is bi-partisan. It also is said to be moderate, middle-of-the road, best obtainable, and a step in the right direction. Actually the bill reflects a purely political approach. It will do at least as much harm as good, perhaps more so. The reason for this is, first, it does not touch any of the basic problems in the labor field; second, in various re-1 spects it appreciably weakens the Taft-Haftley Act; and, third, if it becomes law it will be difficult, I perhaps, almost impossible, to bring labor legislation to the point of serious consideration for years ahead. In other words this : bill, if it becomes law, will serve, as a whitewash of the labor prob-. lem. The measure is composed of six sectio'ns.' .or titles. The first five are concerned 1 with internal op-1 erations of unions. Most of these: are fairly non-controversial. Sec * - . .M innnfifir-i ■ • - SAVE *500.00 ON CEMETERY MEMORIALS . . . the middleman makes about 20% which is $500.00 on a $2500.00 purchase. , j You save the middleman's profit when you buy from us . . . We sell directly to 5 the customer. ' PLEASE SEE US ABOUT YOUR WORK j 1 J. WINTON SAWYER j CEMETERY MEMORIALS t 405 South Road Si. , Elisabeth City Dial 5995 l ■ / i , i .... —i t TIRED OF (f I TIRED OF ST~ 1 endless week, y jp|k, waxing K ffi{ Then STOP!#\ And mS Sl ®L STOP 51 K a rush %Jfi fiY TODAY Mizst t 0 y H^«»? *rai'e a / |y MR rL FLOORS j RAN TODAY! >. i TOMORROW! p imp M«P Clpom Sondroa r«H N.«f Hov. to Im* Agotal tpMf HU, ImoUom. t yomUn Hip<*y*r of f ,«.•>■. **oi. « ***** mt Mirodo VUyl Inyl Kmr> It. |Im»»I iHiaot constant waning I ■HI-No own or foul * foot and f fool widths I THE CHOWAN HERALD —^ retary of Labor Mitchell objected to some of them on the grounds that they imposed a responsibility upon his office without the ne ■cessary authority to enforce the • provisions. Several changes were 1 made in the Senate to meet these objections. These first-five titles may be regarded as a mild step forward. Through setting standards for union elections, the handling of ; union finances, the terms of un ion officials, and so forth, the in- 1 ternal affairs of unions should show some improvement. Title VI is of a different charac ter. It consists .df a series of amendments to the Tart-Hartley I Act. Senator McClellan support ed the first five titles, but made; it clear in his discussion on the 1 floor that he had reservations in 1 ;so far as title VI is concerned. I j This is important because Sena-' : tor McClellan carries enormous * weight on labor matters as a re sult Os his excellent job as chair man of the Select Committee which has been investigating un ion affairs. The bill aroused vigorous con - -***-niinnfiftnnririn na“ n r, n ft AM J troversy in the Senate. Many ef forts were made to strengthen it I by way of amendments. These. proposals were voted down one after the other, usually by a sub stantial majority. L | Why'did this happen? Why } '; was it not possible to get a 1 , stronger bill? Among many rea- * sons, perhaps the following are! • the more important: : 1. This is an election year andj ! traditionally we do not get sub-1 1 stantial labor legislation just 1 | ahead of an election. Both the 1 Wagner Act and the Taft-Hartley Act were passed in non-election • years. 2. Opposition to a strong bill was effectively handled by the} | Democrat leadership. The oppo- j sition included Republicans as | well as Democrats, but the ma-[ jority were Democrats. i 3. Labor’s influence in Congress I is extraordinarily strong. This is j true in both Houses. Top labor j leaders were in favor of this bill, I • although they will not say this} 1 publicly. They would have been j j vigorously opposed to a strong I bill. The reason for favoring this, I particular measure is that, grant-! ing some legislation was inevita-! bid, it is as mild as could be hop- j ed for. . 4. The argument was used re-} oeatedly that if any bill was to i be passed it must not include con troversial issues. Senator Mc- ■ Clellan expressed this thesis in these words: “We can load the bill down with many things which I favor, and for which I shall continue to fight. We can load the bill down with provis ions which other Senators want, and the result will be that we Shall have no legislation at all, in my judgment, in this session of the Congress.” *5. There is widespread belief that labor is almost all-powerful at the polls, and that it is prac tically political suicide to do any-i' thing which the union leaders op-! 1 pose. This is not true, but it is true that the union bosses havej' 1 done an autstanding job at the political level. ; Whether the House will pass a bill this session, and if so what , kind of a bill it will be, is still lan open question. Politically the i tendency will be to pass some . thing to which union- bosses will , not take exception. j BEECH FORK CLUB MEETS j The Beech Fork Home Demon stration Club held its June meet : ing with Mrs. John Layton. It I was opened with “America The Beautiful”. For the devotional, the 23rd Psalm was given in uni son followed by The Lord’s Pray ■ er. I Mrs. W. H. Saunders presided. She gave a report on the recent l County Council meeting. A poem, “You All Come” was read by Mrs. Blanche Ober. Mrs. I. E. Halsey gave some helpful hints ■ on canning tomatoes. I This being “Dairy Month,” two j 4-H girls, Annie Ruth Nixon and Judy Evans, gave a demonstra ■ ion on toppings for ice cream. | “Apple Delight” was made by I tinting apple sauce green, pour j ing over ice cream, and sprink ling with cocoanut. Crunchy pea nut butter and honey mixed to gether makes a “Nutty Special” when used on ice ' cream, and “Strawberry Sundae” is made by serving strawberries over ice j cream. Everyone thought these; were very tasty as well as attrac tive. The girls stressed “For the best of health, everyone needs milk from the cradle to the grave.” Cake topped with ice cream and ' a refreshing cola drink were ser ved by ‘he hostess. Our Speedy Age News from Hollywood, via jLife: ‘'Once in a Lifetime” has been purchased for production. The title has t*in changed to i “Twice a Day.” MAY NEVER RACE AGAIN —Trainer Jimmy Jones, right, i closes his eyes as veterinarian Dr. William N. Wright prepares to X-ray the right foreleg of Tim Tam, the Kentucky Derby II and Preakness winner who was soundly thumped in the Belmont Stakes by Cavan. Dr. Wright said it was unlikely that Tim Tam will race again since the films, showed that a bone was broken in the leg. Jones said. “We’ll just have to wait and see,” but he didn't sound too hopeful. In love of home, the love of Peace is the golden wisp that country has its rise. binds the sheaf of blessings. —Charles Dickens. —Katherine Lee Bates. 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Sherman Coop er started on the mound for the Blue Caps, but gave way to Roosevelt Morring in the second. | Morring got in trouble when the I bases were loaded but then | buckled down to fan three con ' secutive batters to retire the | side, and went the entire route. | • • Golden Iff ACtF. *2® Jgf $0.65 A U J 4/SQI. I r j soman DisTitLEts co. tisnutt mt hr. iioa loot cun neotiu smuts, to hoof. 0 I The Blue Caps’ roster includes I Francis Slade, manager; Roose velt Morring, Sherman Cooper, Mack Johnson, Jr., George Jer nigan, Buddy Johnson, Hubert Jordan, Thomas Johnson, Sher man Horton, Joseph L. Cooper, Albert L. Johnson, Marshall Jor dan and Lewis Horton. Man’s capacities have never been measured; nor are we to | judge of what he can do by | any precedents, so little has | been tried. —Thoreau.
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