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Repeal Of Taft-Hartley Law.
Sought By Truman, Unlikely
To Gain Congress Approval
WASHINGTON UP) Repeal ot the Taft-Hartley act still Is
President Truman's No. 1 objective In the labor field. But Demo
cratic leaders In congress say they look for the law to stay on
the books through 1950.
Mr. Truman's lieutenants at the capttol have Indicated clearly
they plan to advise the president It probably would be futile to
try again for repeal or even drastic revision of the law-rat the
new session opening Jan. 3.
"So far as I can see, we just
don't have the votes," one of the
party chiefs told a reporter.
Thus repeal appears almost
certain to be one of the stormy
issues of next year's congres
sional election campaigns, just
as it was in the presidential and
other contests in 1948.
Repeal advocates have con
tended all along, that Mr. Tru
man's election and the overturn
last year of Republican control
of Congress constituted a man-'
date from the people for the
scuttling of the Taft-Hartley
measure. They are working for
a big enough margin in the Se
nate and house in 1951 to achieve
it. .- .
The administration lost its
fight for repeal atvthe last ses
sion because a big bloc of South
ern Democrats lined up with the
Republican opposition, while on
ly a few Republicans voted with
the Truman Democrats.
Taft Blames Propaganda
The GOP foes of repeal, led
by Senator Taft of Ohio, have
argued that the majority of the
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voters want the essentials of the
Taft-Hartley law kept.
Taft himself, whose campaign
for re-election next year already
is in high gear, says he has found
that many rank-and-file Ohio
worKers are against erasing the
present labor law. He says many
of taose who do want it repeal
ed "have a prejudice against it,
growing out of labor newspaper
propaganda.
The dim prospects for repeal
tms year aon t mean Mr. Tru
man will not ask for it in the
s'ate of the union message he is
preparing lor congress. Both sid
es expect a renewed demand,
and there may even be a stir
toward carrying it out one to
which the Democrats can point
in tne congressional campaigns.
But at this time no serious ef
fort is shaping up in the house,
which would have to make the
next move.
Compromise Blocked
The move is there because the
Senate at the last session passed
a labor bill and sent it to the
house. The measure is a long
way irom peine wnat -vir. mi
man wants. It retains all the
basic features of the Taft-Hartley
law, including ine larjor-natea in
junction against national emer
gency strikes. .
The Senate bill, drafted mainly
by Taft, went to the House after
tnat oranch had rejected the ad
ministration's Taft Hartley re-
peaier ana came witnin a lew
votes of passing another bill
which would change the Taft
Hartley law onl yslightly. .
House Democratic leaders fin
ally succeeded In getting that
latter bill sent back to the labor
committee. There it has been
ever since. All efforts to get an
agreement on . a compromise
have deadlocked so far.
'I hope there won't be any
compromise," said Senator Mur
ray (D-Mont), a leader of the
repeal forces.
We promised to get rid of the
law. If we can't do it with the
present llne-un In Omui-eea thn
the thing to do is to put it up to
me peopie at next years elec
tions." Murray and some of those on
his side believe their position has
been strengthened by the fact
Mr. Truman did not use the Taft
Hartley injunction provision in
me recent steel and coal strikes.
They feel they can point to a:
least the steel settlement as evi
dence that the injunction is not
needed in critical strikes. ;
On the other hand, some? Tafr.
Hartley backers argue that the
president snouia nave nought a
court order In both the coal and
Steel disputes.
STRIKE POSTPONED '
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec.
27. UP) Union officials have
agreed to postpone a threatened
strike nf KniithupKt-prn Roll Tula.
phone company employes for ten
uttys.
Thev acceDted Gov. Fnrroot
Smith's plan to try for a settle
ment next Thursday at a meet
ing of the governors from the at
tectea states.
Municipally-owned stores pro
vide most of the' local liquor reve
nue in Minnesota.
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Judge Says Radio
Station Can Ban
Some Broadcasts
BOSTON UP) Can a radio
station break a contract for a
broadcast?
A federal judge has ruled a
station has that right if it be
livees a proposed program does
not best serve the public interest.
The finding was made by Judge
Francis J. W. Ford in dismissing
a civil suit brought by the Mas
sachusetts Universalist conven
tion against radio station WLAW
of Lawrence.
The suit alleged breach of con
tract in the station's refusal to
broadcast a sermon titled "Is Je
sus Risen?" last Easter Sunday.
It asked damages and an order
forcing the station to broadcast
the sermon next Easter.
Called Lack Of Freedom
The convention charged in the
suit that constitutional freedom
of religious expression had been
violated.
Counsel for the station argued
the sermon raised "the question
of the divinity of Christ and the
theory of the resurrection." He
asked dismissal of the suit on the
grounds "broadcast of this ser
mon on that particular day
would, by reason of the religious
views expressed, be shocking to
general public sensibility."
Furthermore, he said, broad
casting of such a sermon - on
Easter Sunday "would be in vio
lation of the station's duty un
der the federal communications
act to operate in the public in
terest.'' Does Not Accept Fact
Judge Ford noted in his deci
sion that the proposed broadcast
"expressed what Is presumably
the Universalist doctrine which
does not accept the resurrection
of Christ as a physical and his
torical fact."
Instead, he said, "it gives, to
the story of the resurrection a
purely metaphorical or spiritual
significance." "
Judge ford said in answering
the convention's complaint the
station had violated constitution
al freedom of speech and reli
gion: "This amendment (the first)
limits only the action of Congress
or of agencies of the federal gov
ernment and not private corpor
ations such as the defendant
here."
He added the federal commu
nications act "does not expressly
confer -on anyone any right to
broadcast any material at any
time," and said:'
"The licensee Is obliged to re
serve to himself the final deci
sion as to what programs will
best serve the public interest."
Tavern, Apartments At
Cathlamet Fire's Prey
CATHLAMET, Wash., Dec. 1 27.
UP) A tavern and some apart
ments were aestroyea early in
day by a fire that for a time
threatened to spread to an entire
block.
The loss was estimated at be
tween $35,000 and $40,000.
An oil furnace in the tavern
basement exploded, engulfing the
building in. flames. Lines of the
telephone company office, adjoin
ing the tavern, were put out ot
commission, :
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University Hit
For Appointing
An Alleged Red
SEATTLE, Dec. 27. UP)
Criticism was voiced by a mem
ber of the University of Wash
ington board of regents and a
state legislator here over ap
pointment of a New York writer
to a visiting lectureship at the
university next quarter. .
Target of their criticism is
Malcolm Cowley, described as a
poet and writer and former as
sociate editor of the New Re
public. Cowley's record of having been
cited by the congressional Un
American Activities committee
for having served numerous
"Communist-front organizations"
and the quality of his poetry
were both criticized by the ob
jectors. George Stuntz. the resent, said
he had opposed Cowley's appoint
ment to the Walker-Ames fellow
ship In two meetings of the board
of regents "but faculty members
talked me down.
The legislator was Rea Wll-
Ham D. Shannon (R-Seattle) who
wrote Dr.. Raymond B. Allen,
president of the university, that
he "was at loss to understand the
selection of a man to address the
students who has the background
of Mr. Cowley." .
He has satisfied himself, Dr.
Allen said, that the lecturer I
no longer a sympathizer with
Communism and that "errors he
may have commlttea : 10 or 15
years ago should not stand in his
way if he has something con
structive to offer In an unrelated
field of special competence."
The university made public a
letter from Cowley offering to
withdraw If his appointment
were to prove embarrassing, The
university declined the offer.
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