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rOUH MEDFOrtD MAIL TRIBUNE Thurtday. Feb. 7. 1948 Letter From Washington By HARRIS ELLSWORTH Member at Congteti From Oregon There is Increasing evidence alnce the beginning of this ses- Ion that Republican members of the house are asserting Re publican principles and policies when opposing administration legislation. Heretofore, our gen era! attitude seems to have been to complain and oppose without very strenuously offering our own version of a solution to problems being dealt with. Since the first of tms year, is odvi- ous that the honeymoon of Re Dublican passive reslstence is over. Beginning with the first major bill of the session, the Independ ent Offices Appropriation bill, the Republican leadership an nounced that federal spending would be opposed, and that we would fight for economy In gov ernment. Public approval of this forthright announcement was Immediately noted, with the result, I think, that a substan tial number of courageous De mocrats Jointed our Republican minority in passing amendments to the appropriation bill, saving several millions of dollars. Ordinarily, the Democratic majority of the house has voted solidly against any amendment to reduce appropriations. Quite obviously, the spending habit is Imbedded deeply in the adminis tration forces, but equally obvi ously, the people of the country are opposed to further spending. , NEXT CAME THE adminis tration version of the fulfilment - of the war-time agreement to return the employment service offices to the states. In Decem ber, the president vetoed the bill which carried a provision to re turn the employment service of fices to the states In 120 days. The administration version Just offered (and defeated) ostensibly would have returned the offices to the states June 30, 1947. Actually, the bill was so worded that, even on that later date, nothing more than a gesture of returning the offices would have been made. We did not simply oppose this bill, but under the new, dynamic, construction Re publican policy program, a sub stitute bill was offered by Re publican Representative Everett Dlrksen of Illinois. It was a bill honestly designed to return the offices, and de layed the time of returning them fix months Instead of 120 days. It was a statesmanlike proposal, and with the help of nearly a hundred Democrats, this substi tute bill was passed by a vote of two to one. (294 yeas and 125 nays), ' AS THIS LETTER Is written, there Js before the house re vised version of the president's recommendation for the creation of fact-finding boards for the purpose of aiding In the settle ment of labor disputes. In its present form, this bill is innocu ous, and, In my opinion, would be of little constructive value If passed. Again, rather than pas sively vote "yes" or "no" on an Inadequate administration pro posal, Republicans undoubtedly will swing In behind a bill intro duced by Republican Represen tative Francis Case of South Dakota, which is offered as a substitute. The Case bill has been care fully written and Is painstak ingly designed to correct some of the Inequities In present laws, and to provide exhaustive means of negotiation to be gone through prior to the actual calling of a strike. Here are two paragraphs from the first section of the Case bill, which state Its objectives: "To aid In the voluntary and expeditious settlement of labor disputes affecling the public Interest, therefore, there are hereby established additional facilities and procedures for the application of collective bargaining, conciliation, me diation, and arbitration. "The desired end of bar gaining between management and labor Is a contract. Once that contract is made, It must ' be equally binding and en forceable on both parties. Free collective bargaining and contracts resulting therefrom must not be nullified or de stroyed by resort on either wiiiuii violence or un lawful possession, obstruction, or destruction of property. Collective bargaining requires that labor bo on one side of the table and management on the other. The separate posi tions, responsibilities, duties, powers and rights of labor and management must be main tained." IT IS OBVIOUS that the Case bill will be violently opposed by labor leaders, but it Is the obll gation of congress, I think, to legislate for all of the people and not just for powerful labor leaders. In other words, I be- lleve the best interests of all of the people, union members in eluded, will be served by pass age of legislation embodying 'he principles set out In the two paragraphs quoted above. In support of this opinion, I can quote from a book written by one of the greatest Liberals of all times, the late Mr. Justice Brandcls, who said: "This practical immunity of unions from legal liability Is deemed by many labor leaders a great advantage. To me It appears to be just the reverse. It tends to make officers and members reckless and lawless, and thereby to alienate public sympathy and bring failure upon their effort. It creates on the part of the employers, also a bitter antagonism, not so much on account of lawless acts as from a deep-rooted sense of injustice, arising from the feeling that while the em ployer Is subject to law, the union holds a position of legal Irresponsibility. . . ." Rev. Turney Going i o Portland For Dagwell Ceremony TO DartlclnfltA In thn pnlahra. tlon of the 10th anniverarv nf the consecration of BenJ. D. Dag well as bishop of Oregon, the Rev. Georie R. Turnev nf S( Mark's Episcopal church will leave this week-end for Pnrtlnnrt A number of sneclal prvip. o rd planned for the anniversary eel- cuiauon reo. iu 11 and 12, and four blshons from 'other wester areas will be present. The Rev. Turney announces that there will be no Friday morning service or 8 m Ice at St, Mark's church Sunday of this week. Sunday morning Elwood Hedberg will conduct the service at 11 a. m.. xervlne as lay reader. The Rev. A. H. MacDonnell of Ashland will ho on call, It was also stated. Mrs. turney will accompany the rector. FEAR COAST GUARDS LOST OFF HOQUIAM Portland, Ore., Feb. 7 (U,R) Four coast guardsmen were feared drowned when a 4n.tr.ni cabin boat was discovered wash ed ashore near Ocean City. Wash.. 10 miles north of Hoaul- m last night. Coast guard officials aald the boat normally carried a crew of four, none of whom were found In the boat. The vessel wan tin. damaged but Interior of the cab in was in disorder. 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