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Organized Labor's Program
Of Legislation Fares Poorly
Washington (CO)
Organized labor's legislative
program has done poorly in
the 86th Congress, a survey
by Congressional Quarterly
shows. To make things worse,
Congress hit labor last year
with what it calls the "puni
tive" Landrum-Griffin labor
reform bill.
This record certainly did
not live up to labor's high
hopes for the heavily Demo
cratic Congress elected Nov.
4, 1958. The "liberals" were
thought to be in control then
and expected to favor labor's
program
The CQ survey covers ma
jor AtJL-uiu legislative re
quests over the past two years
on "bread and butter" issues
issues directly affecting un
ions and working people. It
shows favorable action on
fewer than 10 per cent of
labor's requests, although fin
al enactment of pending min
imum - wage increase and
health-benefits-for - the - aged
bills could raise the figure be
fore Congress closes shop for
1960.
Of 76 major requests se
lected, only seven were sent
to the White House, and two
of these, the depressed areas
bill and a measure relieving
Government drivers of per
sonal liability in accidents,
were vetoed by President Ei
senhower.
Successful Requests
Among the five requests
that did get past both Con
gress and the President were
measures boosting railroad
workers' retirement and un
employment benefits, setting
up partial Government financ
ing for health insurance plans
for federal employees, and
raising the pay of 1.6 million
federal and postal workers
"JVi per cent. Congress had
to override a Presidential ve
to to pass the pay-raise bill.
Also enacted, as part of
the 1959 labor reform bill,
were two changes In labor
mangcmcnl relations law
strongly desired by the unions.
One permitted certain types
of union-shop contracts to be
concluded In the construction
industry in advance of the be
ginning of a job, without re
quiring a National Labor Re
lations board representation
election to be held first.
The other, supported by the
President, eased what unions
had labelled as a union-bust
ing device In the Taft-Hartley
Act. It permitted men who
went on strike and then were
replaced by their employers
to vote in NIRB representa
tion elections held within a
year of the beginning of the
strike. The aim was to pre
vent from breaking unions by
replacing strikers with men
they knew opposed unions,
and then calling for a new
NLRB representation election
with the argument that the
employees no longer wanted
to be represented by the un
ion.
Labor Defeats
The list of union defeats,
however, was far longer than
the list of victories. In 1959,
unions suffered what they
themselves called their worst
legislative setback since the
Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. That
was passage of the Landrum
Griffin labor reform bill,
which unions said was "puni
tive" and favorable to mange
ment. The bill curbed organ
izational and recognition pick
eting and outlawed consumer
boycott picketing. Unions
claimed these provisions
blocked their attempts to or
ganize workers and to adver
tise their grievances to the
public.
The bill also closed up some
"loopholes" in laws against
secondary boycotts, outlawed
"hot cargo" contracts by
which an employer agrees in
advance not to do business
with another firm his union
considers unfair to labor, and
handed 'over certain types of
labor disputes to the state
courts, whi'h have broad pow
ers to impose injunctions.
On other major AFL-CIO
proposals, Congress took no
action. Among these were re
quests to boost unemployment
and set minimum standards
for them, to improve work
men's compensation, to give
farm workers the protection
of federal labor laws, to out
law state laws banning the
union shop, and pass a fed
eral fair employment practice
law. Also ignored was a re
quest for substantial increases
in Social Security pensions.
Hopes in 1958
This meager action on la
bor's program was not fore
seen in 1958, when the heav
ily Democratic 86th Congress
was elected. Quick action was
anticipated on the labor pro
gram by a Congress the AFL
CIO expected to be "liberal
and progressive." But things
have not worked out that
way.
Labor's disappointment
could be considerably assuag
ed, however, if a health-bene-fits-for-the-aged
bill, a $1.25
an hour minimum-wage bill,
and a bill to permit union pic
keting at joint construction
sites were passed before the
86th Congress went home. But
the picketing bill appears per
manently pigeonholed in the
they might be vetoed by the
president.
(Copyright 1960 Congressional
Quarterly Inc.)
MORE PLAoTICS
Washington-(Science Serv
ice) - Present building codes
permit the use of more plas
tics than are now used in
building construction, a sur
vey by the Southwest Re
search institute, San An
tonio, Texas, has shown. As
the basis for a study of the
relative fire-safety of plastic
building products, the insti
t u t e tabulated permissible
uses of such components un
der major model codes today.
This information was con
trasted with tabulations of the
far fewer uses to which plas
tic products were found to
have actually been put in
representative buildings of re
cent construction.
'Velocitization Virus'
Discussed by Police
Drivers who glance down at
the speedometer and find they
are driving 10 to 15 miles fas
ter than they thought may be
suffering from "velocitization
virus," according to Charles
P. Champlin, Medford police
chief. i
Such occurrences are not
uncommon to most drivers,
since there is a tendency for
drivers to lose touch with the
speed at which they are tra
veling, the chief added.
Scientific studies have
shown that over a long period
of time, drivers tend to in
crease their speeds without
realizing it. The longer a ve
hicle is in motion, the more
accustomed the driver be
comes to the speed at which
he is moving.
To keep up the feeling of
movement, he begins un
consciously to increase his
speed until he is soon travel
ing faster than he should or
really wants to, Champlin
continued.
The "disease" is most notice
able when the driver has to
slow down, he pointed out
Soon the driver feels as
though he is barely moving
yet he finds that he is still
going 5, 10, or 15 miles an
hour above the designated
speed.
Champlin noted that (his is
becoming an increasingly ap
parent enforcement problem
when drivers travel into cities
after many miles of freeway
driving speeds.
"One sure way to immunize
yourself against the virus,"
the chief said, "is to check the
speedometer frequently."
Persistent Robber
Bothers Merchant
Watertown, N.Y. Market
operator Sam Muller doesn't
like to be robbed particular
ly when it's done three times
by the same robber.
"The gall of that guy," said
Muller. "He entered my store
again, pulled the same gun
and said: 'C'mon now, Sam,
give me the money."
Muller winced: "At least,
the first two times he didn't
call me Sam."
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