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I have given careful study to the
bill. I have not considered it from the
standpoint of whether it favors or
-harms labor, or whether it favors or
harms management. I have consider
ed it from the standpoint of whether
or not it benefits the public, which in
cludes both management and labor.
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Congress Promptly Sustains
President By Close Vote
'ffiXT OF VETO MESSAGE
Washington, D. ,C.—The text of
president Truman's message to Con
gress explaining why he vetoed the
Case Bill follows:
I am returning herewith, without
®iy approval, H. R. 4908, entitled "An
Act to Provide Additional Facilities
for the Mediation of Labor Disputes,
and for Other Purposes."
The outstanding domestic problem
confronting this country today is the
maintenance and increase of produc
tion. We must have production, or the
effects of runous inflation wilf be felt
by every one of our citizens. Strikes
and lockouts are the greatest handi
caps to atttaining vital production.
Inasmuch as the solution of our
present-day labor problems constitutes
the key to production, this present bill
must be judged in the light of whether
it will assist in reducing labor strife
in the nation.
In the determination of the ques
tion of whether or not the great ma
jority of our citizens will be benefit
ted by this bill, the question present
ed is whether it will help to stop
strikes and work stoppages and pre
vent other practices which adversely
affect our economy.
I have reached the conclusion that
it will not.
I have tried, as the representative
of all the people of our nation, to ap
proach this problem objectively, free
from the emotional strains of the
times, and free from every considera
tion except the welfare of our nation
and of the world which is so dependent
upon our recovery to a .full peacetime
economy.
This bill was undoubtedly passed by
the members of the Congress in the
sincere belief that it would remedy
certain existing conditions which cause
labor strife and produce domestic tur
moil. I cannot agree with the Con
gress with reference to the results
that would be achieved by it.
I trust that there will be no con
fusion in the minds of the members
of the Congress or in the minds of
the public between this bill and my re
quest on May twenty-fifth for emer
gency legislation.
At that time I requested temporary
legislation to be effective only for a
period of six months after the ter
mination of hostilities, and applicable
only to those few industries which had
been taken over by the Government
and in which the President by procla
mation declared that an emergency
had arisen which affected the entire
economy of the country.
It was limited to strikes against the
Government, It did not apply to strikes
against private employers.
Such emergency legislation is now
before the Congress, and I again make
the request that it be passed.
H.R. 4908 is utterly different from
my proposal of May 25, in kind and in
degree. Its range is broad, dealing
with a wide variety of subjects, some
of which are wholly unrelated to the
subject of settling or preventing
strikes. It covers strikes against pri
vate employers. It is permanent legis
lation, operative even after the re
conversion period is entirely over. And
It applies not to a few selected and
SHtal industries, but to every dispute,
Do matter how insignificant, if the dis
pute aifects interstate commerce.
At the same time, May 25, I also re
quested permanent legislation leading
to the formulation of a long-range la
bor policy designed to prevent the re
currence of such crises, and generally
to reduce work stoppages in all indus
tries. I further recommended the im
mediate creation by the Congress of a
4°int committee to study the entire
Question and, within six months, to
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bring in its recommendations for ap
propriate legislation. I again renew
the recommendation that a joint com
mittee be appointed to make a study of
the whole subject of labor relations,
and to suggest permanent long-range
legislation.
The fact that we are faced with an
emergency which does justify the pas
sage of temporary emergency legisla
tion does not, in my opinion, justify us
in the adoption of permanent legisla
tion without the study that such per
manent legislation needs. The bill is
actually a collection of separate un
related masures and is not an over-all
solution of this most important prob
lem. We must not make a false start.
We must not approach the problem
on a piece-meal basis as this bill does.
It is suggested that the bill merely
constitutes a beginning, that it should
be placed upon our statute books, and
that we can then proceed with the
study of additional legislation. I can
not agree with this thesis. This bill
is not a permanent solution of our dif
ficulties and if it should become law,
I fear that it may possibly result in
being the only permanent legislation
we would obtain.
We are not faced with a decision of
choosing between this legislation and
no legislation at all. It is more prop
erly a choice between this particular
bill and a more adequate and more in
clusive solution of the problem.
The proposed measure, although de
scribed as a mediation law, is divided
into two unrelated parts. The first six
sections contain provisions relative to
the mideiation of labor disputes, post
ponement of strikes, and fact-finding.
The remaining sections consist of pro
visions relative to robbery, extortion,
unauthorized welfare funds, prohibi
tions against the organization of sup
ervisory employes, union liability in
the courts, and provisions establishing
criminal sanctions, injunctive remedies
and suits for treble damages against
unions engaging in secondary boy
cotts, jurisdictional displtes and cer
tain other activities. These are a few
of the many complex problems which
must be studied with infinite care be
fore the proper solutions are found
and incorporated into permanent legis
lation.
One of the factors to be considered
in judging this bill is whether or not
it would have prevented, or shortened,
the strikes which have so seriously
damaged our economy these last few
months. Judged solely from this stand
point, I am sure a fairminded man
would have to admit that it would
have failed completely.
In 1943, in the heat of a contro
versy over a stoppage of war produc
tion in the coal mines, the Congress
passed the War Labor Disputes Act,
more commonly known as the Smith
Connally Act. In his veto message of
June 25, 1943, President Roosevelt
warned the Congress that the strike
vote provisions of Section 8 of the
Smith-Connally Act would not lessen
but would promote industrial strife.
That prediction was fully borne out
by subsequent events. It is my be
lief that a similar result would follow
the approval of this bill.
If" a joint committee to investigate
this entire subject were appointed
immediately and if the subject were
given the priority to which it is en
titled, a report covering the entire
field could be submitted to the Con
gress within this calendar year.
School Lunch Measure
Is Approved By Truman
Washington, D. C.—The bill creat
ing a permanent school lunch pro
gram has been signed by President
Truman. He issued a statement of
commendation to Congress on its
"great wisdom" in passing this leg
islation and expressed the hope that
"every possible community" would
set up school lunches
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Washington, D. C.—President Tru
man vetoed the obnoxious Case bill,
telling Congress bluntly that it would
not stop strikes, but promote increas
ed industrial strife.
Instead, the President urged Con
gress to authorize a joint Senate
House investigation into the causes
of labor disputes and to formulate
remedial legislation after an exhaus
tive six-months study.
AFL President William Green im
mediately hailed the President's mes
sage as bearing out the contentions
made by organized labor against the
bill.
Congress promptly sustained the
veto. The vote in the House was 135
to uphold and 255 to override, less
than the two-thirds required to enact
a law over the President's veto.
Thus the Case Bill is a dead duck,
for the time being at least. It was
not expected that Congress again
would attempt to pass anti-labor leg
islation without first conducting the
inquiry urged by the President.
Although his language was polite
and temperate, the President made it
clear in his veto message that he con
sidered the Case Bill a hodge-podge
of ill-considered and unrelated provi
sions hurriedly wrapped together into
an unwieldy and unworkable legisla
tive package.
His main argument was summed up
as follows:
"In the determination of the ques
tion of whether or not the great ma
jority of our citizens will be benefited
by this bill, the question presented is
whether it will help to stop strikes
and work stoppages and prevent other
practices which adversely affect our
economy.
"I have reached the conclusion that
it will not."
In another telling attack against
the Case Bill, the President said:
"One of the factors to be considered
in judging this bill is whether or not
it would have prevented or shortened
the strikes which have so seriously
damaged our economy these last few
months. Judged solely from this stand
point, I am sure a fairminded man
would have to admit that it would have
failed completely."
The President reminded Congress
that his predecessor, Franklin D.
Roosevelt, in vetoing the Smith-Con
nally Act (which was re-enacted over
the Presidential veto), warned Con
gress that its cooling-off and strike
vote provisions would not lessen, but
promote, industrial strife.
"That prediction was fully borne out
by subsequent events," Mr. Truman
said. "It is my belief that a similar
result would follow approval of this
bill."
In a detailed, section-by-section an
alysis of the bill, the President said
that the compulsory cooling-off per­
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Chief Executive Again Urges An Exhaustive Inquiry Into
Causes of Labor-Management Nation-Wide Disputes
President Truman Vetoes
The Vicious Case Bill
iod of 60 to 65 days might encourage
"quickie" strikes. He also charged the
penalties against labor were far more
severe than against management. He
insisted that the first three sections
of the bill "fail to provide a satisfac
tory method of coping with labor-man
agement disputes which confront the
nation."
The President also assailed Sec
tion 4, which sets up a independent
Federal Mediation Board, as creating
a separate Department of Labor with
no responsible head. This he termed
a "backward step." His same olyec
tions covered the following two se
tions.
Going on to Section 7, the Presi
dent said that Congress in making
labor unions subject to prosecution
under the Federal Anti-racketeering
Act, had eliminated the proviso that
the law should not be construed as
impairing or diminishing the legal
right of labor to strike and picket
peacefully. He said this safeguard
should be restored.
The President then challenged Sec
tion 8, which would make it a crime
for an employer to contribute to health
and welfare funds solely administered
by the union. He said he deemed it "in
advisable" to remove such a question
"from the scope of collective bargain
ing."
He also questioned the advisability
of Section 9, which denied to foremen
the right to join unions of their own
choice.
He assailed Section 10, making
unions liable for damages in court
suits, because it largely repeals the
Norris-LaGuardia Act.
The President questioned the justice
of Section 11, which attempts to ban
secondary boycotts and jurisdictional
disputes by making unions subject to
prosecution and injunctions under the
anti-trust laws.
He concluded by saying Sections 12
to 14 were unobjectionable.
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Masses of men, women and children
barely living on half rations cannot
wait for political peace. They should
not be condemned to wait and starve.
But we who are asked to succor them
have a right to know what is going
on over their heads—whether they
are not the victims of regional poli
tics as well as of a war that has now
been over for almost a year.
Without honest answers to these
questions it is only too likely that re
lief of the suffering will continue to
be too little and too late.
Slight Misunderstanding
A lecturer, addressing a meeting
on "The Duties of the Housewife,"
remarked that it was the duty of every
woman to mother her husband. Wish
ing to see what impression this had
made on his audience, he asked all
those to stand up who were willing to
mother their better halves. Only one
woman stood up.
"Ah," he said, "I am glad to see
there is at least one of you willing
to mother her husband."
"Mother your husband?" cried the
woman, "I thought you said 'smother
your husband'."
Overpeck To Picnic
The annual picnic which is spon
sored by the Overpeck Improvement
Association is now being arranged and
which will be held on Saturday, Aug
ust 3rd, weather permitting on that
day, the committee expects that same
large attendance.
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Millville vs, Beckers
The Millville baseball team will
play the Beckers team on the Millville
ball park next Sunday, June 23rd, pro
vided it does not rain. A large crowd
of fans will witness one of the best
.uames of the season.
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Bank Checks Round-Cornering
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HUNGRY EUROPE
(From the Wall Street Journal)
Some hundreds of thousands of men
are under arms in eastern Europe
whose normal peacetime occupation
is producing food. They cannot expect
the western world to support them as
soldiers much longer, or any longer.
Russia is a great grain country
Roumania normally has some wheat
for export. What effort is eastern
Europe making to restore its prewar
home food supply?
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