HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON PROPOSED REVISIONS OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT 31346 ᏢᎪᎡᎢ 1 MARCH 24, 25, 26, 30, AND 31, 1953 Printed for the use of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1953 KF 26 £3 1953 Armstrong, George W., Jr., chairman of the industrial relations com- mittee of the National Association of Manufacturers (accompanied by Leo Teplow and James M. Brewbaker, of the staff of the National 239 Cumminskey, John W., representing Furniture Manufacturers Asso- Curren, John G., industrial relations consultant, representing Southern 280 347, 356 450, 580 Goldberg, Arthur J., general counsel, Congress of Industrial Organi- Groner, Powell C., in behalf of the Chamber of Commerce of the Humphrey, Hon. Hubert H., a United States Senator from the State Irving, C. L., in behalf of the Western Pine Lumber Industry. 135 499 321, 357 Testimony of-Continued Reuther, Walter P., president, Congress of Industrial Organizations Shroyer, Thomas E., Poole, Shroyer and Denbo, Washington, D. C.. Page 363 27 311 204 Triggs, Matt, assistant legislative director, American Farm Bureau Additional information: Bott, George J., General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, to Powell C. Groner, president, Kansas City Public Service Co., Kansas City, Mo., March 11, 1953 Cummiskey, John W., to Hon. Paul H. Douglas, April 7, 1953_ Douglas, Hon. Paul H., to John W. Cummiskey, April 16, 1953- Durkin, Hon. Martin P., Secretary of Labor, to chairman, March Groner, Powell C., president, Kansas City Public Service Co., Kansas City, Mo., to George J. Bott, General Counsel, Na- tional Labor Relations Board, March 17, 1953- Groner, Powell C., vice president, Chamber of Commerce of the United States, to chairman, March 30, 1953 Shroyer, Thomas E., to Philip R. Rodgers, April 1, 1953. Resolution submitted by American Farm Bureau Federation_. Coos Bay Lumber Co., Coos Bay, Oreg- Furniture Manufacturers Association 350 280 TAFT-HARTLEY ACT REVISIONS TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1953 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC WELFARE, Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., pursuant to call, in room 318 of the Senate Office Building, Senator H. Alexander Smith (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Smith, Taft, Aiken, Ives, Purtell, Goldwater, Murray, Hill, Neely, Douglas, Lehman, and Kennedy. The CHAIRMAN. The hearing will please come to order. During the course of these hearings the following bills will be given careful consideration: [S. 225, 83d Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To amend the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, so as to prevent interruptions to ocean transportation service between the United States and its Territories and possessions as a result of labor disputes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, is amended by inserting after "safety," the following: "or whenever the President is notified by the Governor of any Territory or possession of the United States that a threatened or actual strike or lock-out, will if permitted to occur or to continue, deprive such Territory or possession of essential ocean transportation services and thereby imperil the health or safety of its people,”. SEC. 2. Section 208 of such act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 208. (a) Upon receiving a report from a board of inquiry the President may direct the Attorney General to petition any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the parties to enjoin such strike or lock-out or the continuing thereof, and if the court finds that such threatened or actual strike or lock-out "(i) affects an entire industry or a substantial part thereof engaged in trade, commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication among the several States or with foreign nations, or engaged in the production of goods for commerce; and "(ii) if permitted to occur or to continue, will imperil the national health or safety; or if such threatened or actual strike is one with respect to which the President has received notification in accordance with section 206 from the Governor of a Territory or possession and the Court finds that such strike or lock-out-— "(i) deprives such Territory or possession of essential ocean transportation services; and “(ii) if permitted to occur or to continue, will imperil the health or safety of the people of such Territory or possession; it shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any such strike or lock-out, or the continuing thereof, and to make such other orders as may be appropriate." SEC. 3. Section 209 (a) of such act is amended by inserting after "safety," the following: "or the health or safety of the people of a Territory or possession,". |