A CONTEST IN THE MAKING

...The new Vnderseeretary' of fcdoor, MibhaelJ...

...and the State -law will say it is unlawful for them to do so...

...The issue is already cut out and sharpened, its terms and dimensions defined and measured...

...And then this question will have to be decided: Which will the Supreme Court uphold as superlor^the Federal law or the Siate law...

...ho is urging a federation of the Atlantic democracies...

...169 jJeVcent, and Florida 919 pereeHt...

...If it were a bit quicker on the trigger, it would be aware that the 1945 phrase "refugees from Hitler" is now translatable into the 1949 phrase "refugees from the Iron Curtain...

...why government economists grow gray: Unemployment in January, 1949, was greater than in January, 1940...

...The Commission of Inquiry into Forced Labor has cited 11 cases of peonage in the South (Siberian papers, please copy...

...What's happening to the South is indicated by Hunter A. H6gan Jr., of Norfolk, Va„ an office* m. the Society of Industrial Realtors, who' reports that manufacturing construction Iri "Virginia increased 233 percent since 1,939...

...Its chief weakness is that it fails «to recognize the Cold War as a continuation of World War II...

...Mississippi, 583 percent...

...Bill to a vote in Congress within the next two to four weeks have ignored the fact that the stern exigencies of warfare (both hot and cold) did not cease Hisplaclng human beings in December, 1945, nor did it cease in April, 1947...

...In attempting to help solve the problem of large masses of people displaced from their homes by the exigencies of 'war, the Congressmen who hope to bring the new D.P...

...And it is likely to increase as the Cold War conflict grows sharper...

...in Tennessee, 456 percent...

...The intriguing question is, how will these same Justices rule when the issue' of Federal vs...

...In about 15 states (now backed by the Supreme Court ruling) this situation will arise: The Federal law will say to Unions and employers .engaged in collective bargaining that it is lawful for them to sigh a closed-shop contract...

...THE second element in the impending struggle was contributed by a recent Supreme Court decision upholding the right of states to adopt laws forbidding closed-shop contracts and the check-off...

...On Wednesday of this week, Irving S. bids, chairman of the board of U.S...

...South Carolina, 496 percent...

...This section has been added to the Thomas Bill because closed-shop contracts are forbraden by law and the I check-off is forbidden in a number of states...

...D. C.— Still in the wings, awaiting its cue for :*T "entrance into the limelight of the national stage, Is an epic contest between Congress and the Supreme Court which will vitally affect the American labor movement...

...It goes like this: First, it will be some months before the Thomas Bill is passed...

...Steel, reported to stockholders that "during the fourth quarter of 1848, steel production averaged 99.4 percent ot capacity," The report recalled that Steel Workers Union officials as well as government analysts have been saying that the capacity of American steef plants is not great enough to care for America's steel needs...

...Fifth, the cynics expect that the Supreme Court will then say that, sure,* the states can pass laws, but that they cannot be enforced when they contradict Federal law...

...Third, if it survives debate and is enacted, it may be several months before a challenging case arises in the State courts...

...The chief beneficiaries of this change will be certain groups coming mainly from Poland...

...Under the changes now proposed, the Act will shift the effective date from December, 1945, to April, 1947...

...Now, you start figuring...

...even the economists are mumbling to themselves...

...law is somewhat elusive...

...Smith, Donald, Farley and Ketchum, one of the leading labor law firms Of New England...

...Fourth, the conclusion is inescapable that at least one and possibly two more national elections will take place before the Supreme CoUrt is ready to hand down a decision...

...North Carolina, 302 percent...

...The CIO is sparking a field campaign to let Congress know how the voters ieel ubout repeal of the Taft-Harttey Act, including individual letters to Senators and Representatives, local union resolutions, delegations to Congressmen at their homes, arousing community organizations to cooperate, getting memorial resolutions from City Councils and State Legislatures, endorsements f^om prominent citizens, letters to editors, radio programs and city-wide mass meetings...

...Clarence Streit, author of "Union Now," remains skeptical of the Atlantic security pact...

...Then another long period, taken up with appeals, will pass before the case reaches the Supreme Court...

...Under the present Act, only persons who found themselves displaced in Germany, Austria and Italy before December 1045 are eligible to enter the United States outside the regular quotas...

...By that time it should be 1950 at the very least...

...David Bruce, head of the ECA missio7i to France, may succeed Jefferson Qaffrep as U.S...

...That process could easily take- another year...

...Both mean the same thing...

...Alabama, 694 percent...

...Congress, unfortunately, is still sunk in stale semantics...

...Under those circumstances, it is most likely that if a closed-shop contract is signed, State authorities \vill begin a prosecution of the union and the emtpW...

...The cynics, who have long ago observed that "the Supreme Court follows the election returns," believe they see an "out" the Supreme Court might well embrace...

...Georgia...

...And R Is to be anticipated tfM, under the Stale law, the unlori and employer both will be found guilty,' ' Then the appeals will begin...

...Also, employment in January...

...Is the did South pasting...

...The logic of the men tinkering with the D.P...

...The new section is entitled: "Freedom from {restricted State laws...

...problem from the time of the Nazi collapse until most of the refugees from Hitler became demoralized in their concentration camps...

...Ambassador td Parti...

...1 * * * seven OF THE nine Supreme Coiuft Justices recently decided thsli the states have the right to ban closedshops...

...Some students of the steel industry, pointing to Its' shortages in the automobile arid other fields and resultant price increases to the ultimate consumer, have charged that the steel Industry deliberately refused to expand its capacity in a normal ratio...

...Don't ask me...

...State primacy is presented td them...

...They will have to go through the routine in the judder of the State courts.- Eventually fhey will reach the Supreme Court of the United Slates through appeals...

...ttoga^.ifai the South is being iriniforma tiitb an otdustriftt region Of first rate import tance...

...The chief change in the discriminatory law passed by the previous Congress, will be to change a date...

...Congress delayed dealing effectively with the D.P...

...Thh prosecution unquestionably wffl take place hi A State- court...

...Granting that Congress eventually wflf get around to repealing the TaftHartley Act and restoring the Wagner Act, the contest between Congress and the Supreme Court will then be ready to move into the center of the stage...

...The only answer which has appeared so far in Washington is somewhat cynical...

...Will Congress and the Army now delay dealing effectively with the refugees from the Iron Curtain countries, most of whom have a high political potential in the current world conflict with the Soviet dictatorship, until they, too, have lost their potentialities through demoralization...

...Gatoin of Boston, is a mem* bet of the Boston laid firhi of ftirrlck...

...1949, was greater than in January, 1948...

...Second, the new section in the Thomas Bill may be knocked out by amendment in the House and Senate debate...

...proposed changes to correct racial and religious discrimination in the present displaced persons law still fail to face today's realities, and the new law promises to become unsatisfactory almost as soon as it is adopted, as it probably will be...

...The cockpit of the struggle has been prepared by a new section^ in the Thomas Bill (which proposes to repeal the tafti-Hartley Act and restore the inatn elements of the Wagner Act...

...f This section specifically declares that Nothing in either State or Federal laws shall prevent an employer "engaged in (interstate) commerce, or whose activities affect (interstate) commerce" from entering into closed-shop contracts with labor unions, and into contracts requiring a check-off system of union dues payments...

...On the contrary, it is still going on...