Draft, Address to the American People on the Veto of the Taft-Hartley Bill
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OCR Page 1 of 11"NATIONAL
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My fellow countrymen:
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At noon today I sent the Congress a message vetoing the Taft
Hartley labor bill. I vetoed this bill because I am convinced
Taw, it would be harmful to the people of the United Stateu.
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I had hoped that Congress would send me a labor bill I could sign.
said before and Isay now
I have that we need legislation to correct
abuses in the field of labor relations.
Last January I made specific recommendations to the Congress
as to the kind of labor legislation we should have immediately. I also
that Congress To
provide for a commission, to be made up of
representatives of the Congress, the public, labor and management, to
study the entire field of labor-management relations and to suggest what
additional laws we should have.
I believe that my proposals were accepted by the great majority
of our people as fair and just.
If the Congress had accepted those recommendations, we would
have today the basis for improved labor-management relations. I would
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gladly signed a labor bill if it had taken us in the right direc-
tion of stable, peaceful labor relations - even though it might not have
been drawn up exactly as I wished.
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