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I would have signed a bill with sone doubtful features if,
taken as a whole, it had been a good bill.
But the Taft-Hartley Bill is a shocking piece of legislation!
It is unfair to the working people of this country. It
clearly abuses the right, which millions of our citizens now enjoy,
to join togetherg and to bargain with their employers for fair wages
and fair working conditions.
E ARGAIVES REPORDS of
III
Under no circunstances could I have signed this bill:
The restrictions that this bill places on our workers go
far beyond what our people have been led to believe. This is no in-
nocent bill.
It is interesting to note that on June 4, Congressman Hartley,
on the floor of the House of Representatives, made the following state-
ment, "You are going to find there is more in this bill than may meet
the eye."
That is a revealing description of this bill,by one of its authors.
There is so much more in it than the people have been led
300
to believe, that I am sure that very few understand what the Taft-
should
Hartley Bill would do if it becim law.
A
That is why I am speaking to you tonight. I want you to
know the real meaning of this bill.
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