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We have all been told, by its proponents, that this is a "moderate"
bill. We have been told that the bill was "harsh" and "drastic" when it
was first passed by the House of Representatives, but that the Senate
had persuaded the House to drop out the harsh provisions and that the
final bill -- the bill sent to me - was "mild" and "moderate."
But I found no truth in the claims that the bill sent to me was
mild or moderate. I found that the basic purpose and much of the language
were
of the original House of Representatives bill
still in the final bill.
In fact, the final bill follows the provisions of the original House bill
in at least 36 separate places !
s ARCHIVES RECORDS SERVICE' ANO
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is
GOYERNY
We have all been told that the Taft-Hartley bill - favorable
to the wage earners of this country. It has been claimed that this
need to lescred that this fill
egislation would save workers from their own folly and rescue thom
would proside the means of salnation
from the power thein union leaders. Some people have called this bill
the "workers' bill of rights."
Let us see what this bill really would do to our working men.
The bill is deliberately designed to weaken labor unions, in
this
When the sponsors of the bill claim that by weakening unions,
they are giving rights back to individual working men, they ignore the
basic reason why unions are important in our democracy. Unions exist
so that laboring men can bargain with their employers on a basis of
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