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- > - We have been told that the Taft-Hartley bill is a means by which the country can be protected from nation-wide strikes in vital industries. The terms of the bill do not support this claim. Many people are under the impression that this bill would prevent or settle a strike in the coal industry. I sincerely trust that the coal operators and miners will soon come to an agreement on the terms of a of contract and that there will be no interruption the coal mining. But if the miners and the operators do not reach agreement, and if this bill should it is likely that the most that could be were to become law, the most probable result of the complicated procedures accemplated of the bill, would be to postpone a strike from July until October. menior Under this bill a work stoppage in the coal mines might be prevented for eighty days and then, if agreement had not been reached, the miners would be froe to strike and it would be mandatory for the President to refer the whole matter to the Congress, even if it were not in session. Postponing a strike in the coal industry until the approach of winter, when our need for coal is acute, is certainly not the way to protect the Nation against the dangers of a shortage of coal! The bill would not aid fair and early settlements of disputes in vital industries. -more space We have been told, by the supporters of the Taft-Hartley bill, that it would reduce industrial strife.

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