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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS CABINET MEETING, JUNE 20th, 1947 SERVICE SOVERNMENT THE PRESIDENT This is last day on Labor bill - has studied all opinions from Cabinet and other experts. It is a lawyers bill. It will create strife. It will only cause the postponement of a coal strike for 80 days. Then told Congress what should be done in a message on State of Union. They have not done what is requested. The Congress has put the cart before the horse. This will not cure the things we are worried about (Communism). The bill cannot be administered. ANDERSON The people of the country do not understand the mistakes in bill. THE PRESIDENT I am going on the radio tonight - to explain what this bill would do. HARRIMAN There is much the NLRB can do particularly with respect to Super- visory Employees Unions . These decisions should be reversed. THE PRESIDENT New members of the NLRB are correcting the previous abuses. FORRESTAL Thought tanker situation should be referred to Joint Chiefs of Staff. Doubted they would approve without qualifications. THE PRESIDENT Directed Forrestal to go ahead and make a decision on tanker sit- uation.