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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON February 23
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
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FROM:
CHARLES W. COLSON
THE PRESIDENT HAS SEEN
SUBJECT:
Labor Reaction to Suspension of Davis/Bacon
The following are representative reactions based on calls which
we have made from this office to key Building and Trades Council
leaders:
Peter Brennan, President, New York State Building Council
Imposition of controls would have caused a nationwide walkout.
This is much preferable. Brennan has SO stated publicly in
newspaper and television interviews. Brennan must attack this
decision, however, to preserve his own position within the
Building Trades Council. He hasn't and won't attack the President
personally - he is attacking instead the President's advisers.
If the suspension is of long duration can have a catastrophic effect
on the unions; all federal contracts will go to a non-union contractor.
Believes that the entire controversy could have been settled without
this; still can be settled quickly if labor knows that a settlement
will result in Davis/Bacon being restored.
Victor Riesel
The wisest thing the President could have done. Controls would have
been catastrophic. The President is the shrewdest labor expert ever
to be in the White Hous e. Brilliant move - it will work. Restore
Davis/Bacon as soon as an agreement is reached.
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