Labor Now Has
Little Influence
In Congress
(By Jack Ball)
WASHINGTON (/P)—Organized
labor’s influence with Congress
stands at its lowest point in more
than a decade today.
There are strong indications
that stern curbs on union activity
may be written into law even over
a possible Presidential ve^>.
The 68 to 24 vote.by which the
Senate Tuesday approved its bill
providing for extensive regulation
of organized labor’s activities al
most exactly matched the percent
age by which the House on April
17 voted a much more stringent
measure.
In the House, opponents cast
25.8 per cent of the 308 to 107 in
the Senate, they registered 26 per
cent.
This core of support, represent
ing only about one-fourth of the
membership of the two Houses,
marks a sharp decline from the
days when unions could stop in
one house or the other almost any
legislation they regarded as pun
itive.
Failing in that, they could mus
ter the needed support to sustain
a veto. This was demonstrated
when the House failed 11 months
ago to override President Tru
man’s veto on the Case labor dis
putes bill. On that 255 to 135 tally,
union supporters mustered several
more than the one-third-plus-one
of the votes they needed.
The prospect that this year’s ex
panded version of the Case bill fi
nally will find its way into the
law books was enhanced—but by
no means assured—in the Senate’s
vote yesterday.
Play Poker; Have
Heart Trouble
CHICAGO, m—Playing poker
and other card games, especially
for cash stakes, is “a major con
tributing* factor to coronary at
tacks,” says Dr, Robert S. Berg
hoff, a heart specialist and retir
ing president of the Illinois state
medical society.
In an interview at the society’s
meeting yesterday, Dr. Berghoff
'•aid "You come home from a
po’-er game elated and excited be
cause you have won. In reality,
you have lost, for when you go to
bed you are restless, your sleep is
b'oken. Next day you are exhaus
ted. Why? Excitement of that po
ker game threw a heavy load on
your heart.”
In the first place, a Senate
House conference committee must
work out a compromise version.
If it follows the tough form that
many House members would like,
leaders unquestionably will be
able to force its acceptance by
both Houses. But the chances that
it would be vetoed by President
Truman would be increased.
A milder edition, more in line
with that approved by the Senate,
apparently would encounter less
risk of a veto.
Mr. Truman has kept his own
counsel about what he intends to
do.
But if he vetoes the measure he
finally receives, Capitol Hill un
doubtedly will witness the most
intensive campaign in years by
organized labor and administra
tion leaders to get the veto sus
tained. It requires two thirds ap
proval of those voting in each
House to override.
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LEGAL BOUT
DETROIT, (/P)—•Mrs. Gloria Lee
Deane today had wrested a divorce
from her athlete husband Ray
mond, whose knowledge of wrest
ling holds did not help him hold
her. *
Mrs. Deane told circuit court
judge Guy A. Miller yesterday that
her husband frequently carried his
college wrestling experience into
their home life with “humiliating
and painful” results.
"He’d clamp a headlock on me,”
she told the court, “and then slip
into a hip lock and then try the
flying mare and he’d toss me right
across the room. I always lost.”
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of the national federal of tele
phone workers, Wednesday night
shortly after heads of striking
unions issued a statement asking
’ operators and employees to return
to work.
Pickets have been withdrawn
from all telephone company in
stallations, Gravem said.
The termination order resulted
from a day of polling union mem
bers throughout the northwest,
Gravem said. The poll made it
appear certain the union member
ship is willing to accept the com
pany’s latest settlement offer—a
$4 a week increase for most em
I ployees.
Although he warned that some
i union members may be unwilling
j to abide by the union’s decision,
Gravem said “we are sure that
1 ,
most of our people will go back
to work.’’
The union statement requested
NEW ARRIVALS AT
ARMY AIR BASE
Yesterday marked the arrival
at the Army Air Base, of the re
mainder of the colored troops of
the 1883rd Aviation Engineer Bat
talion, whose advance Detachment
arrived here several days ago.
The 1883rd Aviation Engineer
Battalion is recognized as one of
the finest, well-trained Engineer
Battalions in the Army, with
much meritorious achievement ac
, complished by them in the past.
WELL-TIMED SPRINKLING
Roswell, N. M., (/P) — S. G.
Chamberlin was hungry, but it
would be a few minutes until sup
per. So he sprinkled the lawn.
Then something blew up and
set the kitchen range afire.
Hungrier than ever, Chamberlin
rushed in with the garden hose
and saved his supper—and his
house—while Mrs. Chamberlin
sought fire department help.
a return to work not later than
; normal shift time, Monday, May
19.
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