Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Page 4the stars and stripes daily monday june 28, 1943 miners balk at order to return to work Cost tin lied n of Faye i French Cody continued from Page 11 the Bill with alarm. Cio president Philip Murray railed it a a National discs while another labor Leader , this Bill will crucify the api. President William Green told the president that labor and All friends Are Quot inexpressibly shocked by the Hasty and impetuous action of Congress in overriding your veto. The Al and All affiliated unions stand committed to our no strike pledge for the duration of the War Here Are the main provisions Otth Ltd new Law sets a jail penalty for an one inciting a War time strike in a government operated Plant. Prohibits strikes in any Plant taken Over by the government empowers the web to Eider Anc dispute affecting War industries and to Render a final decision but forbids the Board to approve the closed shop. Compels management and labor of plants not under government control of notify the government of a dispute 30 Days before a strike or lockout is ordered orders production to continue 30 Days Atter proper notice is tiled Calls i it a i secret strike vote held by the i n if the dispute is not Settle by the thirtieth Daw and forbids War Tini political contribution by labor organizations strike vote the president based his vet on tic Pron ions for i strike vote insisting the Law Quot will prod i or strikes in vital Wir plants which otherwise would not sections of the Bill mar is it velt said tend to obscure the 1 it sues or in write into War legislation Efrain extraneous matters which appear to be discriminatory Quot these prove ions he added Quot have no place in legislation to prevent strikes in War time and which in fart would torment slow Down and strikes a rile president went into a lengthy discussion of Section eight which requires employees to give the government notice of a labor dispute so that they can take a secret ballot on whether they approve a strike. This Section or Roosevelt emphasized. Quot would for a a labor Leader who is trying to prevent a strike in Accord Nee with his no so Rike pled e to give the notice which world cause the taking a strike ballot and might actually precipitate a strike in War time we cannot Sanction trikes with or without Ive in Section eight Section eight completely ignores labors no strike Quot pledge and provides in effect for strike notices and Shrike ballots for from discouraging strikes these provisions would stimulate labor unrest and give government Sanction to strike a nation Quot the thirty Dav. Allowed Bel ire the strike vote is t Ikon under government auspices might Well become a boiling inroad of a Cooling period. Tile thought and energies of the workers would be diverted fran War mod option to vote getting t a head of our military. Naval and pro Lorn Ion agencies have tos Jet pro tilt the provisions Are Likely to be subversive of the very Miro a of that Bill univ no or a noted or d action Quot tile president explained. Quot i so ,1 Androv a i o Damon the of will Temh so Rutn gtd i tiny a hands of government incl with such St i ii he con to i a a but i Aru convinced that ecu it a w ill produces no a is if Vii to War plaid which otherwise would not occur Quot As a to. I a now kinds. One Intel pit in it a held tin government i would he Noar to prevent a Quot Coal Snik a if the. Mines were to lied Hack of the operators it seemed the miners Contd give propel Ipp ice of rho , continue working for thirty Days and then passed at committee the to approve a strike by secret ballot. Of the mines were in the hands of the mine owners. John l. Lewis could not even in put in jail for i inciting a strike. I he Law however does give the president statutory Power to seize War facilities. A Power already exercised several times. The president also objected to forbidding War time political contributions by Xiii ital groups saving such a provision had no place in a Bill of this kind rebating that american labor aside from the time has kept is Uke pledge the president pointed out that time lost by strikes during 1942 averaged Only it Loo of one percent of total hours worked. That record had never before been equalled Iii tins he stressed or Roosevelt suggested As an a Erna Ive method of handling shrikes his own Ohrion made Law week amending the selective service act so the strikers up to the age of 65 could be inducted into the army is non combat ants meanwhile the Coal crisis cow More serious by the hour morn Coal miners wire leaving tie prs 1 with about 200.ow workers now Idle i my team hers were count me Oil Back to work meetings Over Hie weekend to brine prod met Ion let a k to near Norma by tin first of the week tire idleness is Trig a it effect on the a s new decrees will be next meeting of the in a Row morning. I the committee decided to create til office for Al Ace and Lon Aine to be attached to the commissariat for the Interior As Well As an and i Vien y Council for Alsace Lorraine a flairs i Rene pleven commissioner for i colonies discussed the situation in tilt French West indies where pro a Vichy ites Ai the head of tile government have been an obstacle Iii the path to French Unity. Henri Bonnet commissioner of information. Friday night held his fir d press conference since his n ent arrival Here after three Vars in the United St it is he con due Tisi the. Conference informally or mph offering to answer any questions tint might be put to Hun he said that he hoped t it bring in ire news of the resistance movement m France he said that de i Lance if the nazis has been growing and that voting frenchmen Are hiding in the Lores and Countryside to Ivo a being sent to Emmily is stave labor Quot they will be when the alb France he a d the presidents veto message by As a no the that except ready to Mardi help into asked Lowth a in or i received the news of to it of the commit a Rati it Bonne sir la i that it a i a Unity w doomed in Tibbe in formation n i lion ii i band stated is a sign o having a slow War production <1 corp closed four More blast furnaces Makine a to i 11 of 14 Brough to a standstill by the latest walkout \ s k rvs the a b ask i War m Bili i a iou director James f Byrnes to com Jit i the i m a t it sign a contract with tin operators or punts the Union for refusing. The Conli it Calls tor substantially the old wage pies a pay increase of 20 cents daily in ii n it a the ump refused it sign the contract hoping to have the disputed Portal a to port a i pay Issue settled in the courts Interior Secretary Ickes threw cold water on the web proposal by saying in knew of no we a to make a Quot private individual or a group Quot sign such an agreement. La Trent of a new strike lingered As John l. Lewis ignored Ickes request to cancel the oct 31 deadline the ump policy allies Rock continued it Ion Page of i tee ordered the men Back to work Nihil oct. 31. Depending on continued government opera Ion of the mines Lewis has warned a new walkout would shirt of any time it the mines Wren turned Jack to the owners now Secre tary Ickes came up with throw announcement that he hoped the pay controversy would be settled soon so the mines could be re turned b u he said the government would a compelled to operate the mines Quot for a considerable period of Tiu the operators have been clamouring to get the mines Hack As far As of i for so profits Are con pm d. Ickes revealed his investigation of prices charged in company Orv d Shires has already turned up Quot shocking hum and Gene Skirchen the Raf l a St a total Ltd to 63 bombers tint tin. W it cons i in red less than usual in View of in size it i the opera tons feb of old was retried to a be us badly v. I a a cd As was Barmen the Eastern half i it of Tupi Sortai in til l in raid Otma y 29 v. Lien i0j tons a i bombs practically wiped out or 1.00 acres Otth town a German communique said that the Raf the Sam night attacked Remscheid. Tool Industry and railway repair Center in the Bend of tie Wupper River. To hum a n o which House chemical industries and Krupp armament i to stories. Received then Hail of death and destruction Iii the seventh successive night attack on Western Ger i Man the raids culminated 43 com i hours of incessant bombardment of this part of the Reich poor visibility presented an accurate estimate if i in go done Axis radio continued from Page la flying forts con tiny i r Rani Page la Andrew poc duo. Who Ond Jerry in p i Ever Hope rile fighters gnats i the one of whom. To Tzik. Of Columbus brought Down St Quot the toughest s to by in observe were As thick Shade Quot As for the License leak Over the target Quot it w pretty according to l r William c la it Gers. Of m int Vernon. Iowa Quot at first i thought the were celebrating tin four lot duly a week the list giant observed the War of nerves tie British nation u sex tonely experienced. As compared to us England is in the fortunate that she Iris no need to pay and attention to her Public opinion in in Lano conceives of political Iii up elation Otth new s As a Mentis a i War tare. We germans Are my Cli More sensitive in this respect or Goebbels mad one important admission All during tie wet i he had been very optimistic about the Success of til German a boat Campaign against Alii. Shipping last week a Blunt a Quot we cant deny that the it the allies have Cumuli shipping space Aud lighting Torch to land a and Point of fur it la Only question l it w Het her they it an so Lek it out it such a Landing was to it wholly impossible and in circumstances even probable that the Anglo american forces will try to invade the continent obviously a Battle tor Europe can to be compared with a Battle for North Africa or for Pant Iona and Lampedusa the Battle tor Europe must be fought inside Europe Quot the it was quite a Mouthful for the Herr doctor ill Abner Washington june 27 till. Is my text of president Roosevelt s veto on the Smith con Nally War labor disputes bul Quot i approve Many of the sections. But other sections tend to of cute the issues or to write into War legislation certain extraneous matters Winch appear to be Dis com Nalory. Quot let there be no misunderstanding of the reasons which prompt my Tovy to this Bill at this time. I am unalterably of posed to strikes n War time. I do not hesitate to use la Powers of the government to prevent them it clearly the will of the american people that for the duration of the War All labor disputes i settled by or Dei y procedures established Law american labor As Well american business gave their strike no lockout pm Edge after attack on Petri Harlor led a has been Well kept in the Case of tin leaders of the United Mui a workers few hours lost for the entire year of 1912 the Linn by strikes averaged Only it Loo of one p recut of the total my Houts worked the american i Hoople should realize the fact that 99 and 9 it pm per tit it the work went Forward without strikes. Thai record his never before been equalled in this country it is u of ski or better than the record of any of our allies m War Tun but Ai often necessary to make a very Small minority it Fie Ople i it up to the standards tout the great a lorry indoor get Nutly there been interruption of a it re in the Cut Al India try eve Rifer i v i Tifi Over i it a tilt gov i n Merit Quot i and sympathize wit ii the Gyneta purport of the War disputes Bill to in Ake such interruptions clearly Gunlaw Hil. The first seven sections of the Bill Are directed to this objective Section me provides that Iii act May be cited the War labor disputes act sect in two relates to Defin tons Section tilt gives statutory authority to the president to a it in in facilities a a Power i already exercised on several occasions under executive order or proclamation sections four and five of the Hill provide Fot maintaining existing term a and conditions of employment sex e it As directed by the w to labor Board Section six makes it a criminal of Fen e to instigate direct or Aid a strike in a government operated p if or mind this would make j in ssh tic in re St of a few leaders who would give Bond for their i appear tire Ai trial or word insure i irishmen for those fount Jesu Ltd and might also have some detriment but it would not assure contour Uve of War product fion in the most critical Emer envies Section is via Quot Section seven Givs the National War labor Board statutory authority and defines Powers. Broadly speaking these set it ions incorporate into statute i exist-1 my machinery tor settling labor a a Spates the penalties provided us the act do not detract from the moral sanctions Cit labors not it Ink pledge. If the Bill were limited to these seven sect1 ohs i would sign it but the Hill contains oth a which have no pm ice in Legisla in to in a vent strikes in Wir time and which in fact would Quot foment slow Downs Ani strikes i doubt the Lier that pubic generally Are familar with these provisions i doubt we ther the cur re has had the Opportunity fully to Apptt the efforts of these Provis ions u on War production Quot Section it hit recoil ires the rep re sen at Ives of. A plovers of a War Quot tit Quot tar to give untie of a labor 11 mite which threatens seriously of interrupt War production to the a a Tetart of i a Bor uie nation a War i in it Ltd Board and the a Pledgu compleat he i led St i la Ige and notional labor relations Board ii order to give the employer s the Opportunity to express tie nut elves i by secret ballot As to whether they will permit such interruption of War production. It would Force a lab or Leader who is trying to pro Ait a Trike in accordance with his no strike pledge to give urn no ice which would cause the taking of a strike ballot and might a dual v precipitate a strike in War time. We cannot Sanction strikes with or without notice. Quot Section eight further makes it mandatory that the National labor relations Board on the 30th it a after the giving of the notice t Uke a secret ballot among the a a or love is in the plants mines facilities bargaining unit or units tins requirement would open the whole controversy Over bargain in units a fruitful set circe of Ltd it a rovers v and of bitter jurisdictional so Rife s Quot Section eight j nor. Lab a no strike provides in effect for i ices an i a Rike ballots. Far from discouraging strikes these provisions would stimulate labor unrest and give government Sanction to strike agitation the 30 Days Al i towed before the strike Voe is a n under government auspices might we become a boiling instead of a Cool in j period the thought and energies of the workers would be diverted from or i production to vote getting tie Heads of our military naval and Rod Upton agencies have testified that fees provisions Are Likely to 1 sir bars j pc of the very purpose o the Bill product Ion Quot Section nine of the Bitt pro Laws for rile Peri h of the w or ooh in i a up huh in f v Dot or Oij in Tuza f ions. Yin provision Obi a mss a i fio relation of Hill prohibit in strikes a thru Quot the or a operate Quot by the government or to a or labor denotes a o of there by Rit in the prohibit Ion it should not hot it it re to it d to War and careful consideration 1 Hon la he Eivin to he arvo aria of Ness of e\?enhin.� a he re orbit Jon to other non profit Etc Quot a i it 11 if it f it it Ere Ltd Hong a no Misu Tider of amp a intr t intend to use Hie p of government to Trevon get in rat motion of War no detion of strip fest i a a approve in Nijs. A it new tn1v a Fri a tit Ltd on who of it my re to it int by deat no Quot thu h strikes a a rep i it nor of til a -11 kit Bon re is a Cis j a Rove i ? t i a in w a i ions his i f Daminh tvo i recommend that the selective service act be amended so that to a Oik May he inducted into non Comito on military sri a it it it the age of in years this will enable us t0 induct no military ser ill person Quot who engage in s nukes or stoppages or other in err Mons of work in plants in it a Don a a Sion of the United stores t a is direct approach is us a soon to insure flu continuity u work i he Only alternative won d i to extend the pm hate of selective service and make it Universal in Char let or i recognize that this Bill has a to pm Fircz a Prat Eworth purpose to in a a a lire full War pro diction but i am convinced that Section eight will Prodice St ikes in vital War 1 of a of otherwise a would not of Cirr the before i could not pro v a charge the duties of my r were to approve s b of i new awards for British by Al Capp a new military Awod the Africa Star has just been created Al h George i of England to commemorate the allies n it rth of can Vic Ory in a message to Gen Dwight i Eisenhower to urn under in cd Luef of Allied i lives in North at a. High i jest v said the new decoration will be Given soon to All members of the British armed forces who served in the african Campaign. To his message to Gen Eisenhower. The King stated that them Ighut recent tour of the Mediterranean tii eater of operations. He found ample evidence of the closest Harmony existing Nonong Ute Allied forces he expressed the thought that though heavy tasks still lie before the armies of the i nixed nations nothing would Stop the Gallant men of these forces from achieving the ultimate Victory
