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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1948
The Editorial Page-
Labor Laws
One of the big questions at the moment concerns what will happen to the Taft-Hartley law, a creation of the 80th Congress.
In President Truman's campaign, he went on record to say, "We should repeal the Taft-Hartley act. I vetoed the bill and I shall do everything in my power to get this vicious, anti-labor legislation wiped off the statute books."
Looking at the question from the chief executive's angle, it appears he will strive for a complete revision of the act.
Democrats in the 81st Congress will have a larger majority in both the Senate and the House of Representatives than the Republicans held in the 80th Congress when the Taft-Hartley legislation was pushed through. A total of 121 senators and representatives who voted for the measure will not be in attendance at the next session. Therefore it would appear that Truman can and will expect plenty of support from the next lawmakers.
There are two ways the 81st Congress can attack the Taft-Hartley act. One would be to amend the bill, thus removing any undesirable part. The second is to write a completely new labor law, and in that manner omit the undesirable parts and add desirable features.
A further answer to the big question can be had by looking at labor and its point of view. Labor took a beating from the Taft-Hartley act and few persons will deny the fact. Labor claims at least part of the credit, and rightly so, for the Truman upset in the big city vote in such states as Pennsylvania and Ohio. Labor has been highly indignant about such measures as the outlawing of the closed shop and the requirement that union officials sign non-communist affidavits. Labor will have a chance to use its election to place considerable pressure on the new administration for favors. Labor will make an all-out effort for complete revision of the act.
It is a positive fact that the present act will be at least remodeled and it is highly probable that with labor pushing, the Democratic congress acting, and Truman leading, there will soon be a completely new set of labor laws under a new name. —Darell Norris
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haps it would be well if all of us lost considerable sleep, lying awake at night to examine our conscience concerning the question whether a free people in a free society can maintain Jim Crow and still remain "free" in the truest sense of this much abused word.
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Dear Editor:
Mr. Reddock's letter in a recent Daily Kansan concerning the practice of racial segregation by the management of Lawrence theaters should prove a shock to no one as the matter has been brought up again and again in the past.
Jim Crow
It may very well be that the good merchants of Lawrence would lose some sleep over such a campaign, and insofar as the health of these good men is effected by loss of sleep, such a campaign would be un-Christian. But, per-
Read the University Daily Kansan—Patronize Its Advertisers.
It would seem that as long as protests against this discrimination are confined to occasional letters to the Daily Kansan or ineffective resolutions by various organizations, the powers that be probably will be content to vigorously support the status quo.
In view of these two instances, would it be too much to ask the Daily Karsan to "campaign" against an undemocratic practice, far worse in its effect than the two mentioned above, namely, the Jim Crow practices of the Lawrence theaters.
There are several methods, however, which might be effective. For example, the Daily Kansas "campaigned" for the issuance of a financial statement and other information from the Union, information which was notable by its absence. Result? In a few days the statement and information was published.
Recently the Daily Kansan criticized the local law enforcement officials for allowing the distribution of parlay cards. Result? In a few days parlay cards were noticeable by their absence.
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