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Auto manufacturers send representative to tell of Labor Act's 'glaring weaknesses.' Washington, D.C., June 27. The automobile manufacturers' associations, represented by William J. Cronin, its secretary, told the Senate Education and Labor Committee that the present Wagner Labor Act is surrounded by 'glaring weaknesses.' Reviewing sit-down strikes, he said that General Motors plants had alone had 40,000 workers idle and had a payroll reduction of more than $10,000,000 as a result of sit-down strikes. He recommended amendments to allow workers to choose bargaining agents without interference, and a clause to make both parties of agreements equally liable for violation. He is shown here pointing out enlarged clippings from the Detroit news which reproduced enlarged 'mugs' from police files to show certain leaders of automobile labor to have criminal records

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Members hear Nebraska Senator flat National Labor Relations Board. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the National Labor Relations Board listen intently as Senator Burke, Democrat of Nebraska, today charged before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee that enforcement of the Wagner Labor Act by the NLRB has produced more strife and misunderstanding between employee and employer than ever existed before. Senator Burke made the charge as the basis for his demand for a Senate investigation of the Board. Left to right can be seen: Edward S. Smith, Donald Wakefield Smith, and J. Warren Madden, Chairman of the Board, 1/27/38

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Author and administrator of Wagner Labor Act go into a huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Immediately following the blast put on the National Labor Relations Board today by Senator Burke, Democrat of Nebraska, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Senator Robert E. Wagner (right), author of the Wagner Labor Act, was snapped as he went into a huddle with Chairman J. Warren Madden of the NLRB. Burke charged there has been more strife and misunderstanding between employer and employee than ever before since enforcement of the Wagner Act has been placed in the hands of the NLR, 12738

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Author and administrator of Wagner Labor Act go into a huddle. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Immediately following the blast put on the National Labor Relations Board today by Senator Burke, Democrat of Nebraska, before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee, Senator Robert E. Wagner (right), author of the Wagner Labor Act, was snapped as he went into a huddle with Chairman J. Warren Madden of the NLRB. Burke charged there has been more strife and misunderstanding between employer and employee than ever before since enforcement of the Wagner Act has been placed in the hands of the NLR, 1/27/38

Author and administrator of Wagner Labor Act go into a huddle. Washing...

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