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...until the talks became hopelessly deadlocked in Pittsburgh that the President decided to intervene. When the negotiators were put to work in Room 2751, he urged them not to "plant your feet in concrete" but to "put the national interest first." Setting the stage for a Taft-Hartley injunction in case all else failed, he read economic reports warning of the "tragic consequences" of a strike, quoted one document from a Defense Department agency claiming that it "could not afford the loss of a single day's production...
...Advanced, by a Senate Labor Committee vote of 12 to 3, the controversial bill to repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, the celebrated "right-to-work" clause, under which the states have the power to ban union-shop contracts (19 have done so). The Administration-backed repeal passed narrowly in the House, 221 to 203, and faces at least as close a contest on the Senate floor...
...results, for once, would have little immediate effect on the economy. A strike would lay off 450,000 men and idle the nation's most important basic industry-but probably not for long, since President Johnson would almost certainly ask for an in junction under the Taft-Hartley law to keep the mills rolling. Even with a settlement, however, production is sure to tumble sharply as steel customers work off the record 14 million-ton stockpile that they have accumulated as a hedge against a strike...
Since the strike affects only one-fifth of the U.S. merchant marine, no Taft-Hartley injunctions or ship seizures have so far been considered, but last week President Johnson took the unusual step of naming former Presidential Press Secretary George Reedy as an intermediary. Reedy was due to enter the Mayo clinic for corrective surgery on his feet, but even his temporary negotiating role clearly signaled the President's personal interest in a settlement -and the possibility that he will take stronger moves if the impasse continues...
Responding to organized labor's demands during last year's presidential campaign, President Johnson pledged to back repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. That provision, long bitterly opposed by labor leaders, permits states to outlaw union shops - in which a worker must join a union to keep his job. Last week in the House, Johnson fulfilled his promise...