Word: on-the-job
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Dates: during 1942-1942
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Clarification of conflicting jurisdiction is needed, but will not solve the puzzle without new legislation from Congress. The occasional "on-the-job" freezing of labor already attempted is purely "jawbone" regulation, much like Leon Henderson's requests for voluntary price control before Congress gave him legal powers. Outright conscription of labor and 'a 'teen-age draft are impossible under existing statutes. These measures, which the President said "may be necessary," will require renewed Congressional deliberation. Even with strong Presidential leadership, Congress dallied with price-control. Without such leadership, they may waste more precious weeks bandying charges of "dictatorship" during labor...