Word: repeals
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...word sentence seemed to be tacked almost as an afterthought to the labor message sent by President Johnson to Congress last week. It urged repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley law, "with the hope of reducing conflicts in our national labor policy that for several years have divided Americans." But that sentence was no afterthought: it was the fulfillment of a promise made by Johnson to organized labor during the last presidential campaign-and it seemed likely to set off the hottest fight of this session of Congress...
...labor leaders. As a Congressman, Lyndon Johnson voted for Taft-Hartley and to override President Truman's veto. But last year, as he set out to gather votes from every segment of U.S. society, he made clear to A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany that he would seek repeal of 14(b), saw to it that the pledge was written into the Democratic platform...
Because of the terse, almost offhand way in which he attached the repeal proposal to his labor message, there was some talk that the President might not work very hard for its enactment. But those who said that just didn't know their Lyndon Johnson. For one thing, he is immensely proud of his success in getting his programs through Congress, and the record will not be blemished if he can help it. For another, at a time when he is under heavy fire from academicians, he is not about to risk losing labor's support-particularly...
...original legislation ordering the underpasses to be built at Boylston St., River St., and Western Ave. was passed in 1962, and a number of attempts to modify or repeal this act were defeated by the legislature in its last session...
Last week the reservation came under fire from another organization-and a surprising one at that: the normally conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce. By a vote of 174 to 82, the Chamber, at a meeting in Washington, called for repeal of the Connally Reservation. Said the Chamber: "Nations should settle their disputes by peaceful means, depending on law with justice rather than force, including acceptance of the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice without the so-called 'Connally Reservation...