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...Page One. Aimer Stilwell Monroney (he legally changed his name to Mike when he entered politics) had earned a reputation as a sound moderate who helped put through the first real reform of Congress' rusty machinery in 25 years. Generally Fair-Dealing, he had voted for Taft-Hartley, but opposed the Brannan Plan. Though he comes from a state where oil wells are drilled even on the Capitol grounds, he voted against an oilmen's bill to raise oil price controls...
...than required for paper work necessary to launch a major conflict. . . Taxes: House Ways and Means Committee plans to repeal excise on baby oil and powder . . . Babies are already turning to light machine oil, affecting YOUR fall investment plans . . . Expect SOME strikes in the next 30-60-90 days. . . Taft-Hartley Act generally effective except in coal, autos, telephone, shipping, railroads, printing, electric, textiles, building trades, clothing, aircraft, farm equipment, retail business, steel, and white-collar occupations . . . General Eisenhower WILL RUN in '52-if the time is ripe, his wife approves, the stars favor him, the Democrats fold...
...several hundred printers, engravers, stereotypers, pressmen and mailers had shown up for work. Although their A.F.L. and independent unions were not on strike, only a handful crossed the orderly picket line. The rest refused to cross, for fear of their "physical safety"-an explanation apparently designed to skirt the Taft-Hartley ban on secondary boycotts and to avoid violating their own union contracts...
Died. Representative John Lesinski, 65, veteran Democratic Congressman, champion of labor as chairman of the influential House Education and Labor Committee, undeviating foe of the Taft-Hartley Act; of a heart attack; in Dearborn, Mich. John Lesinski was sent to Congress in 1933 as the first Representative of Michigan's newly created 16th congressional district; a labor-minded area sent him back for the next 17 years...
...behind the reform measures--did not favor the plan either. And debate on the bill took place while Majority Leader Lucas was desperately trying to force a vote on the Administration's F.E.P.C. measure, angering many members of his own party. Taft won on Plan 12, after accusing Truman of trying to nullify an act of Congress (Taft-Hartley) under the guise of reform...