HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1970 A BILL TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN OPPRESSIVE LABOR OTHER PURPOSES MAY 25 AND 26, AND Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor Hoffman, Hon. Clare E.; a Representative in Congress from Hubbell, Charles H., Cleveland, Ohio--- Kuhl, C. M., Youngstown, Ohio_. La Follette, Hon. Robert M., Jr.; Senator from Wisconsin_ Lewis, John L., Washington, D. C.; president, Congress of Industrial Luhrsen, J. G., Washington, D. C.; executive secretary, Railway Labor Madden, J. Warren, Washington, D. C.; chairman, National Labor Matles, James J., New York, N. Y.; director of organization, United Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers of America_. Meggert, Paul, Cleveland, Ohio--- Murphy, Hon. Frank, Attorney General of the United States___ Padway, Joseph A., Washington, D. C., counsel, American Federa- Reilly, Gerard D., Washington, D. C., Solicitor, United States De- Vincent, Merle D., Washington, D. C., Chief of Hearings and Exemp- tions Section of Wage and Hour Division of United States De- Whitney, Byrl A., Cleveland, Ohio, director of educational and re- Wood, Hon. Reuben T., a Representative in Congress from Missouri__ Statement of League of Women Shoppers, Inc., in support of S. 1970---- Report of Ralph D. Winstead, investigator for subcommittee of Senate Committee on Education and Labor under S. Res. 266, on present status OPPRESSIVE LABOR PRACTICES ACT THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1939 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 o'clock, in room 104, Senate Office Building, Senator Elbert D. Thomas presiding. Present: Senators Thomas and Borah. Also present: Senator La Follette. Senator THOMAS. The committee will please be in order. We have under consideration this morning S. 1970, a bill to eliminate certain oppressive labor practices affecting interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes. (S. 1970 is as follows:) [S. 1970, 76th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To eliminate certain oppressive labor practices affecting interstate and foreign commerce, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Oppressive Labor Practices Act of 1939." TITLE I SECTION 1. (a) The Congress hereby finds that the utilization of labor spies, strikebreakers, strikebreaking agencies, oppressive armed guards, and industrial munitions, (1) violates the right of employees to organize, bargain collectively, and engage in concerted activities for their mutual aid and protection; (2) causes and provokes acts of violence, breaches of the peace, and destruction of property, affecting commerce; (3) leads to labor disputes burdening and obstructing commerce and the free flow of commerce; (4) obstructs the settlement of labor disputes through negotiation and the orderly procedure of collective bargaining, thereby tending to prolong interruption of the free flow of commerce; (5) burdens and obstructs commerce and the free flow of commerce; (6) interferes with the United States and its agencies in obtaining goods and services pursuant to contract; and (7) interferes with and obstructs the effective exercise by the several States of their respective police powers. (b) The Congress further finds that the use of the channels and instrumentalities of commerce and of the mails for the transportation of goods produced by employers engaged in the activities above referred to, or for the transportation or furnishing of supplies and services for engaging in such activities, tends to spread and perpetuate such activities and the evils resulting therefrom. (c) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the activities referred to in subsection (a) when such activities affect commerce or are engaged in by employers who are engaged in commerce, in the production of goods for commerce, or in furnishing goods or services to the United States and its agencies pursuant to contract, and to prohibit the use of the channels and instrumentalities of commerce and of the mails for the transportation of goods produced by employers who engage in such activities, and for the transportation or furnishing of supplies and services for engaging in such activities. |