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a _— Par aad * = ~ , * ¢ ‘ « bring order te a business disorder d the adversely affected the business f every port in the United States. “Grave reasons should be an ed to support a charge of ‘p turity’ with respect to the enact ant of this type of legislation. 5 Tt of the statement it is said : xy that tha emploves ar are not fully om . = ganized’ and that the “industry is ‘ripe’ for a law like this. “Joven a cursory examination of @ labor nituation in the maritime of this argument.” Kennedy then listed the or- feations which already have ntracts with their employing ups, He named the longshore- en's unions of both the West and Coasts and the seamen on the est Coast. - The National Labor Relations oard, he «sid, was supervising lections among ‘the seamen on the as rapidly as possible. ections among the unlicensed per- nel of about forty Hnes had been jd, he said. ‘But whether agreements have ma entered into er not,"" he con- Pe ued, “there will always be air. ferencea with regard to rates of pay, hours of labor and working conditions. Neither collective agree- ments nor mediation machinery will eliminate these disputes. But the function of the gystem of media- tion which bas been suggested iz to facilitate and to expedite the process of obtaining these collective agreements and the settlement of utes as they arise. “TI submit that employes who have been able in the past few months to paralyze our water-borne commerce by ‘quickies’ and sit<lown strikes: In | employes one of whose leaders feols ec confident of discipline in union yeske that he shelleness the wower of Congress t to enforce this legisla- tion, stating that the employes will not ‘accept’ tt, are sufficiently or- ganized for legigiation which seeka to substitute mediation and ednell- fation for the strike and lockout,” Mr, Kennedy He recited th Seat statistics of hours of work lost and the number of strikes and Jockouts and the num- ber of seamen involved. He said that it was impossible to estimate the losses arising irqn delay in freight movement. “A&A controversy between operators and | seamen is just as much a mat- ter of national concern“as the size of the Federal budgst,"” he de- eclared, “and it is not unreasonable for our people to provide that the principals to such controversies | sal shall endeavor to compose their dit." Beg owt whe ferences “BaIGrs obstructing blocking up the avenues of trade and commerce, “Ns reason appears Why & tech- nique of mediation and conciliation based upon nearly forty yoars ex- perience which is now made avail- able by “Jaw to labor and manage ment in the industries of transpor- tation by rail and air ahpuld not likewise be provided for workers and operators in the shipping in- dustry. : and = = arperience pase “Investigation convince the commission that dis- cipline and the responaibility of maritime labor and the co-relative obligations of maritime mployers must he established ait ¢ the earliest possible moment and not ‘in « few years henos.’ To tolerata present conditions and allow the present chaotic situation to continue with- out determined and courageous ef- forta to bring about proper condi- Hons in the field of maritime labor would in our opinion invite the eomplete destruction of the Ameri- can merchent marine.” - At the close of the session, Bena- tor Copeland said that certain amendments sought by the Na- tional Labor Relations Béard, a oe | wo which would clarity ite jurisdiction in labor matters, Were acceptable to the commission and to the memi~ bers of the committee. Before Mr. Kennedy left the room, Benator Copeland turned to him and —_e “The members of this sommitien and} ‘are very sorry “that ‘you s your present post to go to Engi i We wish you wanid stay here.!” Tomorrow the eommitice will ten to testimony by Joseph head ‘of the National Martti Union, and severe! longshorem Last week Joseph P. Ryan, head the International Lo pho Association, charged t Mr,. ran was'a Communist and pay of the Communist party. Senator Copeland saif that Bridges, leader of the Mari Federation and Longsho: Unions on the West Coast, not appear before the co: The question of Mr, Bridges's to stay in this country, he sald, & matter for the Labor De and did not He within the juried} tion of the Commeras ‘Comm! The Senator was asked if Kennedy or Miss Perkins . speaking for the administration. “That ts a question for the gent to answer,” he said,” nt Mere oto,