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. setting = Mediation ‘and. arbitratic¢h facilties “for arin “dndustry ‘sud bairig wtrkes the Soas by strikes and lockouts of about “million man-hours of work duing ten ‘Tin “1987 It iz Inconcelvable how J “could tp* § |, argued that our merchant marine is’sot “ripe* ° for ‘such. plan.” Yet that is just the posi _ that was taken by Miss Perkins. Ghe held f° 18 premature because the industry. is not fully. organised, in- spite of the fact that the Jonge + ‘ghoremen on both coasts as well as the seamen >} on the West Coast ‘have ‘contiacta” “with ses “employers and elections are now being held: “among the seamen on the East Coast under: ‘the. the supe of the National ‘Labor Relations» art tar Mr. A Kesinndy ‘pointed ‘out t that the “empioyes’ ; > Were sufficiently well organized to have ted up*: our water-borne commerce. by “quickies” ami.“ ‘sit-down strikes. No one questions the efece:. _ tiveness of the railway labor act, ynder. which 5 ; similar regulations have operated successfully |/ “in the railroad Held. Wé hope that Congyess!: will net hesitate to weep aside, Miss Perkins’ Objection that the program is premature.” ‘Kennedy’ smeasiire should be adopted pramptly. It appears to offer the only ote ya “ending present unsettled labor conditions and3 ae save our’ merchant marine from ruin, . 2 jira BRIE soe oon ' (C. CLIPPING FROM os BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE FEB 17 1938 ( WerEervesa FORUARDED BE-N