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Ja oy 20th + appucrcd betore tan ante Co ona Interst .te Co. rea on tue secedas on "Chilu wabor" ioe, instar‘ leably every noint aad been covered by previous witnesses thut would hea f.verubie to Labor I simply submitted . short suoszortin. st.utement apsroving of a Couctitetdonul ‘ umend-ent to tice care of this guestion mu pledgin, oa cuopert te _ny lepisiction thet would remed: this evil. Gn June 2% 11 ony ared af 2. wituess befure tic aou-4 waval affairs Comrittes on the b1. i, M,. 7kl6 which wus designed to allow the “ecretary o* Commerce appoint uw Naval man “or tie “Soektdon of “irector of toe vure_u of Murine Inepection and Aavigutiop. Thi: Committee Ls composed of u very vrcaction ty proup of Congress- ‘men headed oSMiso of Georgia who is the Chiirnun. From tue sturt of my testimony it could be 3een that every effort vould be made ty the nembers of this Con tittee to misinteraret my recurss uad wo try and minimice any ree er “webuht rhich nm testimony wouls curry. i was piven oniy practic.thy over-enirnt notice in wnich to prenare for, this ue ering ene cnly one other witacss sconteured an opporition, that was Cantuin{iiliken of the U, alae srine insoectors Ansociutlon. i rus om the st nd for un hou art nd was Continu lly {nt serrup ted poten ey by tac recetionuy anti-lubor members of this Comittee. Despite this L think rn heatinony shoved conclusively that it wus not necessary for us to ¢o to the Savy in crider to cet a man qualified or the position ef birector of the “urecu of Marine Insocetion and “uvigeution, Col, fohnson, 4ss't. Secretum of Yo merce, was on the stn before me, .nd in Savor of e pill, In nis testimony he stuted that the Secretusy of Covmerce, Rosep, had been unable to “ins actin either in the Suresu or from the id -oin, circles that could handle the Job, Lt couli te oust Seen that Roper's ovjcetiva was to place thas ®9 990 99 © vere Ish cn 5 leo es keene coke ee aes PO Sn # ~ “i a WE “1, 44, er rho byes tog oe he CEE WG fii. bu FL fatal ay aaa peoanton Orn one a thay? Wa WAle EO 2b FJ the Navy. it cout ulso be seen that iio ver Wu59 euceuvoring to plu.ce the semen it the mercy of some strick di -ciplin. rian who woulu im als orobability Le definitely anit-lubor and enti-union in nis views. . 4 Congress iuatkott fron Oregon stated that es louad aicdited tuct «e rere in favor of the views on inhor es exarcasad by the Clu, tht ne would tuerefore dis- count any weight waich shoula be given my testimony. My auswer to thi- ta.t anyone who wag not in uccord with tic views of Lhe Clo on Libor wwestions vag UNA bol. Amotner Coucre scan stited $..t oe nad interereted ny varPke too ome.m tout ve were in favor of a "soviet form of lis sCioline” on the shins. Ueciay th. no progress could be made with this Cor ittee by tring to be ple.sunt with them, I simply went uhend and tlusted the whole Fill ana tie uttitude of tue bon wlites en toward Gabor. hhen tne testinony tus piven, the Gomsittee togk u vote rinht vocre on recommending of ‘the Bill for susssre Ly ise House. Conpressmur milton freua ‘irginis : v8 te only one who voted upvdnst the Bill und this snould be redoabered wien election time rolls around again. At the time of writing this, no uction has bean 4.0 en om the ucuse by this bill, bul we huve iniuurated « caumpinien to hve tuis ne cure opposes om th floor of the House rhen it cones up for pus: SiGe. “e have Ghoo otpe ted to tag Presik- r a 3 oar woes ~ tre a fa eee t Det ee OE s ae + + ¢ meee cenit to veto this meacure if ond wuen it is Sent to him Tor his upproval. - <6 = eee i a ™ + . — _ ~ ~~ “we . . = _—_— — : . _— . leo. . . . a a - 7