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Sup reme , Court Rejects Ap speal By Ward From WLB Rulin By Edward H. Hi ; reme declined rday to Ttartere with ae Fy a lower court decision that courts can neither review tor ‘enforce War Labor Board orders. Without comment, the unal urned down an appeal @ District of Columbia Court jof Appeals. The latter court held that WLB actions are administra- e and “at most” simply advisory | the President. oe WLB, in case its orders e disregarded, turns cases over to the President for action. The mai! order firm contended ‘the WLB exceeded its Statutory ;powers in issuing orders involving junion maintenance, dues check- |o# and grievance machinery for CIO employes at four Ward stores in Detroit, and one each in Jamaica, N. Y., ‘and Denver. NELB Case Also Rejected The Supreme Court previcusly at this term had rejected an appeal by a group of trucking companies ™m a similiar decision by the urt of Appeals. Also for the second time, the (purt yesterday declined to review a case which posed the question whether the National Labor Re- appealing from a lower court de- cision that the company was gulity of unfair labor practices in in posting a notice advising employes | that they did not have to join a union. Kent Appeal Again Reflected In other actions yesterday, the court: Agreed to review Federal Power Commission orders directing four’ companies to reduce their inter-| state wholesale rates on natural gas. The cases involve the Colo- rado Interstate Gas, the Canadiaii River Gas, and Panhandle Faster Pipeline comvanies. Consented to look into an In- terstate Commerce Commission or- der directing an increase of about 33 1-3 per cent in intrastate rail- road passenger coach fares in Ala- bama, Kentucky, Tennesset and North Carolina. The ICC cen- tended that the lower intrastate fares discriminated against inter- state travelers paying higher rates. Rejected, for the second time, an appeal of Mrs. Ann bh. P. Kent of .< ‘Washington tor court intervention® ‘in the case of her son, Tyler Kent, who was convicted and imprisoned in Great Britain on a charge olating the British Official” War ets Act. Kent was formerly a lations Act applies to a “local| bode clerk in the American Em- retail department store." The M. KE, Blatt Co., Atlantic City dep. ment store, raised that issue_jn ——7—_— in London... THE WASHINGTON POST Tuesday, 4-508 e7-sc8 hoot Nov. 14, 1944 Cai Pa \ t Oh "\ . LI-4 STZ A 1944 oat ees A