(a) By omitting from subsection (7) the words "to the Secretary of Labour or to such District Officer of the Department of Labour as the Secretary of Labour directs", and substituting the words "to the Registrar of Industrial Unions":

(b) By omitting from subsection (8) the words "the Secretary of Labour”, and substituting the words "the Registrar".

4. Consequential amendments.-(1) Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding to the definition of the expression "industrial matters", in subsection (1), the words "or affecting or relating to the preferential employment, or the non-employment, of any person or class of persons, whether a member or members of a union of workers or not; and also includes all matters which by this or any other Act are declared or deemed to be industrial matters; but does not include any matter relating to the compulsory membership of a union of workers by a person, as a condition of his employment, before such employment commences".

(2) Section 142 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding, as subsection (2), the following subsection:

"(2) The fact that a union of workers intends to have a ballot conducted under section 174E of this Act, or that the result of any such ballot in course of being conducted is not available, shall not of itself be regarded as special circumstances for the purposes of this section."

(3) Section 162 of the principal Act is hereby amended by adding to subsection (1) the following paragraph:

"(c) Amend the award in accordance with and for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of Part IX of this Act relating to preference of employment to members of unions."

(4) The said section 162 is hereby further amended

(a) By inserting in subsection (2), after the words "paragraph (b)", the words "or paragraph (c)":

(b) By omitting from subsection (2) the words "not being an original party thereto":

(c) By repealing subsection (4).

(5) Section 167 of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting in subsection (1), after paragraph (d), the following paragraph:

"(dd) Was a member of any union or of any society or other body that had applied to be registered as a union or was in process of formation for that purpose; or".

REPEAL OF SECTION 14(b) OF THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT

RELATIONS ACT

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON LABOR

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H.R. 77, H.R. 4350 and Similar Bills

TO REPEAL SECTION 14(b) OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 705(b) OF THE LABORMANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959 AND TO AMEND THE FIRST PROVISO OF SECTION 8(a) (3) OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT, AS AMENDED

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PART 2

AND APPENDIX

HEARINGS HELD IN WASHINGTON, D.C.,

JUNE 4 AND 8, 1965

Printed for the use of the Committee on Education and Labor
ADAM C. POWELL, Chairman

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1965

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR

ADAM C. POWELL, New York, Chairman

CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky
EDITH GREEN, Oregon

JAMES ROOSEVELT, California
FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey
ELMER J. HOLLAND, Pennsylvania
JOHN H. DENT, Pennsylvania
ROMAN C. FUCINSKI, Illinois
DOMINICK V. DANIELS, New Jersey
JOHN BRADEMAS, Indiana
JAMES G. O'HARA, Michigan
RALPH J. SCOTT, North Carolina
HUGH L. CAREY, New York

AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS, California
CARLTON R. SICKLES, Maryland

SAM GIBBONS, Florida

WILLIAM D. FORD, Michigan
WILLIAM D. HATHAWAY, Maine
PATSY T. MINK, Hawaii

JAMES H. SCHEUER, New York
LLOYD MEEDS, Washington

WILLIAM H. AYRES, Ohio
ROBERT P. GRIFFIN, Michigan
ALBERT H. QUIE, Minnesota
CHARLES E. GOODELL, New York
JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio
DAVE MARTIN, Nebraska
ALPHONZO BELL, California
OGDEN R. REID, New York
GLENN ANDREWS, Alabama
EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida

LOUISE MAXIENNE DARGANS, Chief Clerk
RUSSELL C. DERRICKSON, Staff Director

C. SUMNER STONE, Special Assistant to the Chairman
Dr. GRACE HEWELL, Education Chief

LEON ABRAMSON, Chief Counsel for Labor-Management
MICHAEL J. BERNSTEIN, Minority Counsel for Education and Labor
CHARLES W. RADCLIFFE, Special Education Counsel for Minority

Abbitt, Hon. Watkins M., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Virginia__

Adams, W. Melvin, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists;
accompanied by Elder Paul Bradley, associate secretary, and
Boardman Noland, Esq., counsel - - -

710

732

Carothers, Rev. J. Edward, associated general secretary, National
Division of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church; secre-
tary of Commission on the Church and Economic Life, National
Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A_

648

Cox, Mrs. Bernice R., Anderson, Ind...
Crabtree, Mrs. Mary, Indianapolis, Ind.

704

703

775

756

Garmatz, Hon. Edward A., a Representative in Congress from the
State of Maryland.-

Hershberger, Guy F., executive secretary, Committee on Economic
and Social Relations of the Mennonite Church__
Kellar, Kenneth C., attorney at law, Lead, S. Dak., accompanied by
Lambert Miller, general counsel, National Association of Manu-
facturers, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers__
Randolph, Walter L., vice president, American Farm Bureau Federa-
tion; accompanied by Matt Triggs-

Reilly, Gerard, on behalf of the Printing Industries of America, Inc.,
accompanied by Arthur C. Prine, Jr., vice president, R. R. Don-
nelley & Sons Co.; Edgar Snider, president, Electronic Accounting
Card Corp.; Donald E. Sommer, secretary, Master Printers Section,
and Gerald A. Walsh, executive director, Union Employers Section,
Printing Industries of America, Inc., Washington, D.C..
Schmidt, Godfred P., as read by Ben Cutler; accompanied by Charles
Peterson, president, representing National Association of Orchestra
Leaders

603

672

677

624

Sherk, Harold, executive secretary of the National Service Board for
Religious Objectors---

764

Simunich, Bernard, Chicago, Ill.

598

Smith, C. F., Houston, Tex..

770

Walker, Frederick N., accompanied by Cyril F. Dadd, Stanley
McCallum, and Frank Waterman (Plymouth Brethren IV).

709

Prepared statements, letters, supplemental material:

Adams, W. Melvin, representing the Seventh-day Adventist Church,
statement of__

732

Carothers, Rev. J. Edward, associate general secretary, National
Division of the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church:
"Church Council Supports Labor in Bid To Repeal Union Shop
Ban," article in the New York Times, June 5, 1965.......
Letter to Congressman Griffin, dated June 9, 1965-

663

664

III

Prepared statements letters, supplemental material-Continued
Griffin, Hon. Robert P., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Michigan:

Barrus, James A., immediate past president, Assemblymen's
Council of the Presbyterian Church in the United States,
Charlotte, N.C., telegram from___.

Bowles, E. J., Dallas, Tex., telegram from....
Davis, Rev. Archie, associate minister, Shenandoah Presbyterian
Church, Miami, Fla., telegram from

Dendy, Marshall C., executive secretary, Board of Christian
Education, Presbyterian Church, United States, telegram
from__.

"Ethical Issues in Industrial Relations of Concern to Christians,'
statement adopted by the General Board of the National
Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A.__.
Excerpts from the legislative history of the Wagner Act Con-
cerning compulsory union membership, including statements
made by the late Senator Robert Wagner, submitted by-----
Hudnall, Mrs. Mae, Bethany, Okla., telegram from...
Latham, Edwin, managing director, Oklahomans for the Right
To Work, Oklahoma City, Okla., telegram from---

Page

665

665

667

667

669

637

666

666

Mizell, Earl S., superintendent, Committee Presbytery of the
Everglades Presbyterian Church, United States.
Porter, J. W., Dallas, Tex., telegram from....

667

Strickland, Lee, First Methodist Church of Coral Gables, tele-
gram from...

665

666

Turner, Rev. Robert, moderator, the Synod of North Carolina
of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, telegram
from..

665

Wheless, Chester, St. Lukes Methodist Church, Corpus Christi,
Tex., et al., telegram from....
Harrison, Hon. Albertis S., Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia,
statement of...

666

710

Johnson, Hon. Paul B., Governor, State of Mississippi, letter to
Chairman Thompson, dated May 31, 1965..

604

Kellar, Kenneth C., attorney at law, Lead, S. Dak., list of 36 National
State, and local employer associations that have asked permission
to associate their own organizations with my statement__
Martin, Wayne A., secretary, Religious Liberty Department, Carolina
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Charlotte, N.C., letter to
Congressman Scott enclosing a resolution-

614

Patton, James G., president, National Farmers Union, statement of..
Reilly, Gerard D., for Printing Industries of America:

Resolution approved at a regularly assembled meeting of the
board of directors, Printing Industries of America, Inc.,
Chicago, Ill., May 3, 1965.

769

646

689

Statement of..

685

Schmidt, Godfrey P., New York, N.Y., letter to Chairman Thompson, dated June 10, 1965..

625

Scott, Hon. Ralph J., a Representative in Congress from the State of
North Carolina:

Letter from Thad Eure, secretary of state, State of North Caro-
lina, dated June 3, 1965___

604

Resolution No. 69, General Assembly of 1965, a joint resolution
memorializing the Congress of the United States, the Members
of the Congress from the State of North Carolina, and the
Secretary of Labor to refrain from repealing the Barden amend-
ment, or section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act..
Watson, Rev. Richard, Seminole Presbyterian Church, Tampa,
Fla., telegram from_

605

667

Smith, C. F., Houston, Tex., editorial in the Dallas Morning News antitled, "Ć. F. Smith, Colored".

771

Welker, Frederick N., and Cyril F. Dadd, testimony presented by--

727