GUFFEY COAL LAW
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL MINING CONDITIONS IN AMERICA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright WASHINGTON, May 18. The Supreme Court, by a six to three majority, declared the Guffey Coal Law unconstitutional. , . . Mr Justice Sutherland, speaking tor the majority, held that the Eederal Government had no power to regulate hours and wages in the mining industry, and gave the N.R.A. reversal as a precedent. . ' ~ According to the interests involved, sentiment varied towards .the decision. Bituminous mine operators expressed satisfaction at the set-back to the Government’s efforts to regiment the coal industry, but organised Labour, on the other hand, considered the decision discouraging and expressed the opinion that a sharper struggle in the economic field was the only recourse leU in order to win its demands for recognition of collective bargaining.
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Evening Star, Issue 22343, 20 May 1936, Page 9
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128GUFFEY COAL LAW Evening Star, Issue 22343, 20 May 1936, Page 9
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