Commission To Prevent Strikes

Northern Advocate, 8 January 1947, Page 3

Commission To Prevent Strikes

He recommended that the industrial commission should be composed of 12 members of Congress of both parties and eight representatives of the public, management and labour appointed by the President. The commission should examine the question of how to settle or prevent strikes 'without endangering general democratic freedoms.

Mr Truman reminded Congress that the paralysing effects of nation-wide strikes in key industries such as transport. coal, oil and communications could result in national disaster, which had been avoided in recent years only by using extraordinary war powers, all of which would soon be ended.

In their place there must be created an adequate system and effective machinery.

Mr Truman requested Congress to cooperate in preventing whole indus-

tries from being dominated by a few large, monopolistic-organisations which would restrict production in the interest of higher profits.

He recommended that 5C0.000 lowlental houses should be built in the next four years. Warning his listeners that in the next few years American agriculture may face the same dangers as after the first world war. Mr Truman recommended .that foreign and domestic markets should be expanded 16 provide outlets for farm surpluses.

He said people in the United States recently witnessed numerous attacks ucon the constitutional rights of indi-j vidual citizens as a result of racial and religious bigotry. New legislation would bo necessary ■ to protect the rights jeopardised in • this way. The President's Committee | on Civil Rights was now studying ~»e j problem with a view to making recommendations to Congress.'