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The Potters Herald
East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio
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House labor committee hearings on anti-strike bills to amend Wagner Act opened Feb. 5 in Washington, with testimony from Reps. Gerald Landis and Clare Hoffman. Chairman Fred Hartley plans a new bill by March 15 to prevent coal mine strike on April 1, confident it can pass over veto if needed.
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Washington (FP)-House labor committee hearings opened Feb, 5 with authors of two bills to amend the Wagner act offering the first testimony, Chairman Fred Hartley said Jan, 29.
Representatives Gerald Landis and Clare Hoffman are the lead-off men, to be followed by a series of hearings on what Hartley called various fields in labor problems.
After these, he said, the committee will write a new bill under his name incorporating the committee's ideas.
The new GOP committee head said he hopes to get a strike control bill to the floor by March 15, in time to head off a strike in the coal mines at the expiration of the current contract April 1. He is confident, he said, the committee can write such a bill.
"I am also quite confident," he added, "that this committee will report out a bill that can pass over the President's veto if that is necessary."
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Washington
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Feb. 5
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hopes to get strike control bill to floor by march 15 to head off coal mine strike on april 1; confident bill can pass over president's veto if necessary.
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House labor committee hearings opened with authors of two bills to amend Wagner Act offering testimony. Representatives Gerald Landis and Clare Hoffman lead off, followed by hearings on labor problems. Committee to write new bill under Chairman Fred Hartley's name incorporating ideas. New GOP committee head aims for strike control bill by March 15.