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Congress to Go Ahead on Laws as Union Leaders Not Cooperating

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24—(AP)—Senator Ellender (D-La) declared today that Congress must "take the bull by the horns and write its own ticket" on labor legislation because union leaders "are not cooperating."

"I have been most disappointed by their showing," said Ellender, a Senate Labor Committee member whose views in the past often have coincided with those of union spokesmen.

The Louisiana lawmaker told a reporter the committee expected but got no aid from AFL President William Green, CIO Chief Philip Murray and United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther.

They and other union officials sharply assailed most pending legislation in testifying before the committee last week.

The Senate labor group has more union representatives on tap when it resumes hearings tomorrow.

Ellender said one of the things congress seems likely to do is revise the act "to restore free speech to employers."

The Louisiana Senator was critical of what he called the "negative attitude" of union leaders and said that fact is causing many congress members "who have been on the fence to get off."

"When the union people come in here and say they are snow white in the face of inexcusable abuses, then the only thing for congress to do is take the bull by the horns and write its own ticket," Ellender said.