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...consequently the most controversial, of Washington's alphabet soup of agencies are the Big Seven independents-the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Power Commission (FPC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In addition, the Food and Drug Administration must clear all prescription drugs and the Federal Aviation Agency, whose annual budget of $775 million is the largest of the agencies, sets safety standards and regulates the design and production of aircraft. The agencies spend about $1 billion and conduct...
...Charged before the NLRB that an Atlanta local of the United Steelworkers of America negotiated a contract with Atlantic Steel providing less pay for Negroes than for whites doing the same...
...Joined in an action before the NLRB against a segregated local of the Independent Metal Workers Union in Houston...
...members. The outcome of the vote was left hanging on the fate of two contested ballots-one cast by FOUR's president, the other by a top aide. Both men had been dismissed by the I.L.G.W.U. for alleged violations of "union ethics" before the vote. Last week the NLRB virtually assured FOUR's victory by decreeing that the two disputed (and still unopened) ballots must be opened and counted this week...
...sees it, the leaders of FOUR "can only be prompted by the commercialism of our times," and are out to create "dual loyalties" within his union. To avert that calamity, Dubinsky has decided upon a course taken by many a capitalist before him: he vows to fight the NLRB ruling through every possible court, a process which could delay FOUR's recognition as a certified bargaining agent for another year and a half...