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There was plenty to chew over. For the C.I.O., one major problem is the ruling that unions seeking NLRB services must first swear that none of their officials is a Communist. That measure could play havoc with such unions as the furriers, whose boss is Communist Ben Gold. For the A.F.L., a major problem is the anti-closed shop provision, which strikes at the heart of A.F.L. monopolies in such fields as the building trades...
Rolling Barrage. Labor would also take determined action on other fronts. Wherever possible, it would evade the law by such devices as forcing under-the-counter closed shops on labor-hungry employers. Wherever it could, it would bypass the law; for example, by disregarding the new NLRB...
Unions could be harassed to death with endless litigation. The requirement that the NLRB seek an injunction whenever a boycott or jurisdictional strike was charged by an employer was "clearly a backward step toward the old abuses of the labor injunction...
Since unions will be liable to suit for contract violation, wildcat strikes will become unpopular. Jurisdictional strikes and boycotts will be sharply curtailed by the NLRB's authority to get injunctions...
...NLRB will have to be expanded. Its procedures will be more complex...