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...Advanced, by a Senate Labor Committee vote of 12 to 3, the controversial bill to repeal Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, the celebrated "right-to-work" clause, under which the states have the power to ban union-shop contracts (19 have done so). The Administration-backed repeal passed narrowly in the House, 221 to 203, and faces at least as close a contest on the Senate floor...
...words of the Times: "The bill strikes at the roots of Britain's traditional liberal attitude towards immigration, at the preservation of good Commonwealth relations, and at the belief that Britain is without original sin in the matter of color discrimination." Healey's pledge: Labor would repeal the act if it came back to power...
...roll-call vote, repeal of 14(b) passed 221 to 203, and the bill now goes to the Senate. Under its provisions, "right-to-work" laws in 19 states would be voided, and in any firm where a union persuades-or forces-management to agree to a union shop, a worker who does not join the union within 30 clays can be fired...
...this all. This year 314 constitutional amendments have been introduced in the House. Ninety-eight deal with apportionment, 65 would give equal rights to women, 41 concern religion. Some of the others would establish a uniform voting age of 18, reform or abolish the electoral college, repeal the income tax, forbid federal-budget deficits except in time of national emergency, and double the two-year term of House members. Most of these also have been introduced in the Senate...
...further help the peasantry, the bank has recently put forward a much-debated plan for revamping the Thai economy. It not only calls for crop-support programs, but also urges repeal of the 25% export tax on rice, by which the government gets 8% of its revenues. Farm taxes would be replaced by excises on tobacco and urban property, helping distribute the nation's tax load and its income more equitably, aiding Thailand's industries by giving farmers more power to purchase manufactured goods. The government publicly opposes the idea, but some officials privately favor...