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Responding to organized labor's demands during last year's presidential campaign, President Johnson pledged to back repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. That provision, long bitterly opposed by labor leaders, permits states to outlaw union shops - in which a worker must join a union to keep his job. Last week in the House, Johnson fulfilled his promise...
...Repeal of 14(b) was the most unpopular proposal that the President had sent up to Capitol Hill. And for that very reason, the Administration and House leaders were determined that it would be rammed through-allowing little time for questions to be asked or for amendments to be proposed. For the first time, a rule adopted last January by the House Democratic majority was invoked; it enabled the House, by a simple majority vote, to bring the bill to the floor before debate limitations were set by the conservative Rules Committee...
Workshops on Saturday and Sunday will discuss issues from the Vietnam war to the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act's right-towork provisions...
...With the repeal of the banishment law-caused in part by publicity surrounding his own case-Baldwin was forced to return to his unit in Ankara for transport back to the U.S. and a bad-conduct discharge. Kusadasians argued that Baldwin would be put to an economic hardship if he had to pay his fare from the U.S. back to Turkey, and in letters, telegrams and telephone calls to U.S. officials pleaded that he be allowed to stay. Baldwin, who had found a home in Kusadasi, enthusiastically concurred. Said he: "They never looked down on me because...
...Manhattan, Houston, San Francisco and Beverly Hills. A 128-carat, inch-wide un-mounted diamond will be reduced from $1,000,000 to $900,000; a $4.50 silver key ring will drop to $4. These cuts -and millions of others across the U.S.- were brought about by the repeal this week of most U.S. excise taxes and the reduction of others (see THE NATION). As the act went into effect with a sweep of the President's pen, it called for considerable effort on the part of business and caused a good deal of confusion for everyone...