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...labor leaders. As a Congressman, Lyndon Johnson voted for Taft-Hartley and to override President Truman's veto. But last year, as he set out to gather votes from every segment of U.S. society, he made clear to A.F.L.-C.I.O. President George Meany that he would seek repeal of 14(b), saw to it that the pledge was written into the Democratic platform...
Because of the terse, almost offhand way in which he attached the repeal proposal to his labor message, there was some talk that the President might not work very hard for its enactment. But those who said that just didn't know their Lyndon Johnson. For one thing, he is immensely proud of his success in getting his programs through Congress, and the record will not be blemished if he can help it. For another, at a time when he is under heavy fire from academicians, he is not about to risk losing labor's support-particularly...
...Public Responsibility." Those provisions might have fairly easy sailing. But the effort to repeal 14(b) is likely to tax all Johnson's skills. Most Republicans and Southern Democrats will oppose it. So, probably, will some Midwestern and Western legislators of both parties. And even some liberals are disappointed. New York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits, who favors repeal, wrote last week: "The President failed to take into account the public concern over the extension of union authority which will result from 14(b)'s repeal . . . Trade-union activity is heavily responsible for the rising standard...
Obviously, McDonald had finally been convinced that if labor is to achieve all its hopes-including repeal of Taft-Hartley's 14(b)-it must first show that it is responsible not only to the public, but to itself...
...need a strong push. For businessmen and consumers, nonetheless, the cut was a boon that will surely help out just when there are some faint signs of a downturn in consumer interest. The Ways and Means Committee even threw in a bit of extra, early seasonal cheer: it advanced repeal of the 10% tax on cabarets and theater tickets from next Jan. 1 to noon on New Year...