1 the foregoing offices, or for any candidate, political commit2 tee, or other person to accept or receive any contribution 3 prohibited by this section. Every corporation or labor organ 4 ization which makes any contribution or expenditure in vio5 lation of this section shall be fined not more than $5,000; 6 and every officer or director of any corporation, or officer 7 of any labor organization, who consents to any contribution 8 or expenditure by the corporation or labor organization, as 9 the case may be, in violation of this section shall be fined 10 11 not more than $1,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both. For the purposes of this section labor organi12 zation' shall have the same meaning as under the National 13 Labor Relations Act." 14 SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS 15 SEC. 305. If any provision of this Act or the applica16 tion of such provision to any person or circumstance is held 17 invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of such 18 provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be 19 affected thereby. 80TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1126 [Report No. 105] Calendar No. 104 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 17 (legislative day, MARCH 24), 1947 Mr. TAFT, from the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, reported the following bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar A BILL To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to provide additional facilities for the mediation of labor disputes affecting commerce, to equalize legal responsibilities of labor organizations and employers, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 8 "FINDINGS AND POLICIES "SECTION 1. The denial by some employers of the right 9 of employees to organize and the refusal by some employers 1 to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes 2 and other forms of industrial strife or unrest, which have 3 the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing 4 commerce by (a) impairing the efficiency, safety, or opera5 tion of the instrumentalities of commerce; (b) occurring in 6 the current of commerce; (c) materially affecting, restrain7 ing, or controlling the flow of raw materials or manufactured 8 9 or processed goods from or into the channels of commerce, or the prices of such materials or goods in commerce; or (d) 10 causing diminution of employment and wages in such volume 11 as substantially to impair or disrupt the market for goods 12 flowing from or into the channels of commerce. 13 "The inequality of bargaining power between employees 14 who do not possess full freedom of association or actual 15 liberty of contract, and employers who are organized in the corporate or other forms of ownership association substan17 tially burdens and affects the flow of commerce, and tends 16 18 to aggravate recurrent business depressions, by depressing 19 wage rates and the purchasing power of wage earners in 20 industry and by preventing the stabilization of competitive 21 wage rates and working conditions within and between 22 industries. 23 24 25 "Experience has proved that protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safe guards commerce from injury, impairment, or interruption, 1 and promotes the flow of commerce by removing certain 2 recognized sources of industrial strife and unrest, by encour3 aging practices fundamental to the friendly adjustment of 4 industrial disputes arising out of differences as to wages, 5 hours, or other working conditions, and by restoring equality 6 of bargaining power between employers and employees. 7 "Experience has further demonstrated that certain prac8 tices by some labor organizations, their officers, and members 9 have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or ob10 structing commerce by preventing the free flow of goods in 11 such commerce through strikes and other forms of industrial unrest or through concerted activities which impair the inter 12 13 est of the public in the free flow of such commerce. The 14 elimination of such practices is a necessary condition to the assurance of the rights herein guaranteed. 15 16 "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United 17 States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstruc18 tions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and elimi19 nate these obstructions when they have occurred by encourag20 ing the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and by 21 protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of associa22 tion, self-organization, and designation of representatives of 23 their own choosing, for the purpose of negotiating the terms 24 and conditions of their employment or other mutual aid or protection. 25 1 to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes 2 and other forms of industrial strife or unrest, which have 3 the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing 4 commerce by (a) impairing the efficiency, safety, or opera5 tion of the instrumentalities of commerce; (b) occurring in 6 the current of commerce; (c) materially affecting, restrain7 ing, or controlling the flow of raw materials or manufactured 8 9 or processed goods from or into the channels of commerce, or the prices of such materials or goods in commerce; or (d) 10 causing diminution of employment and wages in such volume 11 as substantially to impair or disrupt the market for goods 12 flowing from or into the channels of commerce. 13 "The inequality of bargaining power between employees 14 who do not possess full freedom of association or actual 15 liberty of contract, and employers who are organized in the 16 corporate or other forms of ownership association substan17 tially burdens and affects the flow of commerce, and tends 18 to aggravate recurrent business depressions, by depressing 19 wage rates and the purchasing power of wage earners in 20 industry and by preventing the stabilization of competitive 21 wage rates and working conditions within and between 22 industries. 23 24 25 "Experience has proved that protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safe guards commerce from injury, impairment, or interruption, |