than the daily record. The index references are to the independent pagination of this volume. This material was collected and indexed by Louis Schwartz, industrial analyst under the general direction of David Findling, Associate General Counsel, and Morris Weisz, Chief Industrial Analyst. Assisting Mr. Schwartz in the execution of this project were Harry Brickman, Ruth Kornhauser, and Jerome Ackerman, of the staff of industrial analysts, and Melvin Pollack, Frank Blumenthal and Harvey Diamond of the Legal Division. CHRONOLOGICAL STATEMENT OF LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT, 1947 EIGHTIETH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION January 23-March 8 Hearings before the Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare on the general subject of labor legislation.` Page February 5-March 15 Hearings before House Committee on Education and Labor on the general subject of labor legislation. April 10 H. R. 3020, introduced in House by Mr. Hartley (Ninety-third Congressional April 11 591 H. R. 3020, reported favorably with amendments by Mr. Hartley, chairman of Committee on Education and Labor (H. Rept. 245). April 15 House considered and passed House Resolution 178, providing the rule to allow 6 hours' debate on H. R. 3020. This resolution was passed by rollcall vote, yeas 319, nays 46 (Ninety-third Congressional Record 35203565) 601-668 April 16 House commenced debate on H. R. 3020 (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3572). 669 House rejected, by voice vote, an amendment to ban the union shop as well as the closed shop (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3612-3620)---- 732-747 House rejected, by a vote of 136 to 117, an amendment removing a ban on the miners' welfare fund and similar benefits (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3621-3628) ----- 749-757 House defeated, by a vote of 161 to 71, an attempt to permit industry-wide bargaining (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3628–3634) – 758-767 April 17 House general debate concluded. H. R. 3020 passed and sent to Senate (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3694-3748) 769-863 S. 1126 introduced in Senate by Mr. Taft (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3753)------- 1000 S. 1126 reported favorably by Mr. Taft, chairman of Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3786-3787)---- 1000 IX X April 18 H. R. 3020 was ordered placed on the Senate Calendar (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3791) - Page 1002 April 22 Senate minority report on S. 1126 (pt. 2, S. Rept. 105) (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3913). 1003 April 23 Senate debate on S. 1126 commenced (Ninety-third Congressional Record 3950) 1005 April 28 Senate continued debate on S. 1126. Senator Morse moved to recommit the bill to the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare with instructions to report out various titles of the bill as separate bills (Ninety-third Congressional Record 4265). 1074 April 30 Senate continued debate on S. 1126 and defeated by 35 yeas to 59 nays the motion of Senator Morse to recommit the bill and separate the title (Ninety-third Congressional Record 4392). 1138 Senator Ives' amendment to section 8b (1) striking the words "interfere with" was adopted without objection (Ninety-third Congressional Record 4399) - 1139 May 2 Senate continued debate on S. 1126 and adopted by a vote of 60 yeas to 28 nays the Ball amendiment making it an unfair labor practice for a labor union to coerce employees (Ninety-third Congressional Record 4568) 1217 May 7 Senate continued debate on S. 1126 and by a vote of 43 yeas to 44 nays de- 1302 1304 May 8 Senate continued debate on S. 1126 and by 48 yeas to 40 nays adopted an amendment sponsored by Senator Ball and others, relating to restrictions on payment to employee representatives (Ninety-third Congressional Record 4884). May 9 Senate continued debate on S. 1126 and by a vote of 28 yeas to 62 nays defeated the amendment sponsored by Senator Ball and others outlawing boycotts and Jurisdictional strikes (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5049). 1323 1370 The Taft amendment, also relating to boycotts and other unlawful com- - Senator Malone's amendment requiring approval of three-fourths of employees to establish a union shop was rejected by voice vote (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5081) ---- Page 1400 1389 1408 1408-1409 1418 Senator Ives' amendment requiring notification of State and Territorial mediation agencies, when such exist in labor disputes, was adopted without objection (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5081) – Senator McCarthy's amendment relative to discharge of Communists was rejected by voice vote (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5086)--The amendment of Senators Ball and Byrd to abolish the union shop was defeated, 21 yeas, 57 nays (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5091) 1428 Senator McClellan's amendment on "free speech" for employers and employees was adopted by voice vote; a second amendment prohibiting certification of a labor organization if one or more of its officers are members of the Communist Party was adopted by division vote (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5095) – – Amendments by Senator O'Daniel restricting application of union security Proposal of Senator Taylor to provide for secret ballot of corporation stock- May 12 ------ 1434 1437 1439 1439 Senate continued debate on S. 1126 and adopted by a voice vote an amendment by Senator Tydings excluding nonprofit hospitals from the definition of the term “employer" (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5130) 1465 Senate unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for a vote on May 13; the House bill (H. R. 3020) with the Senate language substituted therefor will be the bill voted on finally (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5131) --- Senator O'Mahoney's amendment clarifying appointment and confirmation of National Labor Relations Board members was adopted by voice vote (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5132). 1468 1469 May 13 Senate continued debate and the substituted bill proposed by Senator Murray and others was defeated by a vote of 19 yeas to 73 nays (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5298). 1521 Senator Langer's amendments to the definition of "supervisor” and “superintendent" were defeated by voice vote (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5298)___ 1521 Page Senate by a vote of 68 yeas to 24 nays passed H. R. 3020, after substituting the language of S. 1126. A conference on the bill was requested, and the conferees were appointed (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5298) 1522 May 14 House received message that Senate had passed H. R. 3020 with amendments. House disagreed to the Senate amendments. House managers were appointed to the joint conference (Ninety-third Congressional Record 5413). May 15-May 29 Conference on H. R. 3020 in progress. June 3 Conference report on H. R. 3020 reported in House (H. Rept. No. 510) (Ninety-third Congressional Record 6451). June 4 House agreed to conference report after 1 hour general debate (Ninetythird Congressional Record 6549) – June 5 870 899 Senate commenced debate on conference report (H. Rept. No. 510) (Ninety-third Congressional Record 6603). June 6 Senate concluded debate and agreed to conference report on H. R. 3020 by a vote of 54 yeas to 17 nays (Ninety-third Congressional Record 6695) 1620 June 20 House received the Presidential veto of H. R. 3020 (Ninety-third Congressional Record 7500)---. House debated and voted to override the Presidential veto of H. R. 3020 by a vote of 331 yeas to 83 nays (Ninety-third Congressional Record 7504) 915 7500-922 June 23 Senate, after two days of debate, voted to override the Presidential veto of 1656 |