EDITORIAL COMMENT MOSTLY FAVOURABLE

Chronicle (Levin), 8 January 1947, Page 6

EDITORIAL COMMENT MOSTLY FAVOURABLE

Keceived Tuesday, 11.15 p.m. NEW YOivK, Jaii. 7. Editorial coiument on President Tru man's speecli is geuerally favourabie. The iierald-Tribune says President Truman seeius to havo made an carnest efforl to find a coiiciliatory policy. ltadds : "Although Mr. Truman deall giugerly witli the labour issue and his solutions are tentative, liriner aetion on tlie part of Congress is not forecloseil. ' ' Sonie" cdilorials eclio eriticism of tlie proposai to create a commission to investigate labour mauagemeut relatious. The New York Tiuies says: "On the basis of the bitter cxperience of 100,000,000 maii-days of work lost iu 1940, tlie nation knows that oue of thc t'undainental causes of the industrial strike is the present unbalaiice in labour legislation vvhieli has had the eft'ecl of puttiug a premiuni on strikes and llireal of strikes. Tlie Republic'ans geuerally regard President Truman 's speech as eonciliatory and applaud the spirit of cooperatiou. They say they find little witli wliich to take issue. The president of tlie Ame?ican Feileratiou of Labour (Mr. William Greeu) declaring tliat President Truman 's speech shouid be eudorsed by the eulirp Amerieaii people, said it re inaiued to be seen whetlier Congress would enact the progrannne as a whole or rejeet tlie construetive reconimeuda tions aud li'niit actions to tlie passage of restrictive legislation even more sweepiug tlian the President suggests.