THE CONGRESS: Permanent Law?

The Senate had debated labor legislation for two weeks, trying to do something with the House's Case bill, aimed at curbing the economic powers of labor. The debate had grown violent; into dignified speeches crept such words as "skunk." Labor's overheated friend, Claude Pepper, and a little coterie of other friends waged an undeclared filibuster against laws which would take away any of labor's rights. Then the Senators walked over to the House to hear what Harry Truman had to say.

Some were shocked; others were troubled. Senator Robert Taft, who has...

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