IF the Phase II program of wage-price restraint breaks down, the destructive force most likely will be a rebellion by organized labor. Union chieftains are most apprehensive about Phase II, and their anxiety is being fanned by Administration refusals to let contracted wage increases be paid during the freeze. A.F.L-C.l.O. President George Meany has threatened noncompliance with post-freeze policy, and the United Auto Workers have scheduled a special convention on Nov. 13, the last day of the freeze, to decide their stand.
Labor could balk in many ways. At a minimum, Meany could...
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