By a trenchant order Franklin Roosevelt averted a revolt in his own War Labor Board.
What had angered WLB members was: 1) they had no authority to make their decisions stick; 2) they could not deal decisively with labor although they had powerful weapons to use against management. One member, insiders said, had his resignation written and ready to make public. Other members, public, labor and industry, were ready to follow suit.
The President, prodded by OWM Czar Jimmy Byrnes, last week acted swiftly to quell the uprising. To WLB, virtually toothless for 21...
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