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force to 'consistent and willful defiance of War Labor Board deci¬ sions' by any labor organization.
"A fundamental principle of democracy is that its rules and laws apply equally to all. * I do not believe that is true at present as regards enforcement of WLB directives.
"One specific case is the defiance of the Board by James C. Petrillo and the American Federation of Musicians, first in the recording ban case, and now in the strike of the Minneapolis union against KSTP. The latter has continued for eight months in defiance of WLB 'back to work* orders.
"Finally, the WLB through its Chicago Board issued a dir¬ ective order last week, which the employer has accepted but which the local union refuses to accept. The strike goes on.
"Defiance of the WLB by Petrillo threatens employerworker and public confidence in WLB machinery just as effectively as does that of MontgomeryWard. I believe the Government has an obliga¬ tion to act in botn cases.
"If there is no legal basis for action against union defi¬ ance, then it is tne responsibility of tne executive branch to so report to Congress and to nave drafted and recommended to Congress legislation which in its opinion will remedy that fatal defect. I would be happy to join in sponsoring such legislation.
"It has been my conviction since 1941 that our Government's labor relations policy for the duration of the war should be written into law, applying alike to all parties and with adequate enforce¬ ment provisions to assure compliance."
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NEWSPAPERS AGAIN GIVE PETRILLO AND FDR SEVERE TROUNCING
The declaration by War Labor Chairman Davis that the case of Petrillo could not be likened to that of Montgomery Ward was quickly challenged by the press. A retort which attracted wide attention in official Washington was a cartoon by Berryman, the younger, in the Washington Evening Star. It really wasn't a cartoon but just as effective by Mr. Berryman reproducing as a deadly parallel, excerpts of statements of President Roosevelt in dealing with Petrillo and Montgomery Ward. The drawing was captioned "A Little to the Left", a reply which Mr. Roosevelt recently made at a White House press conference when ashed how he stood after the elec¬ tion.
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The excerpt from the President's statement to Petrillo