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Box 134

 Container

Contains 21 Results:

"Labor-Taft-Hartley", 1953

 File — Box: 134, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerning President Eisenhower's proposals to revise the Taft-Hartley Act including proposals to eliminate the ban on secondary boycotts and closed shops. The Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act of 1947) was a law to restrict the activities and power of labor unions. Senator Maybank voted for the initial law and also voted to over-ride President Truman's veto.

Dates: 1953
Found in: Special Collections / Senator Burnet R. Maybank papers / 1. Legislative files / 1953
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