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Strike Legislation Begun

WASHINGTON -- President Roosevelt's long-delayed answer to defense strikes--legislation vesting him with unprecedented crack-down powers on both labor and industry--started through Congress today.

Rep. Robert Ramspeck, D. Ga., ranking majority member of the House Labor Committee, was assigned to draft the measure. He said it would "prevent strikes in defense industries unless the employer wants to lose his plant or the worker wants to surrender his rights."

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