NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE SEVENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION PURSUANT TO H. Res. 258 (76th Congress) A RESOLUTION CREATING A SELECT COMMITTEE Volume 1 DECEMBER 11-DECEMBER 12, 1939 Printed for the use of the Special Committee to Investigate MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE HOWARD W. SMITH, Virginia, Chairman ABE MURDOCK, Utah CHARLES A. HALLECK, Indiana NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1939 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE Washington, D. C. The committee met at 10 a. m., in room 362 of the Old House Building, Representative Howard W. Smith, chairman, presiding. Present: Representatives Howard W. Smith of Virginia, Charles A. Halleck of Indiana, Harry N. Routzohn of Ohio. Edmund M. Toland, general counsel to the committee. Charles Fahy, general counsel to the National Labor Relations Board. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This is the opening of the hearing of the special committee appointed at the last session of the House to investigate the National Labor Relations Board, Mr. Toland, are you ready to proceed? Mr. TOLAND. Yes. Mr. Chairman, may I read the resolution: [H. Res. 258, 76th Cong., 1st sess. ] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JULY 13, 1939 Mr. Smith of Virginia submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules July 18, 1939; referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed July 20, 1939. Considered and agreed to. RESOLUTION Resolved, That a committee of five members of the House of Representatives be appointed by the Speaker of the House to take testimony, investigate, and report to the House as follows: 1. Whether the National Labor Relations Board has been fair and impartial in its conduct, in its decisions, in its interpretation of the law (particularly with respect to the definition of the term "interstate commerce"), and in its dealings between different labor organizations and its dealings between employer and employee; 2. What effect, if any, the said National Labor Relations Act has had upon increasing or decreasing disputes between employer and employee; upon increasing or decreasing employment and upon the general economic condition of the country; 3. What amendments, if any, are desirable to the National Labor Relations Act in order to more effectively carry out the intent of Congress, bring about better relations between labor unions and between employer and employee, and what changes, if any, are desirable in the personnel of those charged with the administration of said law; 4. Whether the National Labor Relations Board has by interpretation or regulation attempted to write into said act intents and purposes not justified by the language of the act; 5. Whether or not Congress should by legislation further define and clarify the meaning of the term "interstate commerce" and whether or not further 1 |