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i PBs: N j + es CRA STRIKE CURB: bain Vualy SCORES SECRETARY wocttinde e dene. rr HeAsks Senators for Mediation ge FH “‘Overripe for Ruin’ = : ih at eTaostr nn: a - oe FSEES. A A NATIONAL DANGER wae 7: = te at Maritime Head Criticizes Miss a tos SR Gate SCPRINS & View Phat nis — Plan Is ‘Premature’: j an Text of Kennedy's letter to the [Penst committee on Page 15. af *" By LAUREN D. LYMAN Special to Tas New Yous Trans. 16.—The amaritime industry either ts ripe” } WASHINGTON, Feb. ” for conciliation and mediation of its labor dispute for ruin," chairman f the Maritime Con sion, told Senate Tolttees today. He took issue. with ‘Becretary Perkins, who, two weeks ago before the same committee, had criticized amendments to the Mer- bant Marine Act advocated by Mr.. . =r ar cee om Ue cen en a MBS “Perkins bad aia {ost we ime wae not yet “ripe” and that at was “quite premature’ to at-] pt to settle maritime labor dis- tes through a mediation board flar to that provided in the Fiafl- way Labor Act for railroaA dia tes. Mr. Kennedy, in his recom- inendations for amending the law, advocated this form of medi Hon, and today he ¢ urged, its ae Law, Says Shipping May Be | Perkins by nime, he.gu er testimony and indicated | ere His testimony was in thé of a letter to Senator Cone-) id, chairman of the Commerce: committes, but he eppeared in pet: reading the letter fn executive’ on and anewered questions C) members ‘of, the two aeaf in, . a . af + hi A 6 ae ba cs ree tah ae mae ee 7 Takes ‘Up Perkins Argument §* After oulining briefly the y history ‘of labor legislation; mediation and jarbitration in the United States and pointing, to the success of mediation: der the Railway Tahar set “Mr, cer ine stat) tapor Set, Fr. nnedy took MPL “Miss Perkins’s ‘;uments. “This legislation i not regarded: end will not be regarded as ‘prema- py t by the American people sim- [ply because it Is called ‘premature’ joy those who will always so regard: Nt as long ag there is a chance of preventing its pabsage,” he sald. -. Miss Perkins had said that the situation in the shipping industry ered from that in the railroads and that the employes in shipping ‘were not yet fully organized. The ‘system of mediation of labor dis putes now in use in the railroad in- dustry, she sald, depended ft e stabilized practices and tected ‘fiona of collective bargaining whi. ? not yet been developed in th pPing Hnaee........ Se Ciipping from NEW YORK TIMES DATE:- 3 provision of the b in the statement that tg ithe principles of the Rallway I. “applicable fo ‘the shipping’ dustry at this tine would be 3 ee s aald to be “premature' to put int operation machinery designed to ‘prevent strikes and lockouts in « industry which in ten months $P37 lost approximately 4,000, lan-hours of work by. strikes outs, : ake: "Tt is said to. be ‘premature: FEo 17 1936 DAS t DPMS Oy are ws er tr ek ce ees