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“9 . <3 Mr. Clegg | ik Mr. Coffey Mr. Glavin Mr: Ledd Mr. Nichols Mr. Roses Mr. Traey . Mr. Carson Mr. Egan. Supreme Court Rulings Waited!“ ®=«=— Mr. Pennington ~ Today on 2 Vital Labor {ssues| Mr. Quinn Tamm Nease By the Untied Pres rpBirreme ta in a posi-jeuite testing Alabama aad Florida | ee on two fssues of | laws. tal tmeportance to labor, one of| The WLB ts withholding a dect- i ee aid for un und tra ec paid for ehieftain Soha i Lewis, to a The court was brought indirectly |jsee whet court up a to the soft coal wage contract |Fourth Circuit Couft af Appeals 0 ‘CA spute Saturday when the War raling that travel. time is work bor Board, which is - consider- ing the pact, deferred action in| If the court does not rule today \D hope of a ruling on the portal-to- jit is believed the WLB will be un- . Portal question. able to wait longer because the; NN With 40)cases before it for finat(miners are working under an ex-, , decision, [the tribunal will hand|tension of their old contract, BY down a nifmber of formal opinions|Which runa out April 30, The today, bu} there was no way of {court last year held that the wage- leant whether the coal miners’ hour lew requires iron-ore miners controversy would be among them. |to receive travel-time pay. States’ Rights Issue Alabama, Florida Cases Up \ The soft coal case must share the The Alabama statute, known as i¢ourt’s attention with a second |e Bradford Act, is being chal-| , % ‘Major question regarding labor. |!enged by both CIO and AFL union: \V This involves the authority of |gTOuPs. ao ° sions; States ‘to police labor unions and|requiring “union members is before the tribunal in three loyes an a ‘ford addin ection sol money mits. ~ “~Kplumbers’ union (AFL) of Jack-! sonville, Fla. has brought the Florida law under fire. It is Aight- ing an injunction forbidding it from functioning until it complies ~ with the State’s regulations re. quiring unions and their agents to register and be licensed in Florida. The international unions charged that both State laws -arftitinsti- tutional and violate their rights of free speech and assembly. aeuli_ ati The Supreme Court earller this i term invalidated a Texas statute requiring labor organizations to register with the State before so- citing at union gatherings. as ah eg". axon 1945 i a - eo ‘O45 < ‘WASHINGTON POST ote ty Date ~AB-4S