In the vote which is about to be taken. the Senate will be able to make clear that it does not toy. as some have suggested. with the hopes of millions of Americans who are members of the great labor unions of the Nation. The Senate can make clear that. regardless of how it may feel on the issue of 14(b) Itself. it does not make light of their sincere petition by *dabbling in parliamentary parlor games. The Senate can make clear that labor is entitled to a fair and decent consideration of an issue of great importance in labormanagement relations duly and properly brought before the Senate. even as corporations are. even as the aged and the poverty stricken are. even as immigrants are and even as racial minorities are. The Senate can make this clear. in the only way that it can be made clear at the present time. in the judgment of the majority leader. by voting to invoke cloture on the simple procedural motion of taking up H.R. 77. I stress again that this vote will not. any more than the motion to table on Friday. bind anyone for or against repeal of 14(b).
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