Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · ¶57

No authority that has since been given to the President can by any fair process of statutory construction be deemed to withdraw the restriction or change the will of Congress as expressed by a body of enactments, culminating in the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947. Title V of the Defense Production Act, entitled “Settlement of Labor Disputes,” pronounced the will of Congress “that there be effective procedures for the settlement of labor disputes affecting national defense,” and that “primary reliance” be placed “upon the parties to any labor dispute to make every effort through negotiation and collective bargaining and the full use of mediation and conciliation facilities to effect a settlement in the national interest.” Section 502 authorized the President to hold voluntary conferences of labor, industry, and public and government representatives and to “take such action as may…

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U. S. Reports, volume 343, at 579 (Library of Congress) · transcription: Caselaw Access Project
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