Hon. Everett McKinley Dirksen, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois.
J. Mack Swigert, attorney, of the law firm of Taft, Stettinius & Hollister,
Cincinnati, Ohio....
Karl H. Mueller, attorney, of Mueller & Mueller, Fort Worth, Tex----
Appendix:
Disposition of cases, fiscal years 1954-60, inclusive-
Decisions of NLRB, fiscal year 1959 (vols. 121, 122, 123) –
George B. Christensen, attorney at law, First National Bank Building,
Chicago, Ill.
Guy Farmer, attorney, of the law firm of Patterson, Belknap & Farmer,
Washington, D.C.......
Robert C. Landon, chairman, Labor Relations Committee, Council of
State Chambers of Commerce, Washington, D.C. ----
Eugene A. Keeney, attorney, Labor Relations and Legal Department,
Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D.C.
Harvey M. Crow, associate general counsel, National Association of
Manufacturers, Washington, D.C...
Frank W. McCulloch, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board,
accompanied by Arnold Ordman, chief counsel to the Chairman; Ogden
Fields, executive secretary; and William Feldesman, solicitor...
Summary analysis of Reorganization Plan No. 5, prepared by NLRB..
"Loss-of-rights argument, prepared by the Chairman of the Board..
Table of median average days elapsed in processing cases--
Letter to Hon. William L. Dawson, chairman, House Government
Operations Committee, dated June 16, 1961, setting forth the
functions and duties of trial examiners _ _
Production record of trial examiners, fiscal years 1949–June 14,
1961_.
Statement of the Chairman before the House Government Operations
Committee..
Letter to Hon. Roman Pucinski from Philip Roy Rodgers, member,
NLRB, dated June 29, 1961, commenting on Reorganization Plan
No. 5.
Editorial entitled "Rescue Operation," from the Washington Post,
July 3, 1961, regarding reorganization of NLRB..
Frank W. McCulloch, Chairman, etc.-Continued
Letter from G. B. Christensen to Senator Muskie, dated July 13, 1961,
commenting on section 7(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act,
as it pertains to NLRB..
Letter to the Chairman of NLRB from Senator McClellan, dated
July 10, 1961, requesting pertinent information of the work agenda at
NLRB
Acknowledgment and reply from the Chairman, NLRB, to
Senator McClellan, dated July 13, 1961 – –
Delegation of election cases to regional directors.
Bovd Leedom, member, and former Chairman, National Labor Relations
* Board...
COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED OPPOSING REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5
Bilton, Adolph, Bilton Enterprises, Arlington, Va., letter to Senator
McClellan, dated June 16, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5---
Bird, John C., Pittsburgh, Pa., letter to Senator McClellan, dated June 30,
1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5...
Caldemeyer, president, National Furniture Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
Evansville, Ind., letter to Senator McClellan, dated July 7, 1961, oppos-
ing Reorganization Plan No. 5..
Cantrell, Frank, executive vice president, Arkansas State Chamber of
Commerce, Little Rock, Ark., letter to Senator McClellan, dated June
30, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5...
Drake, Jack H., executive vice president, Lower Rio Grande Valley Cham-
ber of Commerce, Weslaco, Tex., letter to Senator McClellan, dated
June 8, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5-----
Haynes, William G., attorney, the Kansas Contractors Association,
Inc., Topeka, Kans., letter to Senator McClellan, dated June 9, 1961,
opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5----
Koyen, Bernard L., Omaha, Nebr., letter to Senator McClellan, dated
June 20, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5----
Littler, Robert, San Francisco, Calif., telegram to Senator McClellan,
dated July 11, 1961_.
McNamara, Joseph P.. vice president, Bridgeport Brass Co., Bridgeport,
Conn., letter to Senator McClellan, dated June 27, 1961, opposing Re-
organization Plan No. 5.
Smith, Young M., attorney, Hickory, N.C., letter to Senator McClellan,
dated June 14, 1961, opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5-
Attachment: Clipping from AFL-CIO News____
Souser, Kenneth, attorney, Philadelphia, Pa., letter to Senator McClellan,
dated June 15, 1961, written on behalf of Pennsylvania State Chamber
of Commerce opposing Reorganization Plan No. 5.........
Tate, John E., executive vice president, Midwest Employers Council, Inc.,
Omaha, Nebr., letter to Senator McClellan, dated June 28, 1961, oppos-
ing Reorganization Plan No. 5.-----
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5 OF 1961: NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS,
Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 3302, New Senate Office Building, Senator John L. McClellan (chairman) presiding.
Present: Senators McClellan, Ervin, Gruening, Muskie, Curtis, and Javits.
Also present: Walter L. Reynolds, chief clerk and staff director; Ann M. Grickis, assistant chief clerk and Eli E. Nobleman, professional staff member.
The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order.
Preliminary hearings on Reorganization Plan No. 5 were held by this committee on June 6, 1961, at which time testimony in support of the plan was received from the chairman and the general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
. The Chairman of the Board stated at that time that all members of the Board supported the plan.
Today, we resume hearings on Reorganization Plan No. 5 for the purpose of accommodating additional witnesses who desire to testify. I presume that we have witnesses here both for and against the plan. The staff has arranged the order in which the witnesses will be called. This arrangement was made to accommodate those out of town witnesses who wished to conclude their testimony and return. We will begin therefore with the schedule as prepared by the staff.
At this point in the record there will be printed the President's message on Reorganization Plan No. 5, Senate Resolution 158, a resolution proposing that the Senate disapprove the plan, and staff memorandum 87-1-45 analyzing the plan.
(The message of the President of the United States, together with Senate Resolution 158 and the staff memorandum analyzing the plan, follows:)
REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 5 OF 1961, PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1949, AS AMENDED, AND PROVIDING FOR REORGANIZATION IN THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
MAY 24, 1961.-Referred to the Committee on Government Operations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 5 of 1961, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949, as amended, and providing for reorganization in the National Labor Relations Board.
This Keorganization Plan No. 5 of 1961 follows upon my message of April 13, 1961, to the Congress of the United States. It is believed that the taking effect of the reorganizations included in this plan will provide for greater efficiency in the dispatch of the business of the National Labor Relations Board.
The plan provides for greater flexibility in the handling of the business before the Board, permitting its disposition at different levels so as better to promote its efficient dispatch. Thus matters both of an adjudicatory and regulatory nature may, depending upon their importance and their complexity, be finally consummated by divisions of the Board, individual Board members, hearing examiners, and, subject to the provisions of section 7(a) of the Administrative Procedure Act (60 Stat. 241), by other employees. This will relieve the Board members from the necessity of dealing with many matters of lesser importance and thus conserve their time for the considera
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