Slichter Says Taft-Hartley Act Helps Union but Needs Revision

Summer H. Slichter, Lamont University Professor, recommends that the Taft-Hartley Act needs complete revision in today's issue of the Quarterly Journal of Economics.

On the basis of its operation, he concludes that the restrictions of the act probably do unions more good than harm by protecting them from abuse of their powers. But he finds that several features of the law, such as prohibition of the closed shop and loyalty oaths for officials have not been effective.