Excerpt from Investigation of Improper Activities in the Labor and Management Field, Vol. 24: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor or Management Field, Eighty-Fifth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to Senate Resolutions 74 and 221, 85th Congress; March 19, 20, 21, 24, and 25, 1969 Because the union has falsely claimed that the strike was brought about by the company's cancellation of the contract, I call attention to the fact that this notice stated that the contract would be continued in full force and effect until March 1, 1954, its expiration date. The union gave a similar notice to the company on December 14, 1953, but accompanied it with a notice that it had advised the Federal and State Mediation Services of the existence of a labor dispute. Thus the union notified the Conciliation Service of the existence of a dispute before it had even made any proposals to the company or received any from it. This Obviously was to clear the way for a strike. Under section 8 (d) (3) of the act this notice was not required until 30 days after the (30-day notice and then only providing no agreement had been reached. On January 15 Kohler co. Wrote the uaw calling attention to the nearing expiration date of the contract, stating that the company was ready to exchange proposals and suggesting that negotiations begin so as to avoid the necessity of last minute negotiations under the pressure of an imminent expiration date. On January 20, 1954, the union responded, stating that they did not have their contract proposals ready. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.