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Constitutional Law--Statutory Interpretation Under Labor-Management Relations Act--Prohibition Of Union Political Expenditures, Roland E. Ginsburg Jan 1949

Constitutional Law--Statutory Interpretation Under Labor-Management Relations Act--Prohibition Of Union Political Expenditures, Roland E. Ginsburg

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The C.I.O., with the consent of its president, Philip Murray, made expenditures from the funds of the organization for the publication of an editorial in the "C.I.O. News," a regularly issued periodical, urging the members of the C.I.O. to vote for a particular candidate in a special Congressional election in Maryland. Additional funds were expended for the publication and transportation of one thousand extra copies. Both the C.I.O. and Mr. Murray were charged with violation of section 304 of the Labor-Management Relations Act in the district court. Defendants moved to dismiss the indictment, alleging that the statute abridged rights guaranteed …