For the Record

■ Isitonto repeal of 14(b)—the right- to-work provision of the Taft-Hartley Act—after all? Rep. Frank Thompson (D., N.J.), sponsor of the common situs picketing bill which everyone expected would pass, but which didn’t, says he won’t raise the issue in the House unless such a bill first passes the Senate. Says another important Democratic House leader: “Psychologically, all the momentum is against labor now.” . . . Heroes of the common situs defeat are Republican Congressmen John Ash- brook (Ohio), Mickey Edwards (Okla.), and Republican Whip Robert Michel (Ill.), who kept all but 14 Republicans in line on the crucial vote. . . . The Republicans were joined by many Southern conservative Democrats—all ten Georgia Democrats voted against common situs as did the entire Democratic delegations from four other Southern states, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and North Carolina. . . . House Speaker Tip O’Neill says Congress got more mail opposing the construction industry picketing bill than on any other issue since the Vietnam War. . . . (One mailing to George Meany’s headquarters in Washington, from the ever-active National Right to Work Committee, was addressed to “Mr. Aflcio.” . . . Right- to-work remains popular with most Americans, according to a recent Roper poll which shows that 73 per cent of the people support the right-to-work principle, 69 per cent favor right-to- work laws, and 68 per cent are against repeal of 14(b). Union members and their families oppose repeal by 63 per cent.

■ What would have happened if Jimmy Carter’s open registration law had been in effect last November? Mark Siegal, who headed the Democratic registration drive last year, believes that “at least six out of every ten unregistered voters are potential Democrats.” … A New York Times-CBS poll taken last November indicates that Carter had a 17 per cent lead over Ford among those who didn’t vote, and only a 2 per cent lead among those who did. . . . Judah Shapiro, president of the Labor Zionist Alliance, is very much opposed to Carter’s proposal to abolish the Electoral College. Such a change, he says, would “reduce the political strength of American Jewry” because the Jewish vote in certain states has helped deliver them to the Democrats. … A spokesman for CIA indicates Director Stansfield Turner is upset by the decision of the Justice Department not to prosecute CIA-traitor Philip Agee (Inside the Company: CIA Diary) if Agee returns to this country after having been deported from England. On Face the Nation recently, Turner commented that it is disturbing to learn that a Department of Agriculture official can be sent to jail for disclosing information on crop futures, whereas it is often impossible to prosecute an intelligence officer for disclosing information affecting national security.

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■ Isitonto repeal of 14(b)—the right- to-work provision of the Taft-Hartley Act—after all? Rep. Frank Thompson (D., N.J.), sponsor of the common situs picketing bill which everyone expected would pass, but which didn’t, says he won’t raise the issue in the House unless such a bill first passes the Senate. Says another important Democratic House leader: “Psychologically, all the momentum is against labor now.” . . . Heroes of the common situs defeat are Republican Congressmen John Ash- brook (Ohio), Mickey Edwards (Okla.), and Republican Whip Robert Michel (Ill.), who kept all but 14 Republicans in line on the crucial vote. . . . The Republicans were joined by many Southern conservative Democrats—all ten Georgia Democrats voted against common situs as did the entire Democratic delegations from four other Southern states, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and North Carolina. . . . House Speaker Tip O’Neill says Congress got more mail opposing the construction industry picketing bill than on any other issue since the Vietnam War. . . . (One mailing to George Meany’s headquarters in Washington, from the ever-active National Right to Work Committee, was addressed to “Mr. Aflcio.” . . . Right- to-work remains popular with most Americans, according to a recent Roper poll which shows that 73 per cent of the people support the right-to-work principle, 69 per cent favor right-to- work laws, and 68 per cent are against repeal of 14(b). Union members and their families oppose repeal by 63 per cent.

■ What would have happened if Jimmy Carter’s open registration law had been in effect last November? Mark Siegal, who headed the Democratic registration drive last year, believes that “at least six out of every ten unregistered voters are potential Democrats.” … A New York Times-CBS poll taken last November indicates that Carter had a 17 per cent lead over Ford among those who didn’t vote, and only a 2 per cent lead among those who did. . . . Judah Shapiro, president of the Labor Zionist Alliance, is very much opposed to Carter’s proposal to abolish the Electoral College. Such a change, he says, would “reduce the political strength of American Jewry” because the Jewish vote in certain states has helped deliver them to the Democrats. … A spokesman for CIA indicates Director Stansfield Turner is upset by the decision of the Justice Department not to prosecute CIA-traitor Philip Agee (Inside the Company: CIA Diary) if Agee returns to this country after having been deported from England. On Face the Nation recently, Turner commented that it is disturbing to learn that a Department of Agriculture official can be sent to jail for disclosing information on crop futures, whereas it is often impossible to prosecute an intelligence officer for disclosing information affecting national security.