retail clerks schermerhorn argued april decided december affirmed lippman reargued cause petitioners briefs reargument tim bornstein george kaufmann original argument bornstein claude pepper russell specter bernard weksler reargued cause respondents brief john kilcullen solicitor general cox invitation argued cause reargument amicus curiae urging affirmance brief arnold ordman dominick manoli norton come albert woll robert mayer theodore antoine thomas harris filed brief reargument american federation labor congress industrial organizations amicus curiae urging reversal brief original argument joseph rauh john silard harold cranefield automobile aerospace agricultural implement workers america richard ervin attorney general florida filed brief reargument state florida amicus curiae urging affirmance joined supported attorneys general respective follows robert pickrell arizona evan hultman iowa william ferguson kansas joe patterson mississippi clarence meyer nebraska wade bruton north carolina daniel mcleod south carolina frank farrar south dakota george mccanless tennessee waggoner carr texas pratt kesler utah also joined supported brief original argument together eugene cook georgia harvey dickerson nevada helgi johanneson north dakota robert button virginia george thompson wisconsin john raper wyoming john kilcullen richmond flowers attorney general alabama also brief original argument gardiner tyler assistant attorney general virginia frederick gray special assistant attorney general button separate amicus curiae brief commonwealth virginia original argument william barton harry lambeth filed brief original argument chamber commerce amicus curiae urging affirmance justice douglas delivered opinion sole question case one set reargument whether florida courts rather solely national labor relations board tribunals jurisdiction enforce state prohibition agency shop clause collective bargaining agreement case union employer negotiated collective bargaining agreement contained agency shop clause providing employees covered contract chose join union required pay condition employment initial service fee monthly service fees union employees brought suit florida agency shop clause declared illegal injunction enforcement accounting florida held negotiated executed agreement violates right work provision florida constitution state courts jurisdiction afford remedy agree view act provides unfair labor practice employer union require membership union condition employment provided specified conditions met stat provides nothing act shall construed authorizing execution application agreements requiring membership labor organization condition employment state territory execution application prohibited state territorial law section came law years wagner act latter bar matter federal law agreement section act also allowed saying nothing act statute shall preclude one time written act twelve statutes constitutional provisions outlawing restricting closed shop related devices state power sustained lincoln union northwestern laws congress seems well informed debates wide variety sanctions including injunctions damage suits criminal penalties congress outlaw agreements per se add new conditions presently provided require waiting period employee forced union union question appropriate representative employees employer discriminate employee reasonable grounds believing membership union available employee nondiscriminatory basis employee membership denied terminated reasons failure meet unionshop requirements dues fees words congress undertook pervasive regulation agreements raising minds many whether thereby preempted field decision hill florida put agreements beyond state control one reason section later became appeared house bill provision described house report making clear unambiguous purpose congress preempt field purpose restated house conference report explaining senator taft senate debates stated continue policy wagner act avoid federal interference state laws field wagner act stated way prohibit enforcement state laws already prohibited closed shops italics added went say law ever since time law senate bill putting express provision house bill way change bill passed senate light wording legislative history conclude congress deprive power enforce laws restricting execution enforcement agreements since plain congress left free legislate field assume intended leave unaffected power enforce laws otherwise reservation senator taft felt critical become empty largely meaningless already noted agreement permissible example union represents employees provided subject rescission authority make agreement provided federal standards entrusted congress labor board yet even agreement clears federal hurdles reason final say may outlaw thus conflict state federal law conflict sanctioned congress directions give right way state laws barring execution enforcement agreements argued violation state law authorized federal unfair labor practice federal remedy exclusive one urged course necessary uniformity achieved gives power outlaw even agreement passes muster federal standards congress gives state policy degree overriding authority reluctant conclude nonetheless enforceable federal agency washington result face may seem war san diego council garmon decided holding action arguably subject act well federal courts must defer exclusive competence national labor relations board garmon state held precluded act awarding damages state law economic injuries resulting peaceful picketing plant labor unions selected majority employees bargaining agents garmon however state constitutional principle merely rationalizes problems coexistence federal state regulatory schemes field labor relations present problems posed whether congress precluded state enforcement select state laws adopted pursuant authority purpose congress ultimate touchstone congress commerce clause may displace state power rice santa fe elevator san diego council garmon supra may even silence indicate purpose let state regulation imposed federal regime see florida avocado growers paul algoma plywood wisconsin board stated included forestall inference federal policy exclusive matter agreements case state agency issued order employer giving effect maintenance membership agreement ordered employee reinstated made whole loss pay suffered urged since wagner act gives federal board exclusive power prevent unfair labor practice state power federal commerce field displaced state power however held exist alongside federal power special legislative history provisions act dissent deny rather proceeded ground since dispute arose prior act case judged construction majority minority disagreement also argued algoma plywood displaced state law regulates union shop said doubt language section means act shall construed authorize application contract discharging employee circumstances prohibited state legislative history section dispel result arise wide variety situations presenting problems accommodation state federal jurisdiction field noted algoma plywood wisconsin board supra upheld right state reinstate back pay employee discharged violation state law hand picketing order get employer execute agreement hire labor violation state statute lies exclusively federal domain local union farnsworth chambers local curry state power recognized begins actual negotiation execution type agreement described absent agreement conduct arguably unfair labor practice matter national labor relations board garmon held plumbers union borden iron workers perko garmon preempted field employees suing unions damages arising practices arguably unfair labor practices subject regulation national labor relations board cases however present decision problem though question tendered borden case passed either state tribunal us relief prayed within ambit algoma plywood wisconsin board supra regulatory scheme congress designed adopted affirmed footnotes stated senate report wagner act bill nothing facilitate agreements make legal state may illegal interfere status quo debatable subject leaves way open agreements might legally consummated pp prior enactment wagner act unquestioned power regulate prohibit closed shop forms agreements wagner act said nothing act statute shall preclude agreements left open power state preclude note supra see state laws regulating contracts note supra differences agreements closed shops union shops related devices see lincoln union northwestern supra american federation labor american sash section leg hist labor management relations act since labor act congress preempts field act covers insofar commerce within meaning act concerned since report written courts finally ruled upon effect upon employees employers engaged commerce state laws dealing compulsory unionism committee provided expressly section laws constitutional provisions state restrict right employers require employees become remain members labor organizations valid notwithstanding provision national labor relations act reporting bill became national labor relations act senate committee bill referred declared act invalidate state law constitutional provision new section consistent view house bill included new section national labor relations act assure nothing act construed authorizing closed shop union shop maintenance membership form compulsory unionism agreement state execution agreement contrary state law many enacted laws adopted constitutional provisions make forms compulsory unionism illegal never intention national labor relations act preempt field regard deprive powers prevent compulsory unionism neither closed shop proviso section existing act union shop maintenance membership proviso section conference agreement said authorize arrangements sort arrangements contrary state policy make certain question section included house bill conference agreement section contains provision effect italics added cong rec leg hist labor management relations act ibid