Stoller

The National Labor Relations Board has petitioned this court for a decree enforcing an order issued by the Board on March 6, 1951, against respondents, Harvey Stoller (an individual doing business as Richland Laundry & Dry Cleaners) and Laundry & Dry Cleaners Union, Local 197 (a labor organization), in a proceeding under § 10 of the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 160 . Answering the petition, respondents pray that the order be set aside.

At all pertinent times, respondent Stol-ler operated a laundry and dry-cleaning establishment at Richland, Washington, on an atomic energy reservation of the United States — a reservation operated by the Atomic Energy Commission as part of the national defense program— respondent Stoller being a lessee of the Commission. Irene Hallenbeck, Florence Jonson, Noland Teal, Donald Donahue and Alma Donahue were employees of respondent Stoller.

On January 25, 1950, respondent Stol-ler made an agreement with respondent Union to require as a condition of employment membership in respondent Union. Respondent Union was not the representative of respondent Stoller’s employees as provided in § 9(a) of the Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 159 (a). However, in…