Felix Frankfurter

“ May an employer, during the course of an unfair labor practice hearing, show that a labor organization has not complied with § 9 (h) and thereby establish the Board's want of jurisdiction? (2) Assuming the answer to this question is 'yes,' is the Board's construction of 'officer' in § 9 (h) -viz., 'any person occupying a position identified as an office in the constitution of the labor organization'-proper? ”

“ Neither § 9 (h) itself nor its legislative history attempts a definition of 'officers.' 'Officers' is a word of familiar usage and ' (a) fter all, legislation when not expressed in technical terms is addressed to the common run of men and is therefore to be understood according to the sense of the thing, as the ordinary man has a right to rely on ordinary words addressed to him.' Addison v. ”