to pass the Employment Act of 1946, which made promotion of maximum employment the Nation's top priority. Schwellenbach promoted abolition of war time wage and price controls. He had to deal with a post war wave of strikes. The Republican 80th United States Congress passed the Taft–Hartley Act. Staff cuts were made at the United States Department of Labor. The Conciliation Service was removed from the Department of Labor and established as the independent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). During his term, the Department's international work was institutionalized; the Office of International Labor Affairs (now the Bureau of International Labor Affairs) was established as a unit in the Office of the Secretary. Personal life and death Schwellenbach's brother, Edgar W. Schwellenbach, served as a Justice of the Washington Supreme Court. He married Anne Duffy in 1935 and they remained together until his death in 1948. Schwellenbach died on June 10, 1948. He was buried at Washelli Cemetery in Seattle. References External links Time, October 15, 1945 (A likeness of Schwellenbach was on the cover) Truman, David McCullough Department of Labor archives 1894 births 1948 deaths Politicians from Spokane, Washington United States Secretaries of Labor Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt 20th-century American judges Politicians from Superior, Wisconsin Democratic Party United States senators from Washington (state) Washington (state) Democrats Truman administration cabinet members 20th-century American politicians University of Washington School of Law alumni Lawyers from Spokane, Washington United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army non-commissioned officers