Omaha daily bee., 1919-11-24
Unions and Business, May
"Go Hang the Boy Will
Probably Marry the Girl

but conditions throughout the country could be BETTER
is generally conceded.
There are many reasons for this but of them is
indicated in dispatch in the Saturday morning
which reces that young union man, engaged to girl,
not member of the union organized among the employees
of her line of work. prohibited from marrying her by
\ by resolution of his union.
The dispatch says:
"Rosevile, CAL, Nov. 21.-Mrs. Madeline Rogers
says her son. Svera has been informed by his local union
that he will have to give up his sweetheart who is
strikers place. else get out of his union. dele
cation from the union called him and delivered the
utmatum.
Debate on the question here presented as to the
rights and proprees of the unon and the rights of the
boy and girl would be extensive than prohibition
argument before the supreme court.
The fact is plain however that the action of the
union is but one of the indications showing how far the
unions going, and probably would go if given oppor
tunity, in the arbitrariness of their demands,
And is fear of such arbtrariness, than de-
nal of the business of of their demands that
much of the opposition of such Judge Gary of the
steel trust to oppose unons and this is having it's effect
upon business.
1t will be conceded that union self evidently has
right to urge higher wage while it is debatabe that it
has right deny this youth the wife of his choice union
or nonunion.
And if arbitrariness is presented in such debatable
right how much more so is likely to be found in mat
ter in which admitted they have just cause for action
1t is this element of arbitrariness that it is feared
will grow until it becomes unbearabe, and is this fear
which is preventing in quicker adjustment
of claims and this in turn conducting to the unsettled
business conditions that are complained Of
Presenting the view of the unions it might be pointed
out that the government would not permit of it's SOL
dlers to marry woman OF the enemy.
Our troops in Germany were prohibited from
-fraternzing with the Teuton maids.
The union takes the position that those who are not
with them against them and therefore enemies.
Upon this assumption the union has right to pro-
hbit its member from turning traitor" and marrying
girl who flagrany nounion that she refused to
"gO OUT when strike called, and took strk-
er's place.
This presumption of the union in conflict with the
guarantee OF the constitution that person may seek
livelihood wherever there sa will to seek it, at whatever
wages acceptable-if the 'job be found.
When the job is found, and the employer stands up
for his right to whom he WILL the union retors
with the right of it's members to quit
The right to quit is undenable except insofar as the
quitting in concert constitutes an act of force and intm
daon against the employer and constitutes species of
blackma. :
This the law prohibits and the question of the open
shop arises and and on, until the supreme court
gets headache and maybe regrets those prohibition de-
csons.
The fear of the union is that the wife will persuade
the boy away from his union
Apparently it has little hope that the boy will on
the other hand persuade the wife of her non-unon
ideas.
Therefore, the union confesses it's fear that man is
not the stronger.
This is gratifying to the suffragsts. 4
And also, is source of satisfaction to the little
fellow with the bow and who takes the stand that
if the youth is any kind of he will marry the girl
union non-union.
So says everybody.
And let business go hang.