The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-01-29
INTRODUCING A NEW ORDER IN THE
UNITED STATES

An inalenable right of citizens of the
United States, heretofore recognized and
never denied by law abiding citizens, is
the elemental right to acquire, hold and
use property. The only inhabitants OF the
country who ever disputed this right were
the James gang, the Dalton gang and SIM
liar gangs in past decades, and the gang
sters, bank robbers, kidnapers and other
outlaws of the present day. These out
laws, past and present, evidently take
their stand on the proposition that all per-
sons unable to defend themselves and their
property against the depredations OF high
waymen and gangsters are fair subjects
for despoilation.
When the proposition is reduced to fun
damental analysis one cannot escape the
conclusion that there is little difference be-
tween the positions of the highwaymen OF
old. the gangsters of today, and the men
who are unlawfully holding the property
of the General Motors Corporation in Mich
igan, and perhaps elsewhere.
The outlaws forcibly deprive citizens OF
their property and use the property thus
seized for their own purposes. If innocent
people, who in no way merit injury or
death, collide with the plans and purposes
of the outlaws, these innocent people are
killed or wounded. The crowds OF strikers
which have by force seized and are hold
ing the property of others have given am
pie evidence of willingness to MAIN and
xii in the contest to hold the property I'M
lawfully seized. -
Their aims differ only in a small degree
from the purposes of the outlaws men
toned. The highwaymen and gangsters
usually take something of value OF direct
use to them. The strikers have no direct
use for the great industries they have
seized. If these were made gift to them,
they could not successfully operate them
without making use of the knowledge and
skill of the management; but the strikers
are holding the plants to be used in bull
doing the owners; to be used in bribing
them to present to the strikers certain
things they want much more than posses
sion or even ownership of the plants.
These things are the cooperation OF
General Motors Corporations with John
Lewis and the strikers to force the unaf-
filmted 80 per cent. of employees OF the
corporation to join Lewis union and &C,
ouiescence of ownership and management
of the motor car industry in the labor die
tatorship of Lewis.
No fact is better or more widely known
than the fact that any claim that anything
except the things set forth in the proceed
ind paragraph is involved in the strike, or
the part of the workers, is sham and pre-
tense. The automobile workers are paic
the highest wages known in this country
there is hardly pretense OF criticism O
working conditions. At the bottom OF the
strike Is John Lewis feud with William
Green and the American Federation of La
borsand Lewis's overpowering ambition u
become the labor car of the United States
Under these conditions the attitude o.
President Roosevelt and of Sister Perkins
Secretary of Labor, are untenable. Botf
have "caustically" (the word is quotee
from news writer's criticised the Presiden
of General Motors for declining to con
tinue negotiations with Lewis for the re
employment of Is or 20 per cent. of thu
workers (the strikers) until possession o
the corporations property is restored t.
the rightful owners. ..
That marks the introduction of pro