Evening star., 1941-10-30
Letters to the Editor
Discusses Strikes and Their Threat
To Labor and to the Nation.

DfSCuSSSS StFlAcA dn0 1ne1T threat
To Labor and to the Nation.
To the Editor OF The Star.
am an everyday American citizen
about forty years old to whom the
American way of life means the right
to choose the type of work that I shall
follow as vocation, to have q liberal
education for myself and my family, to
follow the form of religion that makes
me better man, better citizen of my
country, and TO enjoy those luxuries of
life that our standard of living will per-
NIT.
In order to maintain this way of life,
I feel 1t my duty to give to my country
WI >tever support, military, moral or
oth.rwise that is necessary, especially
when my country, along with those
other countries of the world that be-
lieve in the same rights. is faced with
madmen who have vaulted themselves
into power by trickery. perfldy and
gross double dealing at the expense Of
the people they claim to represent.
Feeling as I do, it Is my humble
opinion that it is the equal duty of
every other person who enjoys the
same opportunities, life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness" to render the
same service and support to our coun-
try.
In my experience, have observed the
rise of labor unions to the highly or
ganized militant and aggressive force
that they are today. have seen strikes
which have resulted in glowing victories
for labor, but which, when carefully
analyzed from an impartial viewpoint,
In reality have resulted in great losses.
There was time when the owner
Of private property was guaranteed the
free and unhampered use of his prop
erty so long as he did not use it to the
detriment of other men. After the sit
down strikes of 1888, 1884 and 1885 it
seems the Supreme Court of the United
States rendered a decision holding that
q working man has proprietary inter-
est inllis job and thereby denied to the
owner of private property the free use
of their property. I do not take issue
with the findings of the learned justices
of our Supreme Court that a working
man has such proprietary interest in
his job, but I do feel that when the
working man uses that proprietary in
terest to the detriment of the people Of
the United States by walking of from
work which is essential to adequate de-
fense of our country, it is high time that
Congress enact such laws as will make it
,,ppaceesorv for the Chief Executive tn
send a plea" to any leader of fac
ton of labor, practically begging his in
f1uence to prevent workers from striking.
I am unable to believe that the rank
and file of labor organizations are whole
heartedly behind any strike which in
directly gives aid and assistance to those
forces whose avowed purposes are to
deprive the working man of his free
choice of where, when, and how he shall
work. and to impose upon him arbitrary
and unreasonable restrictions, even to
the extent Of depriving him Of his life
and his possessions.
In this connection pose this question
to the rank and file of union labor:
was not one of the first edicts issued
by totalitarian governments designed to
abolish labor organizations and to create
in their places labor battalions?" I
pose this further question to the men,
bers of the labor unions that have al
ready or now threaten to strike where
such strikes are detrimental to national
defense: (which Is closer 70 your heart,
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