The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-11-05
THEY cor,THElR LAW

THEY eor,THElR LAW
Well the automobile workers have got their dis
tributon-of.weoIth low Congress sPurned the deo
ond refused fotly to soy that no person under any
circumstances shoI receive than SIS 900 salary
q year. Nevertheless, we have the law.
1t may be that such provision is justifioble in
time Of totol 1t may be that nobody ever ought
to receive salary in excess Of SIS, 900 year. We
do not believe so, and we do not know any reasonably
competent economists who think SO.
However the intent and the effect Of this pse dixit
Ia, this Anericonverson "order in council" much
LESS important than the manner in which it
achieved
s Notwithstanding everything, the United Stotes
still is representative democracy functionng under
"a constitution which provides that laws shall be en-.
octed by popuory elected representatives Of the vot
ters.
The Automobile Workers Union originally pro-
posed the SIS 900 top limit soores. The idea was
presented to Congress- and was rejected oven~hen-
nely
Whereupon in the ouise Of an onti.infIoton meas
ure, the limitation was imposed by Economic Admin
strotor Bynes under specific orders from the Pres
dent So what Congress refused and the public did
mot demand, is law.
ss..-~4Aoreover, this "order in council" Carried
step further Under written Constitution any per-
fson who considers himself oeereved by Congress- by
the EXECUTIVE by any other citizen, has access to
Ehe courts for redress Of his grievance.
- But Director Byrnes, himself until recently JUS.
ffice OF the Supreme Court, sunmoriIy attempts to
exercise this Ione-estob|ished right Of the citizen
With the Presidents exressed approval Mr. Bynes
os decreed thot the War Labor Board and the Treos
bury Department. each in it's sphere under this
tive law, shall have "fino" Jurisdiction which "sho
mot be subject review by the Tax Court Of the Unit
led Stotes or by any court in any civil proceedings"
So an executive order, in direct controvention Of
lthe explicit decision Of the peoples Congress- spec
fificoy exempted from review in the courts
Our salary is not $25, 900 year. We personally
Lore not oggrieved in any financial we were
I'VE should be inclined to challenge any executive
Iorder forbiddine access to the courts.
IHoARDERs
Coffee rotionno has come some experts say, be-
[couse Of unnecessary boarding by housewives Hoard
tne entered into the timing if not the ultimate
lessity behind sugar rotonine.
Now the Department Of Commerce estimates that
CONSUMERS have SO million pors Of shoes boarded
quarter many the shelves Of the notions
shoe stores-n feor that there will be shortage Of
Shoes
Let's get it clear There will not be shortage Of
shoes unless is created orfoiolIy by boarding.
There will be cut in vorieties styles, trims. But
There will be plenty Of Shoes if we keep heods and
jdon't make fools Of ourselves.
HIRING POLICY
Henry Koiser's labor recruiting office in New York
rs being closed Dec l. Thereafter all hiring is to be
Hone by the A. F. Of L. Boermokers Union through
The y. S. Employment Service.
The doy before this announcement appeared. the
Poilemokers Unions secretary and business agent,
Tom Roy, openly Threatened that the union would
3toke matters into it's own hands" unless Koiser
tokes the promotions Of eight Negroes from common
2obor to skilled trodes.
il The federal government has been very insistent
HAT employers not discriminate against among 9TH
Negroes
vhot IS the u. S. E. S. going to do when the Boiler