Evening star., 1942-03-22

S10aAASSAASNs
They maintain that a congress
sional committee can get the facts.
If 1t will, by going to the industrial
areas of the country and examining
witnesses under oath.
Vinson Weighs Proposal.
Chairman Vinson said he had not
before considered sending subcom-
mittees to industrial areas to make
such an inquiry, but that he would
give it consideration.
At Pulaski, Va, Mr.. Wallner said
in a statement that his letter
speaks for itself. We believe, and
as still free American citizens intend
to keep on saying, that strikes in
vital war industries must cease"
He added that he would welcome
congressional investigation of
whether "the growing demand by
the people for action" was genuine
or phoney."
THE 40-hour week must co." he
said. Even if we were getting pro-
duction adequate for our needs
which we are not, the cost of over
time and double time under the
present policies is an indefensible
waste of taxpayers money.
"Other Government expenses un-
necessary to the successful prosecu-
ton of the war must be cut to the
bone.
Senator Byrd has estimated the
possible savings in this field at $2,-
OOO.OOOOOO.
LAS a Nation we have but one
job now, and that is to defeat all
enemies and preserve our freedom
The time is past when special Gov
ernmental favor to any group
labor, capital, farmers, or any one
else-is longer to be tolerated"
Arnold's Accusations.
Mr.. Arnold's indictment of the
unions contained six counts:
/. Exploitation of farmers.
2. Undemocratic procedure, in
Guiding packing its membership to
insure the outcome of elections.
8. Impeding transportation.
4. Making it impossible" to get
cheap. mass production Of housing.
S. Forcing businessmen to employ
useless labor.
6. Restricting efficient use of
men and machines"
Independent businessmen all over
the country are completely at the
mercy of any organized labor group"
he said, adding that the unions
can tell any independent business
man to stop business. either by re-
fusing to deal with him, or by put
ting too great burden on him in
the form of useless and unneces-
sary employees"
Large unions, particularly, he said,
want to deal with large organiza-
tions and small organizations get
in the way, so they simply eliminate
them"
The jurisdictional strike was the
method generally used, he said, and
in Chicago such a strike, accom-
panied by labor boycott had
forced on consumers a luxury sys-
tenn of milk delivery"
Says Farmers Exploited.
Exploitation of the farmers was
accomplished, he continued. by
stopping the delivery of the farm
er's produce.
Turning to his allegation that
labor was restricting use of men and
machines, he cited union barriers
against the use of (paint) spray
guns In Southern California, and
union efforts to prevent the use
of pre-fabricated housing material"
Labor itself was exploited in some
instances, he said, asserting that
welders working on ships were re-
quired to take out five to 18 cards
In unions other than their own. An
other bar to the efficient use of
labor" lay, kr said, in the union
practice of al bitrary classification"
of types of work and refusal to pei
nit members to engage in any ac-
tivity outside The unions own classi-
f1caticS.
There are numerous instances
of employers being forced to hire
men they can't afford" he said.
For instance, there are cases where
unions require employers to hire a
man who has nothing to do but turn
on a switch.
To-day, under Federal law, there
Is no right of the farmer which labor
is bound to respect, there is no right
OF the consumer which labor Is
bound to respect, and there is no
right OF the small business man
which labor is bound to respect" Mr..
Arnold asserted.
He added that all three groups
were entirely subject to the will of
the labor union B" People COM
plain to us and we have to say to
them that there is nothing we can
do"
State Laws Inadequate.
He said that State laws were in
adequate to meet the situation, ex-
planning that even if an employer
was successful in obtaining an in
junction against a labor organiza-
ton, the labor organization could
boycott the employers goods in an
other State.
Independent business men all
over the United States are COM
pletely at the mercy of organized
labor groups" Mr. Arnold said.
Chairman Connally of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, au-
thor OF a bill now on the calendar
to authorize the President to seize
plants where strikes and lockouts
exist and to freeze labor conditions