The Wilmington morning star., 1943-09-09
BY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

NEW YORK.-Ths is written on Labor day.
The press and the air are filled with plati-
tudes about labor, as though the scheming
demagogS of the new deal party and the
swollen tyrants and racketeers of the union
movement, fall proteges of the new deal and
the Wagner act were the whole body of labor
in the United States. Some of this poison
gas is the product of ignorance and super
stition, but it is for the greater part delber-
ate, Intelligent evil, intended to persuade
American men and women that the Wagner
act is Holy Writ, to be changed only at the
peril of the workers.
The truth is that the Wagner act as it
stands today, is a devilish conspiracy against
those very liberties and freedoms which it
purports to guarantee and for which the mass
CT this nation is fighting and otherwise striv-
ing today It is being used to herd unwilling
citizens into unions which have no RESPONSE
blity to the government or the community
unoe1 big union bosses whose contempt for
the human dignity and rights of the individual
man is expressed in every degree of oppres-
sion from political dragooning. AS practiced
by those new deal models of union states
manship, Sidney Hillman and David Dublin
sky, to the codbooded murder of a brave
citizen who was shot dead on the street near
his home in Chicago after he had given in
formation to the United States Treasury re-
garding the financial affairs of the operating
engineers.
Eillman has fatty proposed that all unions
in the state of New York join in the so-called
and miscalled American Labor party and pay
into that organizations treasury a per capita
tax on every member. regardless of the in
dvidral members political devotion. He sees
nothing wrong in that because he is an emf
nent new deal union politician and this mis-
called American Labor party is subsidiary
of the new deal Similarly. Dubinskys unions
have ordered their members regardless OF
their political principles and affiliations to
turn out for political rallies for Dubinsky' S
candidates. also new dealers under pain
of fine of ST. He also has required Ameri
cans to contribute to foreign charities and
to a fund to carry 'undergromd' or es-
pionaee work in the conquered countries.
Dubinsky sees nothing wrong in these VIC
latiors OF the rights of American workers.
These facts show the extent to which Hill
man and Dubinsky have become assimated
or Arlericanized More important, they show
the extent to which European political thought
and practice have been imposed on masses
| of American workers under the patronage
ard guidance of the new deal.
| Two OF the men against whom the muir
dcred Chicago worker gave information to
the federal Treasury are nigh officials OF the
operating engineers union. a brutal racket
which nevertheless has siphoned fabulous
sums ct federal tax money off the earnings
of workers on national war projects. The mght
before he was killed this worker was chased
through the streets and threatened He then
APPEALED to the Treasury's representative but
that did no good He was waylaid and shot
dead leaving II children. Far from protect
ing or avenging its patriotic informant the
national government let him go to his death
and has never raised hand to avenge him
or even to break up the racket on federal
war projects which still operates boldly to
this hour.
At San Mateo, Cal, a patriotic housewife
answered an urgent appeal for emergency
workers at cannery where large supply
of food would spoil if it were not preserved
Immediately. She Travelled by train to the
cannery and was told that she must either
ioin the union or pay tribute to the union
as a non-member for the right to do her
patriotic duty.
She told the cannery people to strike her
name off the list and returned home.
.sWhy should I, with desire need to
ioin anv union. be forced to do so in order
to help our country in time Of need?'' she
asks.
MANY others. millions of others, 1 should
saw are asking the same question and these
| Americans include fighting men thousands of
niles away and they did include some who
already have died fighting for those free
donos which irresponsible, arrogant corrupt
and in many cases European, unonism are
steadily destroying at nome.
They will not be bullied, deceived and put
off forever. The time is coming When thew
Vii refuse to be governed and taxed .nd
nereec7,ted in the name of labors pains
Either. the Wagner act will be anendoa ~
restrict union activities to legitimate ho,,,.S