Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-19
Unions Force
Workers TO
Pay Tribute
Supreme Court Upho'ds
Highway Robbery u
By WESTBROOK PEGLER

In considering these typical
items, only few thousands, it
Is well To remember that Mrs..
Eleanor Roosevelt has proposed
that we should all join unions
and that all bodied civilians
should be conscrihed- for labor
In which case this country would
find itself in the slavery of a
labor front under government
control. like Hitler's.
First, we all would join unions
and pay financial tribute TO
these political offShoots, and
then the party would tell us all
where 10 work and for how
much
4 PENCILED letter from SUI
n peTior, WIS, SAYS the writer
rs a wcldcr with four years ex-
periencc who has been working
for the Globe Shipbuilding Com
pany for SIX months.
due To the fact that I refuse
10 join the union. they will not
let me work: also, they will not
fire me or lay me OFF, and l re-
fuse 10 quit" says this one,
signed y. I. Rhead, 2235 S.
Broadway, MenoH1iHee, Wis.
II reported last night and was
turned back. I cannot get job
nj war work without n release
from this company. I pledged
my entire wages for five weeks
through April for war bonds,
and the union won't even let mo
work and fulfill my pledge .
Another letter. signed Levin
J. Cullen. 1919 Beach road, Great
Kills, y. Y, says he IS a veteran
OF The other war, twice wounded,
a member Of the New York
Guard. the father OF two sons.
one an engineering student at
Purdue, the other, II years old,
Also f member of-tf1e New York
Guard
His wife is in the air raid
service and they own their own
home. Cullen says he worked
- years as An electric weider
including nine years in Chile,
Mexico and Persia.
There Is federal" union Of
the ALL in the plant in which
he was employed on important
work for the navy and the COM
pany had made a contract with
the union whereby il undertook
10 compel every new employe 10
join the union, under a checkof
system.
This contract. OF course. Is n
clear violation not only Of the
Wagner Act but Of the human
and constitutional rights Of such
new members.
II imposes taxation without
representation and il violates
their right OF contract.
CULLEN was not satisfied
~ with the financial affairs Of
the union and no and two other
skilled mechanics ordered the
company 10 cease paving dues
for them through tho Checkof.
as a matter Of principle
The union ordered them 70
stand trial and about 30 other
mechanics resigned from the
union.
Cullen then got in touch with
the WPB and the rebellious
workers the union agents and
representatives of the board
met for about three hours
the New York office Of the
WPB. Nothing came OF this.
FINALLY. L. r Sandahl, vice
i president of the F.W. Fitch
Go. Of Des MONIES. says there
is large exchange OF goods
with their warehouse IN Ba-
yonne. y. j.. and that their
trucks are subject 10 the no.
torious highway robbery Of the
Transfers Union in New Jersey.
Approaching Bayonne each
truck must take on guest
driver or ghost driver al SlO.2S
for a few miles.
Twice. he says. their trucks
tried 10 run the ambuscade.
One driver was shot over the
eve and the other was beaten
up. although they were union
men.
One truck had a consignment
Of butter for New York, in addi-
ton TO regular cargo for Ba-
yonnc.
Three guest drivers were in
niCted on the truck AT SlO2S
each. one 10 drive into Bayonne.
another IN drive into Now York
and the third TO unload the but
ter. although Sandahl says there
were two regular drivers aboard
who were willing and able 10
drive and unload
This" ne writes. els true In
hundreds of eases" as OF course
il j.. under license from tho
Supreme Court. which holds that
Congress 50 intended to lcgiti-
Matte highway robbery.
THIS union belongs TO Daniel
Il Tobin, president of the
teamsters. red-hot New
Dealer. whom President Roose-
welt selected last fall along with
Joe Padway the AFL lawyer, IN
Nv 10 London as an official ennis \
Sary 10 British labor.
And the Supreme Court de-
cision unfolding this eNtortior
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