The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1943-03-13
Just A Minute, Brothers!

)ISUdTY can lick America than Hitler and
it's making lot of progress. What pleased
the United States of America today becoming divided
against themselves and because of dssension we
may be heading for a fall.
It's hard believe faced with hateful and mpacable
enemies who threaten from without Americans should still
DE wasting their time and their strength fighting
Yet see it i'm the high places and the low
capital and in the villages of country.
ndulgng in the luxury of pickering neutrality-suspicious.
against Democrats farmers against ydweers, Congress
against the President anew Dealers against
and practically everyone against labor
Only Hitler profit from such dscord and division!
Far be from suggest intelligent opposition to
impractical policies be checked off that constructive cr
csm be censored We rationing speech What
we ask is less noise less less knng
politics and much more united action for victory.
HOW TO co ABOUT 1T
There is natural tendency all of us when something
goes to blame the other fellow Let's ourselves
from such outlets for disappointment for the duration
We cannot win this by pursuing the policy
i'm Alice in Notwithstanding Of with his heade orders
against whoever dspleases
An example point disturbance at the Boeine
Aircraft plants in Seattle The workers these plants waited
for almost for the Government give them square
deal Their atrOcousy low. Their employers admit
ted this and wanted to give them raise The National War
LABOR board at writing behind
these workers not only have failed
make for living but they saw others
in nearby industries doing the kind job getting
higher Naturally they restless dissatisfied
Due to misunderstanding number of workers left
jobs to attend protest meeting before the WLB acted
Production said have been interrupted three hours
Immediately the denounced the workers for string
Immediately laborhaters Congress renewed demands for
anistrike and workorfght legislation But these workers
did not strike They have striking Thew
just intensely loyal their misguided critics. Thew
on the job and they have stayed job faithfully since
the started and they have pled production of Fyng
FOrtresses since Pearl Harbor.
If any intelligent attempt had been made to understand
their problem and of their unrest instead
OF jumping them with both feet America today would be
further advanced on the road victory than is.
OTHER EXAMPLES
Now for another example i'm point let's take abseneeism
is serious problem results waste of man.
power What's being done about it? Propagand are try
ing TO confuse the American people into believing that re-
suits from the laziness the drunkenness of American
workers That's the damndest lie anyone tried to fos
ON the public Abseneeism results from Illness from nre
ventabie accidents from bad transportation unsettled
relations and from other serious
thing being done these causes of absen
teelsm! Not by those who sound off the headlines
Finally let's consider what's happened to the cost Of vn
len months ago President Roosevelt announced nroo.n
10 keep 1t IN check This included controls over
prices ana rents controls over controls farm
prices and controls corporation profits and individual
incomes
What's happened to this program? The ugly fact is that it
is now in danger of being completely wrecked Congress
to be determined lid off farm prices #
also about to lift the controls from individual incomes OPA
officials letting feeling prices" hit the ceiling Ru, The
National War Labor Board continuing refuse to relax
its sranglehold wages
Ihus instead OF everyone working together to attain
sablzaon we find various groups pulling and hauling at
crospuposes and sorry picture There seems to he
complete lack OF realization that any selfish gain for anv
particular group upset the whole applicant
seems to have forgotten that are fighting war ap;t
Hitler in the pure joy of fighting each other.