Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-02
FAIR
ENOUGH
Westbrook
Peeler

RFAh AIM. tMOhl -
~ LAND. chairman of the
Il. S. Maritime Commission, re-
marked amid cheers. TO the
recent convention of the Indus
trial Union of Marine and Ship
building Workers of the Go
that he was now persuaded that
union leaders were smarter
men than the representatives
OF industrial management. hav-
ing greater patience and en-
durance in long-drawn-out ne
gotiations.
This is either a silly or a
perniciouS statement from a
man in Lands position because
II was uttered for purposes OF
ingratiation and. / have no
doubt, TO atone for Lands
earlier crack that union organ
iZers interfering with war pro-
duction ought 10 be shot at
sunrise and because, as Land
very well knows. il not only
omitS but tends 10 becloud the
existence OF the other side Of
the story
Tlit, important phase that
Land didn't discuss is well
known 10 all industrial eXecu-
tiveS and all union bosses. and
is the result of a studied politl-
cal policy of the New Deal gov
eminent.
The truth is that union bosses
have nothing else 10 do but pro-
mote their own personal inter-
ests and their unions interest
and have no responsibility under
law
The industrial executive. on
the other hand, has business
problems. prioritieS, contracts.
taxes. renegotiation, production
and many laws and regulations
10 occupy his time and con-
sumo his energies.
The new school OF unioneer
developed and encouraged ny
the New Deal, is an expert
SINISTER. schooled in a repertoire
Of time-wastlng and, in some
cases. the company which is be-
-iur taraSscrf and vtetimized IN
these negotiate is compelled
TO pay the wages OF men VINO
do no productive work what
ever in the shops but occupy
themselves solely with the pro-
motion OF grievances calling for
negotiations, and sometimes
leading 10 deliberate SHOW
downs.
MOREOVER. II is a union
A'l policy nowadays Ia require
mutual agreement between The
company and the union I'm he
preparation Of lists OF men TO.
whom defcrment is 10 be asked.
and this means that the sm Art
union official IS given The night
10 write his own defcrmCnt
merely by refusing 10 okay the
list. unless his one name and
the names OF has friends are
on it,
have no knowledge of any
actual case Of the selling ~
dcfe-mcn, by this means. but
knowing the character OF many
uniOneerS ! would not put II
past them 10 shake down an
eligible Stacker for a hundred
or thousand dollars very
obvious business opportunity.
Joe Curran'S Communist
front maritime union regularly
holds its own Court-martial
and condemns sailors for anti
union activity which includes
anti-CommuniSt activity and
lose majesty TO Curran. dis
missing them from union mem
berShip: which means that they
are then reported 10 their draft
boards as no longer eligible "a
deferment as merchant Seamen.
I'VE temptation 10 corrupt
unioncer 10 threaten n rank
and-file sailor with charges call
ing for 2 union trial and prob
able dismissal and certification
10 his home board as an eligible
draftee need not he dwelt upon.
The unloneer IL, Of course,
smart as Admiral Land says
but, unlike the management
man, he may be a criminal with
q record or living under a false
name as many Of them do, and
yet the law is all on his side
and stacked against the com
pany and the fighting men who
need the factory production.
and against the people Of the
United States who today are
buying bonds 10 pay for such
DELAYS and idling.
Copyright, ist', nv United Fsstur.. synd.