Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-05-13

Aviation plant near Los Angeles
when Communist SaboteurS de-
tailed by the United Automobile
Workers of the Go organized
mOhS 70 beat up American
workers going 20 and from the
job.
I EST II be thought that in
IL calling these fifth coll
umnlSlS Communist SaboteurS,
| am expressing only my own
opinion. Let me recall that both
the President and Robert Jack
son. then the attorney general.
put n finger on the Communist
inspiration and that jackson
said further. IN substance. that
tho Communists, far from de-/
Slllng Ia settle labor ifotfbieS,
consistently ny ~ agFFavate
them.
In another case the govern
mcnt took over Shipyard
whore no dispute existed bclwcen
workers and employer. The
dispute lay between an indc-
pendent clement 10 the work.
.-4-~''- iltt, -t'--rttt ~ retain tiIUrr
independence, and the union.
Contrary 10 tho stated pur-
pose of The Wagner Act tn per-
mt workers 10 select their own
bargaining agents. the govern
mont imposed a modified closed
shop by way or settling the
trouble and poinicdly refrained
from interfering with union ter
rorISm against the workers who
preferred to remain independent.
Many other more or less
similar seizures could be cited.
bur these VIII show that Con-
nallyS hill offers no new powers
10 the President,
HEY also invite TIE concur
Il sion that Connally was only
raising dust 10 hide the need
of real reform legislation and
give ms people down IN Texas
an impression that. AZ last he
has abandoned ms SerVility 70
the executive branch Of the gov
eminent and asserted his rights
* senator
Hidden however m Connally's
proposal Is a provision. possibly
un.ntcnfional. which violently
Nou'S the present mood Of the
people of Texas as expressed
IN "a combination of recent en-
actmcnts Of the legislature.
court decisions and election re-
turns
This hidden gimmick invites
Communists and other unloncerS
10 kick up labor troubles over,
petty and utterly false iSSucs(
50 that the government viii
have TO take over the plants
where they occur The eventual
seizure and operation Of all
private property by the central
government IS a prime oblcc-
tive OF the Communists
A LOAFER, fred for stating
n in the wash room. an agent
prOvOCatcur dismissed for spoil
ing material, nagging ms fellow
workers or smoking out OF
bounds or a fist fight between
patriotic American and a Com
munISt hccklcr may become an
issue and cause n labor dis
turbancc' Of sufficient size TO
cause tho seizure of a plant
Why Connally a Texan, re-
CardlcSS Of his patriotic SUBJ
mission 10 European ideas
transmitted through the White
House, an old style American az
heart should wish 10 open such
opportunities for the Commu-
niStS IS something that is known
only to the senator, himself.
50
DUT Connally ignored every
D sound and honest idea that
has been presented 10 supervise
union elections and strike votes:
10 limit fees, dues and assess
mcntS: To compel accounting OF
funds; 10 forbid iuriSdictional
strikes. highway robbery and the
boycott Of innocent victims; 10
forbid political contributions; 10
protect workers from tho brutal
ity and coercion of such traitors
as the President and Jackson
dlSccrncd al North American.
and 10 consolidate all tho con-
fusion of half-dozcn govern
mcnt agencies and conduct labor
relations in dcccncy and law and
not by whim or executive pref
udicc. A
The plain purpose Of Con-
n5llyS bill Is 10 create an inn
preston that a great hearted.
patient. Stalwart American at
last has taken a stand against
his errnG friends in the New
Deal. and thus create a little
political credit for Senator Con-
nally back home in Texas.
The bill isn't worth debating
and should be thrown away
without comment