Henderson daily dispatch., 1943-05-22
Vital Stoppage

4 particular field of war production
and say that that is the most inn
| portant. for there ave many thai
are almost equally vital. For lanC
| operations i'll modern warfare IN,
| iAnk is one of the most essential
pieces OF equipment. and production
I OF this implement is what has been
| slowed down by the ChrySler Cor
| poration strike in Detroit.
| Little has been learned rs 10 the
precise grievances Of the strikers. but
Il is 4 safe guess that in the final
analysis they concern wages. How
much Justice there may be i'll such
demands oi these particular workers
we do no; know, but the President.
the Congress and the OPA have pro
'eSSeu 10 be seriously concerned
about pegging wage scales so rs to
help clamp the brakes on trends
toward initiation.
our feeling is that these war plant
workers are being paid in adequate
proportion with employees i'll Other
Ines OF activity who are neither re-
CrlNlug nor asking increased pay. and
have been told that they have been
'.o2ru "a their jobs At present scale.
except IN individual cases where
'nvlr are manifest inequalities which
need to be adjusted
Most strikes that are occurring
these days are called in order that
ady.ntu2r may be taken of the c,ncr-
nr'C: In other words. il is con-
ridrlrd good time 10 force some
Dudv's uJud II order to keep assem-
lily lines moving. Little thought Is
given Ia the cost to the country nj
large uc" tu Tie consequences of stop
p.gts. Il me boys III the army III
TynISia had gone on strike for two
dollars "a day muIr than the less than
two dollars they re receiving for
their services. Hitler would still be
in Tunis,I and might by now have
~plciG uUt over 4 good deal more at
North Africa. Ii plane crews refused
. take their bombcrS out over Eu-
opc ar Sicily. or Sardinia or Italy.
t.. New Guinea or Burma. until and
unless they got 4 stable raise i'll pay.
the AXIS wouldn't be worrying abou: +,
VIVA, oar air forces are doing To !
hem.
Bat the government sends these /
men overseas iu fight and those who
make the implements with which F.
hey have 10 carry on lay down their
uulS and refuse 10 work until al
'cady fabulous wage scales are up
3cd still further.
They nave forgo,tcn-if they ever
new. Or cared-ihal conditions SINH
ar 70 this made the largest contri-
JutIun to the TALL of France. Their
apparently does not pro-
'cc. itself far enough into the future |
10 cnviS!0n similar fate for America. !
II bit of talk about where a SOL |
der : located. or II burning up a |
little gasoline noW and then are aid !
nG and abctting Itn enemy. why are |
not strikes and work S;uppaGcS. and |
slowing down OF production in In"
same category II one u! these ,
activities is unpatrlotIC the othc! ]
would seem To- be likewise.
Suppose workers IN all war plants
~ the country quit their jobs. for
wage OF any other demands. and thus
!or Il considerable time slowed dnwH
production Of vital materials, /. is
easy 10 imagine the disaster tina;
would soon overtake the nation.
Generally speaking. if one group OF
workers can justify a course oi this
sort. why cannot all Of them do i?
one hears lot about the need for
unity of mind and purpose in carry
ing on the war. or course i: is
necessary. And halting Of strikes
would be as fine place as we Know
of to make beginning in that di-
TcCtion.