Milford chronicle., 1945-12-14

NATIONAL NEWS ITEMS
Strikes Are Against The PeopIe
BY !. T.. ZONES


NV ASdIh>l me People
Washington, ID. {. There is -
"'llni'e resentment in all branches
of the National Government no. in.,
the Labor unions. owing to tb.,,.
bad hehINior This is something
HcW. The boys have been comina
back from the wars, and they un,st
b" given lot of the credit for stif-
fleming The backbones of cur. noIiti.
clans
y seems almost Impossible to be-
IleNe that StrcctCar and bus oEtrat-
ors completely tied up transporla-
ldIl"h facilities iii Nashin.tGl
twice III a month. President Tru-
man personally issued orders that
broke that strike without any de-
lay.
ne 10 union auto workers sin
sled out the General Motors be-
'"uS" 1t ranks number one as the
Chlrl American manufacturer. Nat-
uraIIy, the automobile industry
lndd" every effort to prevent The
strike, because il was anyious IN
lrcunvert ana resume the mann
lacture OF automobiles and pro-
CuctS. On the other hand the al1n
WORKERS made the most uurcason-
ahI" and unint"lli2ent demand,
'La' rthels could think of. They in
sisted that automobiles Sh0uld hn
SOFA at prt-War prices; and il made.
no difference to the GO bandit,
"hen thousands of automobile
GralrrA throughout the country
t'acked up General Motors in the
"eclafatlon that cars could not be
manufactured ON such a basis. or
%"ld under such conditions either
by tn" producers or the Dealers
But the brass hats" of co made
{, demand To see the books" of
General Motors. They picketed
General Motors plants, even going
so Iar as to keep 50.000 salaricd
employees out of the plants
'llfouSfout the country. An official
"i General Motors charged CIO
Nlth breaking off collective bar
#dlhln& negotiations on Noyombcr
=" by strike call.
According To the General Motors
statement the company enSased in
collective bargaining with th,.
Cnlon i'll meetings covering y
pcrlOd of weeks 1T was clear tn
us from the very beginning that
YOU were determined to hay. =
strike III General M0t0rs." the cor
FUration told the union, and added
on now have that strike tvour
No-called labor hlockade) whicn
YOU planned for many months"
The company made every effort
/" avert the strike. as everybody-
KNOWS who has followed this work
'fS rebellion. They offered a l0c,
c"St~0i-llvinS" raise. and made thr
'dSoilahlP suggestion that the
union men work whole day in
stead OF short day, and thernhv
arm daily wages, instead of chiseI-
hS more than they earned.
Another phase of the situation
'ho"ed up i'll the Iahor-Nanaon-
1eht conference that has heen i'm
session in Washington for nearly
llohth. In the daily proceedings :,
strong effort was made in hnh.If nf
objective bargaining, and those
"il" TOOK that position offered
'roof that collective bargaining is
FUNDAMENTAL for the settlement ot
'iIcf'hceS between EMPLOYERS and
I"rkerS. Everybody knows HOW
lldI remedy was weakened L,-
r'Sldential interference. inrh,d
lIS boards, committees and "hrar..
'"'S hand~picked so that strikers
on hat'lrS resulting from strikes
Every public poll shows thar tho
't "iIe ol the country are over
helnlhgly against strikes ~,
"0'0ol street corners this verv do,
mere are little knots of people en-,
'"Sed IN the same kind of discns
ION mat Is going on in sbon,
torres ana i'll homes where CT0
IflkeS are being condemned.
W" might all just as we'll ,do,;.
nat labor unions have worn on,
- patience OF the general public
u proof OF this statement see wha,
"lpehed al the Higgins plant ~
l' South; see what hapnenod
heh Ford. Chrysler and othor
.allularturers backed Genera,
lOtOrS. al
The National administration b..
cen very patient with these law.
'SS attacks on reconvcrsion to th.
american way of life.
If there is to be an absolute
nock-down and drag-out LnttIn
q" People will win. for thp sin,,,I.
'aSon that the public is Sunnnrtad
y returning men who won ~"
reat wars. They are AGAINST Sid ,
ey Hlllman and his rackets. II nj ,
= appears that the leaders of the !