The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05

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$500 80 aARHaN%tA hoAA A(tAA -
says: "On the Kaiserallee a Red
flag flew over the Stars and Stripes
on a pole outside the headquarters
Of the German Communist Party"
This must be a pretty sight to
American soldiers in Berlin with
pictures in their minds Of the thou
sands they left behind in the fresh
cemeteries Of Europe . most Of
them brought up to the belief that
the Stars and Stripes wave proudly
wherever it is flown that our
flag Is never shown beneath the flag
of any nation. Never is any flag
flown above 1t except the Christian
flag while religious services are be-
ing held.
But today there Is a great deal
going on, particularly in Russia,
and Russian-ocupied Germany, we
cannot fathom.
From this corner Of Mississippi
the German Communist party has
no right to fly the American flag
At all. . . much less beneath the Red
Nag Of Soviet Russia.
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Unemployment is already a fact
In some sections Of the United
States. In Detroit at the Ford plant
alone $4,000 to 10000 persons are
being laid off because of production
quotas assigned.
With production quotas for the
military daily being lowered there
looms in the immediate future i'm
portant problems to be solved by in
dustry including both management
and labor.
Mutual trust and good feeling be-
tween management, labor and the
government is essential for success
full industry.
Business and industry is now so
hamstrung by government rules and
regulations that it cannot function
at peak efficiency. Too much time
Is consumed in complying or trying
to comply with government laws
and red tape.
When it reaches the point where
q business man has to ask some per-
son or bureau, whether it be a gov
eminent bureau or an organized
union under government protection,
who he car employ, what hours he
can have them work and how much
he can pay them, ven to determine
their duties, and whether or not he
can fire them, there isn't much left
for the businessman to do. He might
al well retire and live or his money
rather than stay in business and
running the risk Of losing every
thing.
During the war organized labor
has been in the saddle and commun-
ist racketeers have secured control
of some respectable labor organiza-
tons.
Unless Congress passes legislation
making unions responsible and pro-
tecting the rights Of both manage
ment and labor we will have an in
dustrial revolution after the war.
Such legislation is now proposed
in the Hatch-B urton-Ball bill in the
Senate. This bill would correct
MANY of the existing evils. 1t would
forbid unions, as well as employers
to interfere with or coerce workers;
it forbids unions, as well as employ
ers, to spy on workers as unions
have been known to do. 1t forbids
employers to pay brides or any
form of tribute to the union organ
izer. It compels unions by law to
keep their contracts as employers
are now forced to do. 1t would Tor
bid unions to boycott or blacklist
an employer in retaliation 0 exer-
cising his own legal rights.
The bill should 60 further and set
some degree of control over the
amount Of dues unions can charge,
assessments they can make; further
they should be made legally respon-
sible for their acts. But the Dill al
Least is a start in the right direction
and should be passed.
Full employment in the United
States is a necessity if our demo-
cratic and political structure is to u
vive. Full employment depends
upon satisfactory relations OF all IN
terests involved, capital, labor, and
government. Too much thought
cannot be given these problems
which must be determined now IL
we are to enjoy a peaceful prosper
Gus era after the war.