Milford chronicle., 1945-12-21

~ ' Ntlt Nlp"tV ubN II anu a W
pickvts Illegally turned back 80,
"0u office workers. at the gates.
Here We have an example of a
large company whose employees
are among the highest paid in all
industry forced down overnight be
CadS" il would not agree to give 50
hours pay for ~ hours work.
Imagine me unbridlrd chaos il
eulOHteS OF every factory. every
department store. every business
enterprise across the country. de
munded - per cent and. failing to
Get il, walked ont on Strikc@ What
tie country needs is torrents Of
production to check the threat oi
inllation. meet sthc needs of eager
to-buy consumers not strikes ana
!1oppaGeS.
But the JAW thinks only of il
self per cent. or else? Big
Stick bargaining. or strike in
which everyone loses
Tribute To 4 Pioneer
In these hectic days of labor
strife, SHORTAGES, production delays
and other signs of upheavals that
seem TO follow III the wake Of war,
IL is refreshing to find someone III
turbulent CONGRESS- giving credit
where credit is due.
For this @limncrin2 ray in the
'arkneSs "" are indebted TO Sena-
tor James NJ. Mead OF New York for
what he terms "eyidcncc of a
holehe&rtcd desire to speed re-
conversion and provide employ
cent. He referred To the Hudson
'otor Car company, one OF The
loneer independent manufacturers
automobiles. In a recent state
ent III Congress with reference to
udson, Senator Mead said:
he press has told the story of
oW the company planned and car
red through its program for quick
conversion. simultaneously with
the end OF war with Japan. Hudson
entered the market for $40 600 900
worth of materials. the largest or
ter i'll it's 36-Year history. 1t was a
display of confidence by d pioneer
in the industry"
In common with others in the
automobile industry, Hudson has
been besie@ed with reconversion
and production problems. However,
II was one of the first companies
tG get into postwar production.
moving the first automobile off the
line as early as August 80. OF that
event. in which OrVille Wright. the
first man to flv, in 1908, and Col.
II. Nelson Jackson. the first man
to drive a car across the country.
in the same year. had a part. Sena-
tor Mead said:
The event at Hudson focused
new attention on how far our
country has advanced since 1908.
the miracles of progress that nave
come about, the tremendous facili-
ties that are ours, and the pro-
cesses through which We have
come to be the strongest power in
the world"
In producing automobiles under
the difficulties that have existed
since VI Day, and in presenting
its 1916 models at this crucial
hour, Hudson has provided new
evidence that our nation will re-
main strong. Senator Mead's tri-
butte to Hudson is we'll deserved.
4 second Billy Mitchell
After the first World War Nit
Chcll WAS the first great aviation
martyr. He had been guilty of say
inS that the next World War
hn nj
Lame has gone down in history as
"a rare genius in his profession
who contributed much to aviation, >
Says General Douglas Macarthur.
Now. how about Charles A. Lind
berg a tremendous demOnstra-
tion Of approval was accorded to
l-indhCr9h when he made his flight
TO Europe, and was brought home
To Washington on a special United
states battleship.
Several years afterward he flew
over all parts of Germany. Then he
went 10 Paris and warned the Gov
erlImoNt of France that German!
was prepared TO destroy their
country with its overwhelming air
i'"tf. Next. ne went 10 loluOH
end gave the same warning to the
LhSlish people He was still pop
Clar hero when he returned to his
native land President Roosevelt
sent him out over the country with
orders to report upon the strength
Oh American air force. Weeks later
Llndber@ returned to Washington
ana finished his mission by report
I'S correctly that the United
states had no air power fit to so to
war. lie refused to be "hushed up,
'I'd as a result President Roosevelt
cashiered him.
lie is still being boycotted, and
uehialS of the great service he has
performed for the American air