The sub., 1945-11-08
Why AU of These Strikes?
By ALBERT PARTRIDGE

Today all this nation, and women are out of york; the majority striking the minority are locked out This unfortunate state of affairs. Who is to blame What can be done? How will all of this trouble be settled Let look at this grief unpreudced viewpoint How do these strikes affect you and me in the long run?
 During the labor worked long hours and the pay with the overtime rate at least 3O6 higher than it is today but with this cut in hours sahed back to 40 hours hourly rates many reduced workers find it impossible nearly impossible to make ends meet The major factor creating this predcamen is the cost of ivng Instead of going down. has risen in some areas slowly and in others by leaps and bounds Can blame labor from striking? Perhaps in certain strikes uncaed for But most instances they were the eli of unsuccessful collective bargaining And sub-vlng standard wages.
 Anybody in his right mind must realize that industry must make profit in order to survive Profit is ndustrys reward for the risk involved by being in business They should not be denied this profit and labor does not wish to deny them, particularly the American Federation of Labor But and that is big but If any industry makes profits way in of what is reasonable then labor well within its rights ask yes demand increase which will bring that profit down to reasonable level Oh, yes industry will tell you the high taxes but they don't make public knowledge of tax refunds they talk about the cost of reconverson but they don't like to discuss the millions of dollars in their sinking funds!
 When labor points out how increase of pay pos sbe without increase in the cost of the product to the consumer it usually falls upon deaf ears.
 Of industry is in hurry to bring back the ducts of like radios rergerators automobiles and the in 1945 because the tremendous profit they have compiled from goods plus the large prOht they Will re- ceve time goods from hungry market will be sub ject high income tax What they waiting for They waiting for the year 945 to end and hoping for in Storehouses being filled with refrgerators, radios etc., but John O. Public won't get crack at them until January 1946 Then how much will he have to pay?
 Labor must realize that they must not submit able demands to industry If they do that, they only hurting themselves and getting public opinion against them Industry realize that they to only allow themselves
 profit and anything above that be equally divided among the employees these two simple rules followed then industrial strife in this great nation will be thing of the past Everybody will be gaining Industry can produce on
 competitive market knowing that they will not be crippled by strikes wakout sOwdOwns Labor rest knowing full well that they will be able to few dollars for rainy day. for few of the better things of life NOW and for reasonable amount of security in their old age
 That is all ask but if these things denied us then the only alternative take up only weapon the strike as this only of eecua resistance We don't like do it, industry generally speaking doesn't like It, so let's all get together and play fair and That the American way of getting things done There be other ways but of them begin to with the American way.
 Let us keep it this way before the wedge of Commun ism is driven between and the system of free enterprise is wiped out of great stronghold Let's keep America DEMOCRATIC by having mutual trust between labor and management. e..4