The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-29
EISENHOWER COMES TO
WASHINGTON
BY j. Il. Jones

BY j. II. Jones
Washington, ID. c., June 25-All
can add to what my readers have
already heard and read about Gener-
al Eisenhower's return to Washing
ton is purely personal statement of
my recollections as newspaper cor
respondent in tie National Capital
during the past seven Administra-
tions of Presidents of the United
States-from Taft to Truman. Eisen-
hover, alone, is the only man who
ever, in those long years, received
such welcome, such unanimous APP
prevail for his record in the highest
military post of our country. There
was no ''I'' in his address to Con-
gress, or his replies to tributes from
civic, military or the Administration
authorities. A United States Senator
with whom l talked summed up all
vixen he said: He is just NATUR-
AL and he meant every word when
he insited on speaking as the repre-
sentative of the soldiers and sailors
and the whole military forces, and
not for himself" A million people &C
claimed Eisenhower as they saw him,
with his gallant veterans, in the pro-
cession that never has been equalled
during the lifetime of any living
human being Old-timers in Wash
ington were unanimous FOR Eisen-
kower on Eisenhower Day" l have
never known a day like it!
Time To Cut Out Strikes
All the laws, rules and regulations
made and enacted in the past dozen
years were supposedly intended to
put an end to labor disputes and
strikes. The National Labor Rela-
tions Act affirmed its policy in these
words: 1.-THE primary purposes of the
National Labor Relations Board are
to investigate issues, facts, practices,
and activities of employers or en-
ployes in labor controversies; to see
that the employees have the right to
self-organization, to form, join or as
sist labor organizations to bargain
collectively through representatives
of their own choosing, and to engage
in concerted activities for the pur-
pose of collective bargaining or other
mutual aid or protection
1t is about time for these rules to
work. There wouldn't be very many
strikes if employers and employees
accepted the spirit of the Act as it
was intended to operate. We've had
enough of these interferences by
special boards, agencies and repre-
sentatives of the President (includ-
ing Harold Ickes), who upset all the
good intentions of straight shoot
of local unions.
We are to have a new Secretary OF
Labor and the announcement has
come from the White House that he
is to have full and complete control
over labor relation. Apparently all
he has to do is to enforce the strict
letter of the law and see to it that
collective bargaining is honestly con-
Quoted, and that the agreements
made between employe rs n d
employees are lived up to.
1t seems reasonable that such a
formula will work. ALI workers
should get good pay, and if they &c
straight to bat on the issue of settl-
ing that question there'll be no fur
Their outcry from the big union lead
ers who favored such pop-eyed pro-
positions of "shop-foreman's u IL :
IONS" It's high time to outlaw
strikes. The manufacturers can't OPP
crate their plants without sufficient
forces. The workers are likewise en-
titled to fair wages and protection
in their employment. The laws are
on the statute books and it is up to
the employers and the employees to
see that they are respected and obey
ed. And if that is done there should
be very little trouble about strikes