Detroit evening times., 1945-06-22
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PRODUCTION on voluntary ana
patriotic terms. the question
was raised whether they would
have to join the unions in order
to qualify for such jobs and keep
them.
In 1912, the problem became
more pressing.
Paul McNutt selected a long
list of occupations which were
non-deferrable" and this meant
that men of military age must
quit their present jobs and 90
into war production. still with
no protection against, the de-
-maHds Of the professional, pofTt-
ical unioneers of the Roosevelt
adherence, or 60 10 war. -
So ii went through 1943 and
1874, with Jimmy Byrnes now
joining in the campaign of COM
pulsion whose effect was that
George Spelvin. American. bad
10 JOIN a UNION and pay the
union a fee for his job and a tax
on his income, or join up TO
fight.
60 THE draft law adopted 10
- raise forces for the war. was
new being used in brazen def
ance of The expressed will ot
Congress and the understanding
of the nation.
II was being used 10 swell the
ranks and the treasures of
unions which frankly took part
in politics on ROoseVelts side
and levied arbitrary political as
sessmentS on these new MEM
bers 10 be used IN the fourth
term campaign and the minor
campaigns against certain con-
gressmen and senator's
The draft law said nothinfh
about any purpose OF CongreS
10 draft men and women INTO
-ttrt. ur1fUns ami 70 raise political
funds or provide graft for lndl-
Viduai unfoucerS,
Nevertheless, the Roosevelt
government and the unions got
away with il and thousands ot
millions of dollars were poured
into the treasures Of organiza-
tions which not only pay no
taxes hut received a special
and obviously Illegal permission
from the treasury 10 ignore A
now congressional act, rcquir-
ing them 10 file So-called IN
formational returns
WE HAVE now come 70 an
w other development perhaps
the decisive issue
The European war is oyer and
armies OF mon from the fields
OF that victory. as well As the
growing number of discharged
veterans Of the Pacific, ace
starting out IN CiYvies with their
lapel buttons proudly shown 10
encounter again the barriers
and the demands of these same
unions
Employers have been placed
under legal obligations 10 hire
old hands back as A matter of
justice,
The national government has
a program of nondiscrinination
against Negroes and certain
others who feel apprehcnslVe
that they might be victims ~
discrimination
Only the unions NJ All Tho
elements IN The community and
they the most powerful r9pa-
clous and ruthless Cro6p among
US. reserve the right 20 say ~
q wounded man or veteran
who. though unhurt. has put n
years Of perllouS service AZ
service wages. that he can't Co 4
Job at all or may have
only on certain terms that
never were understood between
HIM and his government when
he Joined up
They are terms that the na-
tion as a people never agreed
10 and on which they never
were consulted
TNIE union may be a totally
u closed group. such as the
Electricians local which barred
new members except the sons
OF current members and. in col-
luSion with other unions, may
forbid a discharged veteran 20
work as an electrician without
joining.
II may demand from $50,
reasonable figure according IN.
union custom. Ito $500 as an 7
initiation fee, and lay hun OF
as soon as the tribute IS paid.
II may look 10 some old rec
ord and discover that the dis
charged service man AT some
time in the past was declared Ia
he in bad standing because he
rose up in meeting TO ask an
understandable accounting NJ
the treasury or called the
unions president a crook.
In that case. the hero will
be ineligible for any Job in
any plant where a closed shop
contract prevails. anywhere in
the nation which salutes him
as a savior.
TTIIS is a heritage from the
L Roosevelt government. II
was foreseen and il was de-
liberately arranged and pre-
served by a political conspiracy
which resisted every effort 10
adopt remedial laws and de-
nounced as faScism and labor
batting every proposal by hon.
est -naa 20 -reliese-tif.-~er-vct6-
Grams of this unearned claim
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