Evening star., 1945-11-08
Letters to The Star
Seven Readers Discuss Strikes
and Their Connotations

out Of transportation operators in the
National Capital should not have been
permitted TO exist for an hour, much less
day and half The crippling effect
on the work and business Of the Govern
ment itself called for immediate Gov
ernment action.
What horrible example this whole
affair is for the country at large The
citizens of Washington have no vote,
but as citizens they are entitled to full
protection by the Government in the
matter OF public transportation service
The newspapers should not treat this
matter as joke 1t is far too serious
in its ramiications to be laughed of.
NEWTON K. FOX.
To the Editor of The Star:
I saw droves of Americans the morn
ing OF the bus and streetcar strike.
They had turned their feet toward town.
their jobs were down there and they
went straight ahead with the sun in
their faces. The cars and buses could
stop running, but the Americans walked
on. Everything was quiet and calm, no
one was complaining, they just walked,
all with the same purpose and with the
sun in their faces. 1t was not raining
tHeaven saw to thatD, but if it had
been, the Americans would have walked
with the rain in their faces. B. C. B.
To the EdiEhr of The Star:
1t is a deplorable condition found by
our returning veterans from the wars.
The strikes going on all over the country
are entirely uncalled for and the partici-
| pants have absolutely no Justification
for STOPPING to such low levels. Just
short time ago they AL saw how utterly
Nazi tactics failed.
When / came back from overseas, I
expected to find the people cooperating
with each other and living peacefully
among themselves. sTRIKEHATER.
| To the Editor OF The Star:
am greatly concerned about the boys
in service returning to this conntry,
facing strikes In almost every Industry.
and no jobs for them to 60 back 10
They have been separated from thefi
families and loved ones for many years
and have undergone untold hardships,
and are coming home to find that the
fellows who have had warm beds to
sleep on, and three cooked meals a day
are so dissatisfied with their part in
life that they refuse to work in a
country so blessed. --~--r
How about rounding up all of these
fellows and sending them over for
occupation tafter training, of course) to
relieve those boys who have been facing
the foxholes and X rations for all these
many months? Give them a taste of
what our boys have gone through, and
they will be better satisfied when they
get back to this country.
MRS. A. E. r.
| To the Editor OF The Star:
It seems to me that some of our labor
troubles might be solved by the inven-
ton of 4 new corporate form fol-
business enterprises. Stock in such a
corporation would pay dividends not
only to money investors. but also tc
investors OF time and energy Oabor)
the latter having votes at stockholders
meetings, representation on the board,
of directors, and such like privileges
An individual could own both money
stock and employment" stock, or bul
one or the other.
Since a money investor has to save
the money before he can put it into ar
enterprise, 1t will be only fair to ask
the employment investor to earn thu
privilege of ownership in an enterprise
by some sort Of contributive service II
1t, such as q short period of service
Each individual firm could have a set.
up OF its own within the framework O.
general law, In the same way tha
present-day corporations are formed
The object would be to get employees t.
share directly in the prosperity of tn,
enterprise, to be part owners Of 1t, anc
to help direct Its destinies and at leas
its internal policies. 1t would inhibi
the tendency to strike, since the strikin,
worker would be striking against himself
Indeed, there would be no purpose il
striking. ..
Any grievances would be settled b,
voting procedures under the corporation
charter. Workers at last would be trul,
free agents and at the same time full,
In control Of their own economic health
and future ESQ far as such things ar,
amenable to controD business enterpris
would be free Of labor troubles, an,
every one ought to be happy. You nigh
call such an arrangement free enter
prise socialism" K. r. DEARBORN.
To the Editor of The Star:
Since organized labor demands tn
right Of collective bargaining, let IL
have real collective bargaining with al
the interested groups represented. Tn
group that is interested in the result
OF all collective bargaining is the public
which as rule is not represented a
the bargaining table. In all fairness
therefore, representative of the publi
should be present at all collective bar
gaining. Under the present political set
up with it's influence thrown largely OF
the side of organized labor. the publi
representative should not be chosel
from among political appointees, bu
from some organization known for it
impartiality. The public interest woul,
then receive the consideration to which
1t Is entitled. s. r. BAUER.
To the Editor Of The Star:
I am member OF the local transi
union and attended the strike meeting
in the Gayety Theater. In the two year
that have been a member land / wa
high-pressured to join originally
have lost my right to freedom OF speecl
insofar as the union and its activitie
are concerned.
The meeting made me sick at m,