Detroit evening times., 1945-09-26
soldier and sailor. They are hOmeward bound
take care of them."-GeH. Douglas Macarthur.
WESTBROOK
PEGLER
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jobs by strikes. and that ele-
ment of our people known as
"the public" will labor under a
great handicap in their efforts
to understand the impending
political fight on the picket lines
which will be falsely represented
by many politicians and por-
tion of our daily press as
labor disputes"
The trouble is that this is a
very complex subject which a
great majority of Americans
and almost all servicemen and
women have refused TO study
because it is dull, or they we're
Just too busy.
Good understanding requires
serious reading of laws, court
decisions, union constitutions
and the recent history of the
union movement.
The union movement is always
disguised as labor" which is a
sly political misnomer employed
to appeal 10 the seli-interest Of
all who work for their living
and 10 class-hatred.
OF all the Americans who
labor, and some estimates hold
that prosperity requires steady
employment OF 100000 work.
ers, not more than 100000
at present are members of the
unions.
And a ma jority of these MEM
bers were dragooned by a CON-
bination Of the unions, greedy
for money and political power,
and the miscalled labor agencies
set up by the Roosevelt govern
ment
THEY had 10 Join and pay
Il whether they wanted 10 orr
not.
Millions Of them were fatty
informed during the war that IL
they did not join and pay they
could not build tanks, weapons,
ships and so forth.
AT any rate, II is obvious that
these unions do not wholly con-
Stttute or represent American
labor.
WreH 7 separate "the public
from the union movement, am
not being arbitrary.
We see the distinction in the
composition OF the War Labor
Board which was divided into
three parts.
There were union representa-
tiveS, industry representatives
and public members.
In practically all such
arrange mentS. the Roosevelt
government loaded these bodies
IN favor of the unions by select
ing in each case al least one
pub ic' member who Was
known to be sympathetic TO the
unions.
Even so. when decisions did
20 agal inst the unions, they
sometimes refused 10 comply
with ensuing orders and Sabo-
tagged production, usually with
a pretenSe that the workers
themselves, we're 50 incenSed AZ
outrageous Disregard OF their
rights that they refused 10 obey
union discipline
THE union bosses said they
Il were poWerless.
But they are powerful enough
10 collect their dues and fees on
time.
Many intelligent Americans
have Ignored this menace 10
thei political. economic and
social freedom throughout the
years Of the New Deal merely
because. so far. II did not hurV
them personally.
Millions Of words written for
their information were either
neglected or scanned so care
lcSsly as 10 leave them Still ig-
. norant Of the laws and deci-
SlonS, which now restrict their
rights, and OF outrageous boy
colts, income taxes. Interstate
import taxes and political taxes
amounting literally to-billions
Of dollars by private organiza-
tlonS having the actual power
Of a Sub-gopernment and no re-
sponSibi!iiy.------.-------------,..---------
some were casually interested
for a day or two by persistent
revelations Of spectacular GRIM
inal racketeering, particularly
by the gangsterS Of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor.
Surely not more than one
American IN a thousand mas
ever read a union constitution
and few. having read some typi-
cal constitutions, would appreci-
ate without instruction and
attentive study. just wherein
most Of these constitutions vio-
late the civil rights guaranteed
by the national and state con-
stltutions.
THESE constitutions are hard
Il 10 get Some unions don't let
even their members have copies.
he pubf1C, including the
returning Servicemen, have
failed 10 inform themselves OF
the actual fact that, under the
Roosevelt government and by
pretense of serving labor"
the whole people have been
placed at the mercy of ruthless,
reckless, dishonest men with no
legal responsibility and with le-
gal imnunitles that are-not
granted even 10 the states them