Detroit evening times., 1945-09-28
WESTBROOK
PEGLER
Fair
Enough

few hundred boss unioneerS over
all those Americans-some say
sixty millions of us--who work
for our living.
II you are willing 10 let some
COON run you off your job with
a tire iron don't bother TO study
up on your problem.
But when ii happens TO you
or that young man with the
Purple Heart, don't be writing
letters to the editor asking,
Can such things be-"
/ recently told you about
some manufacturers of elec-
trical equipment who were
barred from New York City by
a conspiracy between Local3- OF
the Electricians Union of the A.
r. Of L., and combination of
local manufacturers and con-
tractors.
The workers in the out-of-
town factories were union men.
too. many of them members Of
the same A. +. OF l.. electricians
but in their home town locals.
THE out-of-town manufacture
Il ers sued in the federal court
for an injunction back in 1895.
John Kirkland Clark. a Spe-
cial master. held long hearings
and decided in favor of the
plaintiffs. The Supreme Court
recently upheld him.
However. the Supreme Court
did not object to the boycott,
as such. The court condemned
il only because Local 3 did not
act by itself or IN combination
with other unions.
That would have been legal
under Roosevelt justice regard
less of the cost 10 the public
in higher building prices, higher
rents for new apartments and
higher taxes TO pay for public
buildings containing such cleo
trlCal equipment
ANY mob of raCketeers hold
ing a charter from the a. r. Of
l.. or the CIO may exclude from
New York goods manufactured
by the labor of war veterans
living in. say. Ohio because the
Supreme Court has held that
if unions act strictly In their
own interest they may collect
import taxes at state and mH-
nicIpal borders and even resort
10 downright highway robbery
10 collect the money
These facts should be taught
in the schools and If any one
should deny them, you get any
lawyer 10 show YOU Frank
furter'S decision IN the carpen-
tors case and ByrneS decision
IN the teamSterS case.
The objection 10 boyCotts and
restraints OF trade arises only
when industry or capital on
terS the scenario. Then the
boycott is nefarious and illegal.
THE out-of-town plaintiffs are
L much checred ana are plan
Ming 30 proceed with An oid
damage Sug for 1890 900
against Local 3. Spread among
the 10000 members. most NJ
whom have hardly any voice IN
running the local. that would
be S65 per member and. spread
over three years. It would ne
painless.
Thee manufacturers couldn I
recognize Local 3 as the bar
gaining agent for their people
because Local 3 had no JuriSdlc-
ton IN their towns
And As Mr.. Clark found,
Local 2, IN combination with the
local manufacturers and con-
tractors, could charge the New
York public whatever they
liked
This is fine example Of the
perfection OF that 'labor-man-
agement' combination that YOU
have been hearing so much
about from the Roosevelt FaS-
cIStS on the union racket.
Don think | am trying n
make the local manufacturers
and contractors look virtuouS.
either. They cot fat. too. keep
ing competition out and passing
on the cost 10 the public.
Mr. CLARK pointed out some
Ni thing that has not occurred
10 many Of us. He recalled that
in the old Articles Of Confedera-
tion the American colonies could
impose import taxes against
one another and that one Of
the great objectiveS Of our
Constitution was to forbid such
restraints on free commerce
between the states.
That is still i'm our ConStItu-
ton. but the Roosevelt Supreme
Court reiigCercd the Constitu-
tlon by underhand processes So
that, although the states can I
impose such restraints, unions
can.
We ought to teach that in the
schools, too.
Mr.. Clark, going further.
pointed out that even the
Legislature Of the state OF New
York could not enact statute
imposing such restrictions" as
this and other unions have
imposed. and be was dead rgiht.
! want 10 emphasize that he
unions. which are the sole pos
SCISSORS of this right may con-
sist of nothing but little groups
of the dirtieSt jailbirds in the