The sub., 1945-10-25
Are You q Man or a----?

 withdraw from the Union is and again eyes opened to the way real Union works-and we REAL AMERICAN UNION-and again eyes are opened to those in VERY RANKS = IN OUR VERY MIDST who seek through SHEER IGNORANCE to destroy the very unity that is meant to them Yes lGNOR ANCE IT IS and we prefer think it s because Heaven forbid that beeve-or thinkthat of our fel low workers would deliberately strive to disrupt the UNITY AND HARMONY that prevails at the Boat Company.
 There was nothing to prevent YOUR UNION from hold ing out for CLOSED nothng-nothing except that YOUR COMMITTEE filled with sincere desire to ac- complsh as much possible in the way of WAGES AND WORKING CONDITIONS for the employees and felt that the LESS ISSUES sent to the War Labor Board the better chances for winning and the ONLY ISSUE of any importance that has to the Board the matter of YOUR WAGES - YES, WAGES - a 309 INCREASE IN YOUR WAGES the fight for that increase has BEGUN ALREADY = and that fight is being fought FOR YOU by fellow UNIONISTS all over America. THAT IS UNION ISM casped together the continent the WORLD. Hands clasped together in Brotherhood of the working seeking goal-security and poyment at decent with decent standard of living
 There was nothing to prevent YOUR UNION from hold ing out for CLOSED SHOP = nothing nothing except that YOUR COMMITTEE knows those things and felt that the vast majority of their felowmen their fellow work CTS knew, too and in knowing would clasp hands with them strengthening the common No YOUR UN- ION did not hold out for CLOSED SHOP because they did not feel that would be necessary to FORCE ANY OF THEIR FELLOW WORKERS TO JOIN or lose their job. And so maintenance of membership" shop finally agreed to- The UNION MEMBERS felt that they might as we'll find out NOW WHO WAS WITH THEM AND WHO AGAINST they felt too that who for reason did not want to help share the burden IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BELONG IN THE SAME FRATERNAL OR- GANIZATION forced or otherwise.
 The letters that came into the UNION office from poyees asking have their membership withdrawn few-the faith of the UNION COMMITTEE in the MEN of the Electric Boat not amss-the MEN and WOMEN of the Boat Co., to be congratulated their intelligence and loyalty to movement-that has despite many, many mistakes matched wits and economic strength against the might of industry and accomplished muchye very much and this accomplishment made possible by just that kind of intelligence and loyalty shown by the vast majority of FEB MEN an WOMEN.
 Some of the few letters that did in ptfully Imaginable except for the tragedy that they sent by working people, The very people who will undoubt edly REFUSE THE INCREASE IN WAGES AND THE RETIREMENT IN WORKING CONDITIONS because it the "despised Union" who got for them Oh sure they will feel that they entitled to the increase we'll the many other advantages that unonsm has gotten for them throughout the years though they either too cheap or too ignorant help share the burden Mo- these en don't want any part of the UNONexcep the benefits and take our word they will be the FIRST TO GRASP and the FIRST TO SQUAWK if things go wrong. And it is ALWAYS THE UNORGANIZED who are responsible for things going wrong-who decrease the strength and ecien cy of UNION of their fellow workers by their very refusal to clasp hands.
 Rugged individuasts they think they and ndivid uaists they should forever remanand as far away as pos sbe from the society their fellow workers who must feed and care for them and get BITTEN IN RETURN!
 Your Editors