Milford chronicle., 1945-11-16

LIE t1O( 81 MllltafN Affairs committee
has voted to repeal part of the Smith-COn-
nally BILL and at the same time proposed
amendments to the Act that will penalize
unions which fail to live up to no-Strike con-
tracts or engage in political activity.
The Committee is to be commended for
It's courage and recognition of the necessity
for such legislation as a means of curblng
the unWalranted labor difficulties now cover
ing the country.
The Committee, however. did not 90 far
enough. 1t should include in its proposals
legislation cXemptmg supervisory and man
agerial employees from the collective bar
gaining provisions of the Wagner Act. AS
the New York Sun says:
Supervisory employment represents a
stage Of advancement from the ranks and
Just as it holds advantages, it must be cX-
peCtCd to have some drawbacks. A man would
not become Il supervisor without qualifications
which distinguish him from the rank and file
which should enable him to bargain salts
factorily for himself . Badly as coal is
needed, there are many who feel that yield
ing to threats on so basic an issue as union
ization of supervisors and foremen would be
too high Il price to pay for it"
Much of the current industrial strife in
coal automobile and other industries results
frcm efforts on the part of big unions to
bring into the fold fOrcmen and other super
ViSory employees. This is contrary to the
original intent Of the Wagner Act. 1t is a
fundamental issue of the greatest import
ancc, if widespread work stoppageS of the
most serious nature are to be averted 1t is
for this reason that the House Military At
fairs Committee should, along with other
cOmmCndabe legislation, clarity the situation
so that foremen and other supervisory en-
ployceS cannot be forced into unions by
GtrlkCc and int iOlidatiOp
IN A COMPETITIVE economic system
such as ouI.;- and where in the world i,
there a better One?-the only thing that
really determines wages is what the public
will pay for what any worker produces
No amount of vOtc-snaring oratory or
Legislative Sleight-of-hand can change that
truth. Pay depends upon production, Whc-
ther ON the farm. IN the corner grocery, or
IN the factory.
That does not mean that wages cannot
go up in our factories. If by working harder
or using better Methods output can be in
creased, then pay can likewise be increased
But there IS no way in the world to iuSti-
fy higher pay for less output Certainly the
only way that industry could pay more wages
for less work would be to raise prices, and
that would benefit no one
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THE TREMENDOUS EXTENT to which
the National debt has risen is shown by fig
ures for the year 1914 which have been re-
leased by the United States Department of
Commerce. Statistics for that year now
available show that as of December }1St of
last year the Federal debt was POS billions
OF dollars. AT the end of 1899 the total Ma
tlonal debt was 35 billions of dollars. State
and Local Government at the end of 19ll was
II billions of dollars, drop of 2 billions
from 1899. The corporate debt at the end of
i94l was III billions of dollars a drop of ,
billions from 1899 Farm and urban roa
estate mortgages stood at 33 billion of dol
lars for the two periods Short term indebt
cdneSS had jumped from IS billions in 1899
to 90 billions in 1914.
Ihe figures above mentioned do not in
clude this year with its large expenditures
for governmental and military operations
The military spending is, and was. neccs
SafE as was portion of the amount for
government operation. But it would be in
tefeStng to learn just how much of this
rapidly increasing National debt has been
the result of lavish spending and WASTING
of federal monies for useless agencies cro,
ated during the hey day of the New Deal
ollgarchy at Washington
Ro@
DpF"N lOtk (OFF EE taste different
lateIy-llkc It was perked in an old sock,
perhaps?
The Republican Food Study Committee
says that's Just one more unnecessary in
convenience for which you can thank OPA
- Because of OPA price ceilings, SAYS the
l3-man Republican Committee. American
importers are limited in the price thev can
pay tor coffee and are consequentv outbid hv
buyers from other countries. AS resuE
better grades Of coffee are going to Europc
while Americans get coffee of inferior oual
ity. 4'''
The OPA price squeeze, says the Com
mlttee' also brings up-grading of coffee bv
dlstrlbutors-so that housewives now pav
&c a pound for coffee that should be selling
for 21c i''e