Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-07-12
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HOBR> RLI.-TIii KING SNAKE,

, Iu The Editor.
There l. u1 greater trUth in l!iC
! than the fact that by person. OWN
notions. words. IuG vunien'I,'.S : ne
known 10 his follow men. Applying
: ,H.> -nc!Cnt tyGISm !" the VI-u"nGs
and concerted stand that some labor
/ leaders nave put mp against the Hobbs
! MISUNDERSTANDING Hill which rc-urt-
I iy became law with the signature
of President Truman. one finds these
! labor dIctItOrS spOtlighi'ng ihrm-
. selves tor just what they are &C., the
proponents and promoters OF raC!ic-
lCcrIng. the gaining ii money ana
profit through IrlUs. and UnllWiui
means without the production a..
goods la compensate for the money
received.
! Before signing this bill pr">idCu'
/ I ru m II WAS careful tu ascertain.
! through the Department of Justice
itnat in no way would il interfere
with the lawful ACTIVITIES Of Labor
unions. Il would only prohibit CO.
ta1U Illegal unjust. and criminal az
iilvI'icS knows as raCECtccrinG. The
labor leaders certainly showed then
hands when they fought the passage
OF his Bit! al. down the line.
The writer il reminded Of a law
of uui.Wr coupled with tragic event
that .-CurrCd IN the mountains al
Caldwell! county in North CarO!ra.
which Is IN point. y little girl was
bitten by snake while playin" IL
the rocks back -! her fathers sIiiu
IL. attending to the child. WHO II'ei
died. tn" parents let the snake &C.
AWAY without dctcr!pn.nG what l.
was. They were afraid that Il VA.
o. .,Fs tl,r..lf4. .
cas- snakes. 1ui they did not kuow
Try as they might. none Of the
uclghDurS who gathered al r-r seen,
could find the shiny reptile ina
mad struck down the child. Tha
: not uE'i someone thought q. IA,
ancient and wcli-knOWr eumIty be-
tween the king snake and the rat
Tier
y large King snake WIS quickly
secured ana turned loose IN the Vi
ClnIiy Of the place where the chile
bad been bitten. Almost uuiC;c.
ti!"u II takes to tell. the rattler cam,
Out from hiding and VAS engaged II
a. battle Ia the death with its mCr,a''
enemy. In due time the king snak.
swallowed the RATHER. Now if tn,
rattlcr mad not show lis hand Sc
Il speak. IN coming out 10 do BATH,
with lis natural enemy. il would
probably stili DC biting little hill
drcu - The mountains of North Car
DINA.
one particularly vicious racket
that the Hobbs bill was intended 10
crush was the practice OF the team
, stcrs union in putting the bite" on
visiting truckers i'll our large cast
ern cities. An out-of-tOwn trucker
VINO attempted TO enter Il city wonla
| be mot at the portals of the town by
a welcoming committee of Dor
gounS who would demand from cigh,
ItO ten dollars fer the right even
! To pass through their noble metro
polls. And don't think that any of
thlS money so paid by the visiting
truckers ever found its way To the
bcttermut OF the streets and side
/ walks.
II the trucker was man Of strong
constitution or If he was uniformed
! OF the consequences of his rashness
ana attempted 10 enter without pay
. the bite. he would most likely
find himself severity beaten IN and
his truck wrc- ked.
IL IS indeed strange that in Our
Tree America II is necessary To- uuss
an act Of Congress TO prevent s,,rb
highway robbery. But now that Tho
Hobbs bill provides fines and i'm
priSonmcnt for this and other forms
| q crimial rackctccring on the pari
OF organized labor. lei us hone thnt
II Will not be the last liking snake
on the trail OF the racketcering "rat-
Tiers Of labor.
ALLsToN D. CALHOUN.
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