Milford chronicle., 1946-12-20
ECONOMIC SECURITY and civil liber-


by it's description, means an absolute MIMI
mum of governmental control over, and IN
reference with the business and private lie
of the individual.
Too many people believe that this eco
nOmc security is due them merely because
they happen to live in these great United
States. This is either gross error in reaS-
onng or a total lack of ability to reason. Be-
curity is not something that is owed TO any
one; actually it is the result OF hard work,
saving, acceptance of responsibility ana at
tention to duty. The will to work to provide
security and freedom for ones family is a
privilege we all should be forever grateful
for. It is this will to work that has given us
the highest standard Of living in history
All other systems have been and are, IN TACT
miserable failures by comparison.
Apparently the Political Action Commit
tee would change all this and legislate secur-
ity for the people, Now, if we are to substl-
tute legislated security for that which we
are privileged to supply by the sweat OF our
brOWS, then we must surrender something III
return for that legislated security. (You
can't get something for nothingO What we
surrender is, obviously, an amount of free
dom equal to the guaranty of the leglslated
security. p A. G.. would provide economic
security at the expense of civil liberties
(freedOm) and that, of course, is no security
at ALL The Individual becomes nOnentlty,
a slave of the state, with no security, no Tree
dom, no ambition, and a standard OF living
so far below what free-enterprlse system
has brought us that comparison becomes u-
dcrous.
Therefore, we submit that unless the IN
dvidual is permitted to gain his security by
working for it, twenty-four hours day If
need be, economic security and civil liberties
cannot go hand in hand.
1t follows directly, then, that the first
step in this direction, to have and keep both
economic security and civil liberties, If we
are to do the job right, is not to modify the
Wagner act, which legalizes nothing but
monopoly and racketeering, but rather wipe
it off the statute books once for all. (Remem-
Der the Volstead act? The Wagner act is
far more vicious and abusve,) In its place
a decent labor law must be written, which
would make labor and management RESPONSE
BILE equally to each other and to the general
public.
THE 1916 COAL STRIKE has brought
about showdown. Employers and workers
find themselves in second and third place
meaning that the Federal Government has
accepted the challenge brought about by al
most countless strikes in countless numbers
of industries. The power of the Government
has already been demonstrated in the case of
the United States Government against the
United Mine Workers Union. The Federal
Government has used its powers to stop
strikes that create OF threaten to bring on
an industrial paralysis.
The most important element In this great
upheaval is the rapidly growing conviction
of the public that the miners, the CIO anC
the AFL have become "cOntemptuOuS of the
general welfare" These unions have be-
come so strong that they simply issue orders
to millions of workers, and know that those
orders will be obeyed Evidently, the work
ing people of this country are tired of thi:
continuous performance governed by mere
handful of leaders who have become crazet
with past successes.
The whole situation down to date show
that Uncle Sam is the Big Boy, after ALL Th
President of the United States and his Cab
met and the Courts of highest resort hav
accepted the challenge and are doing thei
utmost to prevent more strikes.
The Associated Press reports that Sena
tor Wiley of Wisconsin will head the Senat
Judiciary Committee, and that he predict
Congress will review the whole situatiO
brought about by the coal stoppage and ''tha
the public interest never can be jeOpardiZe
by repetition of what we have just com
through" This opinion is supported by Ser
atOrS Mllkln OF Colorado, Brooks OF llllnOi!
Butler of Nebraska, Ball of Minnesota, an
many other leading Senators.
The above adds up to guarantee the
within the next few weeks Congress will pas
, new and effective labor laws that will put a
end to all these wildcat strikes. 1t is res
sonable to expect that the rights of the pei
pie will be restored.
IN 1875 HAMILTON FISH, the Firs
, was Secretary of State, when the preser
State Department building was occupied. B,
, fore the first World War the structure house
not only the u. S. State Department but
large part of the War and Navy Depar
ments.
: Traditionally, the State Department
f just across a narrow street from the Viii
, House - because it's foreign affairs are
important that the need for having Sta
: Department officials available at any mi
! ute for personal conference has been cOnSi