Evening star., 1946-11-27
Letters to The Star
Readers Continue Their Debate
On Mess Of Things

To the Editor of The Star: s
II Japan knows the condition Of things
In this country, she must think we are
great people to instruct her In demo-
cratic ways! With the outrageous prices
OF necessary foods here, SO the poor
Z can scarcely get enough nollrishment to
retain health, we are trying to feed the
starving in war torn Europe At present,
with this coal strike. they must think
John L. Lewis has become our President,
instead Of Mr. Truman.
Lack Of coal will produce health
hazard. block transportation OF food
stun, to old and young. halt manu-
factnres and make general break
down or business In general. What
right has any group deliberately to cause
such chaos for selfish interests9 Is 1t
possible that this powerful country Of
ours is powerless to do anything about
it2 What picture we are presenting
before the nondemocratic countries
abroad!
Our returning GIs are coming home
to shipping strikes. railroad strikes,
hotel strikes, coal strikes and sky
rocketing meat prices. with housing
shortages!
If our Democratic friends could not
remedy these conditions, let us hope
the Republicans may. One remedy
would be for the Government to take
over all public utilities. ! hear that
England already has done that with
the coal business, so her people may
have good chance to keep warm this
coming winter, while ours may be freez-
ing, If Mr. Lewis has his way!
don't hear OF any strikes in our
postal system. Private enterprise" in
some vital lines, has made a great mess
OF things! H. B. BRADFORD.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Why blame Mr. Lewis? II an ignorant
person like myself knew just what kind
OF a, man MFR. Lewis was and knew he
had the power to do just what he Is
doing and that the probability was that
he would do it. why did not the adj
ministration and Congress know it.
too, and take measures to prevent 1t
before it happened?
1t was just the same last March.
knew and every one knew sthat the
first Of April was approaching when
there would be another coal strike.
and yet nothing was done about it. and
the same goes for all other strikes.
The administration and Congress
alone are to blame for the frightful
situation in which this country finds
itself. L. r. X.
To the Editor Of The star.
This Mr.. Lewis cannot be called q
good American Emphatically quite TO
the contrary. Why not, to end further
dismeanors on his part, expatriate him
make 1t impossible for him ever again
to put foot upon American shores?
Let him become, In outward reality,
what he has shown himself to be in
his heart, "a man without country"
e. A. SAWYER.
Fryeburg, Me.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Many people are wondering II the
Republican Party, with Its newly ac-
quired power in the House and Senate
and with good chance of electing q
President in the. next presidential elec-
tion. viii 90 hack to the antiquated,
frayed and utterly worn-out policies Of
Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover or
whether 1t will choose the more pro-
gressive and already proven policies
fathered by Roosevelt and the Demo-
cratic administration.
Many policies advanced by Franklin
D. Roosevelt had virtue. prominent
among others being the wages and
hours law. If the carrying out of this
far-sighted legislation is neglected and
the wages of our poorer classes Of work
ers again are lowered, there may be dis
astrous consequences in store for us,
perhaps even another depression greater
than the one we were in when Roose-
velt was elected to his first term OF
office. NEWELL B. DAVIS.
Union and Chest Campaign
To the Editor of The Star:
I have just learned Of the opposition
OF the Amalgamated Association of
Street Electric Railway and Motor
Coach Employees, Local 68s. whose mem
bers are Capital Transit Co. workers, TO
the Community Chest drive for the
stupid reason that they are not In
agreement with the labor views Of Mr..
Holland.
was almost nauseated to think that
an organization could be so narrow
minded. How can they be so cruel and
stupid?
At the same time want to congratu-
late the Hotel Alliance, Tor Its stand in
favor of the Chest.
UNION MEMBER tHEsTTATMGLY).