Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-11-01
One Unions View

We have Sccn-or in this case
have rcad-Somcthing we had never
expected To see. namely. major
union declaring that strikes in III:
United States have become a nation
Ill menace. Most people outside the
ranks OF organized labor have been
Of that view for some time. but when
the international Transfers Union
(AFL) makes the statement in its
official publication. we submit there
Is a glcam %! hope that The light Of
day is beginning 10 dawn in capital
LABOR rCiltI"ns in tins country.
The magazine article said that
strikes must be ctWtailcd or the ma
tion will sink into chaos and organ
lied Labor will perish" The publ
cation certainly has something there.
The article continued: Strikes arc
an invitation to initiation and de-
precision. We arc not going - sit
quietly looking out the window
while - Tow agItatOrS kick this union
Ia pieces Whether the word union"
in that sentence refers to the teams
tors or - the nation is not clear.
. though tie capital u" ordinarily
employed when reference is made
p to the country as whole is Tot used.
Quoting the article Il bit further:
. some members OF this organization
believe that strike benefits are au-
tomato. They think that all they
have 90 10 is to quit work and the
international begins paying them"
W" hope somebody takes the
trouble 20 call this article 10 John
l.. Lewis attention. and. although
ne is biz shot in TIC AFL. he prob
ably wouldn't pay much attention 10
the Transfers expressed view. We
hope gentlemen who are on strike
all along The line will read and mcd-
tate upon the viewpoint expressed.
The article Is unuSua.-ycry I'M
uSual-and for that reason may car
~ some significance. There is abSo-
lUic truth IN the quotations listed
here. They constitute real wisdom
in apPrais.! of the prcdicamcnt in
which this United States of ours now
finds itscif. The country is nearer
the brink Of economic disaster thar
most people realize or than ire
SpOnSiblc union bosses are willing
To- admit. The national economy car
take i On the chin in big doses and
for Il long time. but not forever
Sooner or later IN" knockout blow
will be dealt. and radical labor lead
ers who have fomcntcd the trouble
will then 90 down with their organ
izatiorS along with the larger super
structure Of business and industry
Granting iha. there have beer
abuses on the part OF industry doe.
not conCcde that swing equally a!
far in the opposite extreme is Tho
remedy fcr a smelly mess. Two
wrongs do not make ono right. MOI
docs the fact that every one else may
have been pinchcd by unscrupulous
captains Of industry justify SINH
lar. and worse. squeeze by labor or
the other side. A swing back to mid
die ground is the answer. and the
only answer that can or shall salts.
fy and ret results for the benefit o.
the people as whole.
II is refreshing indeed 10 haze al
observation from such source a.
the International Tcamstcr. IF tha
union and all the others would aligr
Themselves with honest industry Il
remedy tho nations economic ills
shortages would soon disappear, pro-
duction would increase. bottleneck
could be removed, and an era o
prosperity this nation hitherto ha
not conceived would almost ccrtainl,
burst upon the people.
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