The union times., 1947-03-08

trictiOns on industry, with the result that the American sys. tenn of free enterprise would be endangered.
 Participating in the broad cast were Vincent J. McCO. vern, president of the New Haven Central Labor Council: Edward McCrOne, state CLIO. director; and Clifford w. Kealey, general chairman of the Brotherhood of LOcOmO- tive Engineers, who represent ed the Railroad BrOtherhOods. Nathan Sherman, secretary of the United Labor Committee, arranged the broadcast.
 WIDESPREAD INTEREST
 Because of the widespread inter est aroused by the broadcast, THE UNION TIMES presents the full text of the statements made by the three la bor leaders.
 EDWARD McCRONE: Citizens of Greater New Haven and Con- necticut: I want to thanw Station WNHC for giving us time iO discuss here tonight our subject, "What Are the Real Issues Behind the Drive Against Labor in Washing ton and HartfOrd?"
 As 1 speak there are in Congress over 200 bills dealing with labor, none of them in behalf of the working men and women who make up 85@o of our adult population, whether they draw wages or salaries.
 DETRIMENTAL
 In Hartford also are similar anti labor proposals, one of which would outlaw any strike detrimental to the public welfare. This bill doesn't de- fine just what strikes it covers. No, it leaves that open so that any and all strikes could be called detYimentaI to tue public aVeEGre. In effect, this bill would outlaw labor's right to strike in spite of our constitutional right writ ten down in the 18th amendment which prohibits involuntary servitude. Ger tainly, when workers can no longer support their families because prices are sky-high, then it becomes invol- untary servitude if they are compelled to stay on the job.
 Let me illustrate this point by last falls NOrwalk teachers, strike. by this weeks strike of Buffalo, New York teachers. Now. we all recognize that teachers are cOnser- vative men and women. Certainly, they have been very patient and lOng-suffering.
 The situation had to be desperate for them to go on strike Still, teach CTS strike seriously interferes with the public welfare Everybody knows that. But the conclusion all fair-minded men and women draw from these teacher strikes is that it is their sala- rieS which are most detrimental to the public welfare, and Not their actions. Well, my friends, the same unbearabIe conditions which make teachers des- perate, are behind the great majority of all strikes.
 ROBBER INFLATION
 The shameful imitation which robs you of your hard earned wages, of your fixed incomes, of your little busi- ness, of your salaries, and the farm CTS of their markets is what makes our jobs unbearable. And they will reach state of involuntary servitude unless we correct the relationship be- tween profits and wages, between pro- fits and fixed incomes, between profits and salaries, and between the hold of monopoly and the miserable take of the independent corner grocery or meat market.
 Here are a few figures to illus trate this: The average weekly earnings of employees in manufac- turing industries dropped from $47.5O in January, 1945 to $45.83 in October, 1946, for a loss of $1.67. But the consumer price in-
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