Milford chronicle., 1947-07-18

President Truman'S statement that ne Will
use his best non-partisan judgment In max
ing nominations for Labor Board members
and other officials. That being so, the new
Labor Law should get off on good start.
1t seems perfectly clear that President
Truman will be renominated. Neither he or
the Republican candidate to be nominated
will have the labor vote Gin his vest pocket.
Henry Wallace is the lone crooner who is
willing to restore the New Deal policies.
In the short time since the new Labor
aw was definitely finished by Congress,
there appears to have been cOOllng-ott
period.
While there had been a great deal of wild
guessing about what John L. Lewis and his
coal miners were going to do about 1t, the
fact remains that there are many definite re-
strictions placed upon the unions, which they
are not anxious to challenge. The result was
an agreement without prolonged strike.
There seems to be no reason to believe
the current gossip in Washington that Labor
leaders will challenge the Labor Law in
Courts, from now until the 1948 election, on
the theory that they would gain control OF
Congress.
Public opinion has always supported the
philosophy that wage earners should get good
wages, and that employers should not hesl-
tate to turn over a reasonable share OF their
profits to their employees.
No candidate for President will go far
by attacking the new Labor Law.
Courts have already chastised John l.
Lewis and his coal miners for their mlSde=
meanors and Lewis and Co. are not going to
forget in a hurry Under the new Labor Law,
collective bargaining will be on stronger foot
ing than it ever has been before. Union Sc
curity will be protected. Riots, illegal strikes
and boycotts are now against the law. Com
oI1 1;c+0
not going to throw Union money into political
campaigns as they did to help elect Roosevelt.
Under the new program, the National La
Dor Relations Board will be headed by five
members instead of three, and it seems GER
tain that when President Truman submits his
nominations, and they are approved by the
Senate, that it will be a competent board tC
handle complaints of jurisdictiOnal strikes
court proceedings and different types of La.
Dor Union elections.
This law will either work or it won't work
1t should prove its usefulness before the 194S
election. That means the Labor vote will nOt
be political football for either the Repub
lican or Democratic parties. Besides that
Henry Wallace hasn't ''fiddlers chance" tt
lead the working people of this country
around.
IN THE LATE 1905 young bicycle re
l pairman tinkered after hours with horse
less carriage. 1t was a ScreWball idea
smoky, sputtery cOntraptiOn that couldn'
work, everyone said.
But a few of his friends figured mayb
T the thing could Work-and if it did, a lot O
them could be sold and money could be made
e So they took a chance and loaned the youn
e tinkerer few dollars to get going. And ths
{. was the beginning of huge industry-th
automobile industry-which today gives en-
4 plOyment to some seven million workers.
: America was built that way-by me
: willing to take a chance-willing to inveE
= their savings-a thousand dollars or te
thousand dollars or mOre-in some new pr
4 duct, some new business.
+ Some of them never panned out. Mar
lost their mOney-and their shirts. But tt
, opportunity for making money was ther
+ 1t was worth the gamble.
O Small businesses grew to big ones
: The old established businesses had to ket
+ on their toes to meet the competition of tt
\ young ones coming up.
W And the people were the real winners
D. not only in more jobs and opportunities, b
% in better quality of products and more re
9 earnings. (FOr instance, the average facto
70 worker now is making 100 percent mo
n money in terms of things he can buy for
N hours work than did his father in 190O.)
1s Today it's a different story. The little g
with big ideas can't get people who ha
money to invest to take a chance on hi
Because of huge taxes, the odds are stack
Y against the investors in new products. A
11g without new Observation-Disclosures inve
Up ment- everything bogs down.
For when investment drops product
a drops. When production drops, prices go
RI wages go down, and jobs fly out the windc
ed 5000
ay WHILE WE ARE CUSSING the airplal
OF for killing so many human beings, the Pr
;, Service in the United States Department
ell Agriculture is shOwering blessings upon
TN planes that are now spraying 387 900 for
lat acres with DDT insecticide. The prospe
lis are that go million worth of timber will
ne saved in the Idaho Panhandle from the
ne struction by tussock moths: These enen
nd and other forest insects will be killed by
lanes spraying. The U. S. Forest Sery
The saws that the.new method will nrohablv 8
lea the Nation MANY millions of dollars in sta