The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
Valleys Stern Warning
On Wagner Act Revealed
,co,+irucd From Page One)

40 from the outset that the
- could do by way OF ap-
Ea Citation was to be honest with
es, This / have done.
fen' .o'Iid not support a con-
.SIe number of measures put
idsf Ed " bv President Roosevelt be-
Pr~siu mon reading them it was
<suse ~ me that they weere I'M
fan IAN - and the long-run conse-
puma would be bad for the
uenls voted against the Wagner
sopit sor example. 1t was and is
ct w. niece Of political class leg
pla We now see its conse-
alv~ Purporting to avoid
E'?nss' it is an inducement to-
i ~ proposing to free the work
fflh It has placed them under
r. T power of labor bosses.
question in America today
l npsetber this country shall be
INV the people or by the Labor
l ,. y, not responsible to the peo-
'S mis- question must be settled
N be settled right. No man should
10 l.cted TO the Senate from North
s,aIina who does not ring clear
rs ua' act can be reformed and I
.;nS Il will be. 1t would have
reformed long ago but for the
sssr Of the Labor organizations
V@ .se Senate. The working men
M 10 be free. They, ought to be
VS. to ioin a union or not to join
~ Employers ought also to be
j. The Labor Unions can be
do TO do bargaining and pre-
ls.-sd from debating. They are
(.u ' not bargaining but debating.
Fsstsin of the railroad unions went
lar as to vote fof a strike
',.inst this Government in the
s;dst of the war. 1t was a plain
ND shameful threat to deliver the
rn,ntry over to our enemies unless
h. labor leaders should have their
t,v They would have deprived our
Esbting men Of food and munitions
the fields of battle. Recently
NV and others have been inflict-
ns untold injury upon the entire
Emulation. They were paralyzing
ESs american economy. Their de-
srsnds are demands upon every
|nrson. They should not have this
hover. Regardless of the merits of
tSeir demands they ought not to
have power TO injure the people Of
his country. None may be trusted
Eith such power.
They are not putting forward
Inv argument for these demands,
but saying in plain language, we
must have our way or the Ameri-
han people must pay the price Of
suffering and ruin. There is no
Etght to do this or anything like it.
Any Individual has a right not to
work at any given task but no
roup of people has a right to in
lure and punish others in order to
dictate terms to their employer.
Woodrow Wilson was clear enough
tn this subject in 1916, and there
no reason for confusion. There
!, no moral right for a group of
ren to strike and hold up the peo-
PIE Of this country preventing 9TH
ts from working and inflicting un-
hld injury upon millions.
4 Government that will not put
ta end to this sort of thing is not
worthy to be called a Government.
The fact is that the American peo-
ps have never failed to respond
appropriately to such a challenge;
whenever any group-has assumed
power to subordinate the general
Welfare to its special interest, peo-
rle, President and Congress have
Taught it the necessary lesson; and
20 long as this shall be their way,
tals Republic is secure as a. gov
eminent Of and for the people. This
Us precisely what has just happen
20, and it is most hearteaing.
The working men ought to bear
IN mind that they always have the
sympathetlc good will of their fell
AoW men, and that they lose il only
snen they permit unwise leaders
V put them in the position of ig-
iorlng the public interest.
We can apply our antitrust laws
70 monopolistic practices in labor
relations just as we can apoly
|aerl to any other relations affect
ing commerce among the States =
mo we should do it. We ought to
aes'ofe the remedy of injunction to
prevent l%rreparable injury. The La
aF leaders have repudiated collec-
I'VE bargaining and undertaken to
'9stltute dittatorial demand for it.
LABOR has no more right 10 in
s'lefe with commerce than any
rs eiSe' and 1t is the duty of the
sulsfeSs to protect commerce and
preserve its Only the
.uisfeSs may regulate interstate
VII Foreign commerce. It has MEM
Ss power to do so. Employers
.sss a right to present their case
y helr employees and they also
sase a right to select their en-
rSsees. Granted a man has a per
W., ,%al right to strike, he has no
.sa' 10 a job he has left. AS mat
N.Y. now stand a man has to be-
s+s % a union and obey its boss
|, "uel 10 get a job. There can be
t!snV 10 prevent others from
.Alhg' This is not freedom, it is
\, .Iielon. Nor do men have a right
ION In a mutual movement to
MY production and thereby
u'le commerce.
sollectlve bargaining shall be
nssefved, the Labor unions must
sequlred to perform their con
,ss ..S Or be held liable in dam
controversies ought to be settled
h. V0l courts of Justice, and not
ssr guards, commissioners or
sn 1ae Go and the PAC are
,nS invading the Southern States
H. Ny II Particular they are invading
h,ro democratic Primaries. They
N i've captured the Democratic Par
ILL., 'he North and propose to