Milford chronicle., 1947-10-24
WITH THE DEATH of State Auditor O

WITH THE DEATH OF State Audltor OF
Accounts Benjamin I. Shaw, OF Harrington,
last Friday afternoon, Delaware has lost one
of our outstanding citizens. We doubt very
much whether any living man IN Kent County
was more loved or held in higher esteem than
Mr.. Shaw. A Republican in politics, he
worked hard for the success of his party.
With it all he held the respect of his Demo
cratic opponents. Serving his second term
as Auditor of Accounts, he gave careful at
tention to the duties of that office. For twen-
ty-five years he guided the destinies of the
Kent & Sussex Fair Association. He saw 1t
grow from a small exhibit into one OF the best
fairs in the Eastern part of the country.
During that time he served as president
without pay He was an active participant
in local affairs in his home town. Charitable
to a fault, he gave assistance to the needy,
asking repayment in very few instances. He
was an ardent sportsman and fox hunting
enthusiast His friends were legend. Men
and women of all stations of life called him
friend-and his loss to them is enduring.
Better known as .'Pete'' than by his given
name he will be remembered as the years
pass by that non de plume The writer feels
a personal loss in the death of pete" Shaw,
and the ending of long friendship which at
all times was most pleasant In his passing
our State has lost kindly gentleman and his
home town of Harrington one of its outstand-
ing citizens.
His new successor, Warren T. Moore, also
of Harrington, has taken oath as Auditor OF
Accounts. He comes to the office with full
knowledge of the office. He has served as
State Treasurer and on several of the State
Commissions with which the occupants OF
both offices are affiliated. Death calls one
competent man, the Governor fills the gap
with another. We wish for Mr.. Moore the
best of success as Auditor of Accounts.
$500
"THE CLOSED SHOP, the union shop, or
any system of organizing that is not entirely
free and open will never be wholeheartedly
accepted by free-thinking people, for the sim
pie reason that such monstrosities are IN def
ance of our American way of life. UnfOr-
tunately we have all too many labor leaders
who don't give whoop for sound American
doctrine-leaders who can only attain and
retain power through the un-American device
of the closed or union shop"
That quotation did not come from some
spokesman for business. 1t came from an
article by Maurice r. Franks, who is the Ma
tional Business Agent of the Railroad Yard
masters of North America And it appeared
in labor magazine, the Railroad Workers
Journal.
Ally SySCCII WHICH ulohCo 1llC1llOCAoAlAP II
union compulsory y-and the union shop
which is approved in the Taft-Hartley Act
does that as effectively as the closed shop
will also make for despotism. The officials O.
such unions need not worry whether they
serve their members well or not-the dues
come rolling in regardless. The individual
member is powerless in the face of abuses.
The voluntary union,. on the other hand
must do good job or lose its members. MI
Franks cites the Railroad Brotherhoods as al
example of unionism sold strictly on merit
There is no closed or union shop on the rail
roads. Yet the Brotherhoods have 1,300,00
members - while there are only 21,170,00
eligible unionists employed on the railroad
today. The reason is that thousands of pee
pie have kept their memberships even afte
retiring or leaving railroad work.
Labor must be free of either union O
management coercion The last Congress
took step in that direction, but more re
mains to be done.
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AMERICAN INDUSTRIES may be dt
Scribed as "unuSually active" Departmer