Evening star., 1949-02-28

close down plants for any minor or unrea-
sonable excuse.
The unions have become so powerful that
they have been encouraged to hold up en-
ployers for higher sometimes exofbitant.
wages regardless of what effect that will
have on business. They often require their
members to give less than reasonable days
work for an extremely high daily wage. The
unions have increased the cost of produc-
ton, construction and everything they have
touched by their JuriSdictional disputes, their
secondary boycotts and their irresponsible
quarrels. Who pays for all the extra ex-
pense and unnecessary cost? The general
public, of course. Yet what do we do about
it? Practically nothing-we just sit and
take it.
The unions have brought law enforcement
into disrepute over the country. They have
INDUCED in wildcat and so-called "legiti-
mate" strikes during which they have de-
stroyed public and private property and
committed mayhem in various degrees, all
in perfect immunity, in many cases while
law enforcement officers stood idly or help
lessly by doing nothing to uphold law and
order. as they had sworn to do
I will not take the space to comment on
the featherbedding, made work, prohibitions
of labor saving Devices or the number of
locals that are controlled by gangsters and
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point out that the national organizations do
little or nothing to clean house.
I maintain that the unions need more and
Stricter controls and unless they have them
and soon, the damage the unions are doing
to the country will become irreparable, if it
is not already beyond repair Let's have the
best features of the Taft-Hartley Act re-
tanned with enough other controls added, so
that the unions can be held strictly account
able for their actions. We should preserve
the wellbeing of the Nation. instead of sub
serviently surrendering to the desires of
powerful, selfish, ruthless minority.
r. WB
Protection of the Nations Capital
To the Editor of The Star:
In these troubled times. with a cold war
raging and hot one in the oflng, and with
all the newspaper and radio talk of the
probabilities of sneak attacks and resultant
atomic obliteration, why is there no mention
of disaster plan for this most prime and
vulnerable target. our Capital City?
If, as claimed, the B-36 makes interconti-
mental bombing possible, and it, as limited.
it is practicable to launch guided missiles
from submarines off the coast. then, clearly.
it is time to tell each citizen of Washington
what to do to insure his maximum chance
of survival and to assure every American
that successful sneak attack will not leave
the Nation without government. H. L. T.
Dangers of Government Medicine
To the Editor Of The Star:
Something besides money is involved in a
good doctors practice. wish to emphasize
the personal interest Of helping patient
rehabilitate his life. This is a great boon to
humanity and is becoming more and more
phase in medical care in addition to the
physical care.
But how can the doctor give individual
attention and also spend hours making OUT
reports and attending patients en- masse?
People would crowd into the clinics with
every little ache and pain, for every one likes
to get what he thinks is something for
nothing In England people stand in line in
all sorts of weather and jam the offices to
such an extent that the doctors cannot give
the attention needed to serious cases because
of the number of trivial ailments which they
is required by law to treat. A doctors hours
of necessity are long and irregular. Tor ne
is on call day and night.
Our Government already has a great debt
and more taxes are being planned. 1t would
cost millions to set up an organization to
handle Government medical control in addl-
ton to millions and millions to hire the doc
tors. Who is going to pay for this? You
and are. by being taxed more and more.
According to the medical code of ethics
doctor has to go to see patient when he
is sick, even if the patient owes him hum
dreds of dollars. All good doctors have their
charity patients and a sliding scale for those
who cannot pay much. In England many
people say they have to pay more in assess
ments than they did in doctors bills before
government control.
Under the American system, various volun-
tary health insurance plans, such as the
Blue Cross and Others are open to those who
need them. Why not devise some means to
help the poor through more and larger
clinics and insurance instead Of disrupting
the entire medical profession?
Under Government control doctors free
dom, his initiative and his research work
are at stake for his hands will be tied with
red tape.
Medical students are already beginning to
think it might be better to choose some other
profession Government control will lead in
time to inferior doctors because intelligent,
good men will not find the profession at
tractive to them, and hardly will want
to undertake the IL years of hard work and
study required.
Socialized medicine projects have failed in
other countries and bankruptcy has occurred
in some, as in New Zealand. Under such
system we would have heavier taxes and
inferior doctors. c. H. F.
Garrett Park, Md.
:, The Small Landlords Plight
To the Editor of The Star
My Mother and operate a small apart
ment house left to her when Dad died.
Everything went fine as I was growing up
and went off to the Navy but rent control