Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1955-08-26
STEVE J. NovAk, PRES.
LOCAL AS7, UAW-cio

The chief aim and purpose of tn
Department of Labor is to improv
laboring conditions and to mair
tain peace and justice between La
bor and Capitol. However, afte
following the activities of thi
governmental department we car
not help but raise this question =
How can Justice be realized whel
the appointments to the Labor De
partment are of Capitol - men o
management who have shown hov
partial to Capitol they are?
What we are trying to point on
was so much more clearly statet
by Lord Justice Scrutton in The
Cambridge Law Journal that wee
like to quote him here.
Speaking on Impartial Justice -
81 am not speaking of conscious
ir11partiality; but the habits you are
trained in, the people with whom
you mix, lead to your having q
certain class of ideas of such ma
ture that, when you have to deal
with other ideas, you do not give
as sound and accurate judgments
as you would wish. This is one of
the great difficulties at present.
Labor says: Where are your i'm
partial judges? They all move in
the same circles as the employers,
they are all educated and nursed
in the same ideas as the employers.
How can a Labor man or trade
unionist get impartial justice?' 1t
is very difficult sometimes to be
sure that you have put yourself
into thoroughly impartial posi-
tion between two disputants, one
of your own class and one not of
your class"
With this in mind, you can un-
derstand why labor unions con-
tinue to ask that some of the Labor
Departments be given to men Of
Labor. If The chief aim and pur-
pose of that Department is to be
upheld, at least a few of the offices
therein must be held by men who
are friends of labor. Yet under the
present Administration appoint
ments to the Labor Department
continue to 60 to men of Capitol
How, then, can Justice between La
Dor and Capitol be realized?
This Sunday. August 20. is the
dsy for the Local 407 Picnic in
Jchannsen Woods.
Did you ever hear of Labor play
ing Cupid? Here is story of Dutch
Labor Cupids we found printed in
the union paper of Kansas City
Local 81, UAW-CIO. In this case
Labor even teamed with local
merchants to play cupid.
Dutch labor rose to majestic
heights in battling for the right to
romance. Wilhelminetje Visacher,
II year old Holland lass with
wealthy parents, fell in love with
a laborer's son. The parents did not
consider it a desirable match and
sent Wilhelminetje away to break
up the romance. Local Workers
and retailers met the situation,
however, and have refused to de-
liver bread or groceries to the par
ents or do any work for them until
they relent."
In our mailbox this week we
found a very nice, complimentary
letter. When you read it you'll
understand why we couldn't resist
the temptation to print it here.
ITO all the Committee:
Il want to say you have done
wonderful job in contract negotia-
tions. / hope everyone else says
the same thing. don't think they
could have found a better com
mittee one that works for the
people. /, for one, wish to thank
you for what you have done for
us retired members. think you
are Hooper cent.
Give everyone my best regards,
Will be seeing you all at the Pic
mic.
- =
Love to you all,
Gladyes Estep"
THANH x,ou uarx, ,o,,,h fov ,,o,,,