Milford chronicle., 1957-11-08
LABOR AND MANAGEMENT

LABOR AND MANAGEMENT
The Mcclellan committee in the Senate is
widely referred to as the labor rackets COM
mittee. This loose title fosters the impression
that the committees sole function is to eX-
pose racketeering in the ranks of organized
labor, and to pinpoint examples of abuse of
power by labor leaders. The fact is that the
committees function is much broader and
more useful than that.
How broad, and how useful, is indicated
by the official name of the Mcclellan commit
tee: Select committee to investigate i'm
proper activities in labor-management rela-
tions." This title underscoreS the fact, made
increasingly clear by recent disclosures in
testimony, that some management leaders as
we'll as some trade unions leaders are cul-
pable.
This is not said by way of easing the
pressure on organized labor. 1t is not said to
divert attention from the sickening reve-
lations of fraud and evil-doing in the house
of labor. 1t is said in an effort to put the
whole matter back into the perspective the
Senate intended when it set up the commit
tee What Senator Mcclellan and his col
leagues are investigating is improper ac-
tivity in the relationships between labor and
management.
The guilt of unprincipled labor leaders
must not be minimized. 1t is equally import
guilt of management be set forth IN equal
detail. If sound legislation is to come out
of the Mcclellan committees probing, it
must be based on full and balanced disclo-
sure of the facts. Responsible leaders in both
management and organized labor are the
first to agree with this analysis of situa-
tion gravely troubling to them all.
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THE AMATEUR DOCTOR
While we do not think amateurs should
attempt to diagnose and treat patients, new
ertheless, we received in the mail a copy of
a small, first-aid booklet recently which
would be a valuable asset to any home IL
brary. The small booklet, edited by DR.. Hen
ry r. Kreider, is designed for use in emer-
gencies.
1t is very brief and has index tabs which
allow the amateur to flip the book open at
the proper page to find out what should be
done in respiratory emergencies, burns and
cold exposure, bandages and dressings,
bleeding, fractures, wounds, poisons, and
so on. The advice given is brief but sound
and is designed to help the amateur until
the doctor arrives.
The advice is valuable and could save
lives if followed. Just as we think it would
be good idea for all those who drive to
keep small first-aid kit and a small fire
extinguisher in the glove compartment OF
their car, we think it would be advisable for
every home to have a small book on first
aid to be consulted in emergencies.
Even those of us who have, at one time
or another, learned artificial respiration and
other first-aid measures are prone to forget.
AS the years go by, we may IND ourselves
suddenly confronted with an emergency and
unable to remember exactly what to do and
just how to do it.
For that reason, we suggest that first
aid book would be valuable asset to those
homes where one is not now available and
that all drivers would be wise to supply
their automobiles with small irst-aid kits
and fire eXtinguishers-the latter item also
being a valuable safety item for the home.
BROWNELLS RESIGNATION
The resignation of Attorney-General
Herbert Brownell marks the departure of
the six member of President Eisenhower's
original Cabinet, who has resigned to re-
turn to private business There had been
speculation that Brownell would leave the
Cabinet before the end of the year but his
resignation announcement caught some by
surprise.
Brownell has been under heavy fire in
the Southern States, and many Democrats
and Republicans in that section felt that
Brownells advice to President Eisenhower
was ill-advised during the Little Rock inte-
grafton crisis. On the other hand, it is only
fair to say that most of those outside the
South-both Democrats and Republicans
concurred in Brownell's reasoning.
Brownell leaves the Attorney s-General
Office as one of the most controversial At
torneys-G General ever to serve in the history
of our country. He is probably more unpop-
ular in the South than any. Attorney-General
in decades, although this is not the case in
the other three-fourths of the nation. In
such a situation, it is President Eisenhow-
er's advantage to have new Attorney-Gen-