Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-09-03
Letters to the Editor

Seekers strive for, and frequent
ly apparently live for, identifi-
cation with those insulated
classes who have made the
grade in attaining higher rung
on the social ladder.
Labor, organized or morgan
lied, is generally regarded as
the occupant of the lowest pla-
teau, and Identification with that
group has little to offer climb
ers toward the higher plateaus
of status. Their loyalties are
naturally with those who Occur
py the higher and more sanitary
levels to which they aspire to
mount. 1t is the hope of the
first category political oppo-
nents) to enlist the support of
the second category (Status
Seekers) to swell the ranks of
opposition to Congressman Fo-
ley. But, while the motives of
Status Seekers may be ques-
toned, their intelligence is not
always to be discounted. Many
such people land most of us are
occasionally in that group
while perhaps 'yearning for the
higher plateaus of acceptance,
are too smart to jeopordize their
economic well-being for an in.
tangible illusion. Most people of
today realize that we never be-
fore have had it so good. And
most people know the reason
for our present prosperity
nearly 70 million jobs in Amer
lea at wages that permit an ex-
banded volume of purchasing in
all consumer categories.
When labor is fully employed
on an adequate wage basis the
ba e of purchasing power is
broadened and the benefits pene-
trate into all levels of society.
When organized labor prospers,
conditions are also improved for
unorganized labor as well, i'm.
proved for the farmer, the
butcher, the baker, improved
for all the white-collar boys, the
entrepreneurs, and the coupon
clippers-all the way up through
the status categories to the top.
-. And, conversely, by repress-
ing labor and narrowing its base
of prosperity exactly the oppo-
site results are effected and a
spiral toward recession or de-
preston is begun.
OF course, Congressman Fo-
ley is a friend of labor for he
knows that if labor does not
prosper no one will prosper. He
has been completely frank and
honest in his position on the
labor bills. He is definitely for
an adequate labor bill that will
make the corrections needed, but
he is opposed to legislation that
is punitive or repressive in char
acter applying to organized la
Dor in general. Foley is for the
elimination of corruption in la
Dor, but he is definitely not for
the elimination of labor. He
knows that the wrongs COM
mitted by labor have come from
a minority of unions and that
the vast majority of unions have
clean records.
Congressman Foley would
Danish the rats from the labor
movement but he opposes the
burning down of the barn to
get rid of the rats. He fully
realizes that a strong labor
movement is our greatest eco
nomic asset and assurance Of
continued property. 1t is to be
assumed that most of his con-
stituents would also favor con-
tinued prosperity and increas-
ing economic strength and there
fore will see no betrayal of their
interests in the Congressman's
stand.
Congressman Foley's constitu-
ents should congratulate them
selves for electing a Represent.
alive who is making a splendid
record in serving their interests.
1t is certainly a refreshing in
terlude following the long night
Of congressional mediocrity to
again have another Representa-
tive of the competence and in
tegrity of the late David ]. Lew.
is speaking for us in Congress.
Harrison French