Show equivalent TO TREASON strikes have been such a common occur ance during the war that unpardonable as they are they no longer shock some people except in cases where the abuse is ds most glaring A recent strike in detroit was one of the latter A jurisdictional dispute tied up work in 24 vital war plants it is hard to imagine the bitterness that this uncalled for action must have aroused in the hearts of millions with members of their fam aldes serving in theames fhe the armed amed forces and dependent upon the products of those detroit plants to carry on the war they cannot be blamed for wondering what in the world has happened to ito the souls of workers who sanction these strikes knowing full well the consequences to our fighting men at least in fin the case of this detroit stake a government official came forth with an unqualified condemnation dem nation undersecretary of war robert P patterson wired local union on officials as follows your strikes are stopping the flow of ammu ammunition ni guns trucks and tanks t that hat are vitally needed a at t the fm front nt your strikes have nothing to do with w wages hours of work or working conditions and represent no honest grievance such conduct is equivalent to treason when it par paralyzes a blyzes plants making munitions that must be speeded to general eise Elsen eisenhower hower and general macarthur of course the strike ended but that does not alter the fact that 11 happened and that production v was held up industrial news review |