Show ROOSEVELT SAYS UNIONS ARE NOT ABOVE LAWS OF COUNTRY oyster bay aug 21 president roose tacit hae made applicable to all departments of abe service the principle he enunciated at the time he reinstated villiam A miller to the position in the government printing office from which miller had been dismissed because of a disagreement with the union the president ha plainly stated to the member of his cabinet that that principle ie to indicate the policy of the president in similar aws the president author fred the publication of a statement which wae sent to each member of cabinet on july the letter wao wa o by air bajner Baj nep cling to tho president and i as follows my dar sir the president me to and to you herewith for your in fondation fon nation copies of two letter ant to with reference to the government printing office which define the attitude of the administration hi connection with the they are ent for your information and guidance as they indicate the policy of the in this matter the letter to secretary cortelyou were written on july and lath the salient sentence of the first letter wass there is no oba action to the employed emp loyes of the government printing office constituting sti themselves into a union if they so desire but no rules or resolutions of that union can be permitted to override the laws of the united slated which it i my sworn duty to enforce hi jhc thc letter of the lath the president the finding of the strike commission regarding the employment of labay as follows it is adjudged and awarded that no person employment or m any ay against on or nonmember non member ship in ally and that there shall bo or interference ter ich any employed who ia not member of any labor organization by member of euch organization concerning this principle the president wrote it is of course more elementary decency to require that all government departments shall be handled in accordance with the principles thus clearly and fearlessly enunciated |