Show What Readers Think People Should Support Labor in Its Ifs Demands Editor Telegram In an editorial editorial editor editor- ial lal in the Salt Lake Telegram of November 23 you asked a question to which you could find no answer apparently You asked why the C CIO I 0 union in Downe Downey California refused to agree to toa toa toa a strike no-strike clause upon which the Aircraft company Insist insist- ed The answer is obvious These C CIO I 0 workers insisted upon the right to strike as the only assurance ifs a's s- s that the Aircraft company would keep its side of the contract I can only hope that this strike has been satisfactorily satisfactorily satisfactorily satis satis- settled for the C I 0 O workers In these times of ot rea reaction tion and war all Americans should make every effort to strengthen the unions by supporting their demands demands demands de de- de- de mands for decent wages and working conditions We Ve are dangerously near fascism when we allow attacks on these basic demands to go o unchallenged All Americans who firmly support support support sup sup- port labor and believe in democracy democracy democracy racy can only be alarmed by the increasing evidence in the administration administration administration ad ad- ministration and in congress to deny labor the right to strike and to demand decent the pretense that it interferes with the national defense program program program pro pro- gram and the security of the naI na na- na- na I tion Democracy becomes a mockery when it fails to protect the rights of labor I am confident confident confident con con- that the American people will rally to the support of the labor unions and demonstrate their faith in the progressive spirit of labor Charlotte Johnson EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE Thank you roll or your our answer er to our question ques ques- tion May we se ask one more If the company failed to keep its side of the thc contract would that not void oid the contract including any union a agreement under the contract not to strike c |