Show I What Our Readers Think Labor Threatened With Lots Loss of Years of cf Progress I Editor Telegram To Challenger Challenger Challenger Chal lenger What particular part of my article do you take exception to You admit in your last paragraph paragraph paragraph para para- graph that there 1 is a campaign against labor I have have named several several several sev sev- eral groups who are carrying on this campaign The campaign is still In full swing and the latest recruit is Eddie I contend that under the guise of the war emergency various groups are doing all in their power to take away from the working man all the gains he has accomplished in the past 50 years Inasmuch as t the h e argument started with the press press' slander of or the National Maritime union seamen I would like to comment further on this You no doubt know that since my article the theN theN theN N M U has filed libel suits totaling totaling totaling total total- ing against the publishing publishing publishing pub pub- lishing companies responsible for circulating this vile rumor A house naval affairs subcommittee subcommittee sub sub- committee headed hel by Representative Representative Representative Warren G. G Magnuson questioned Charles C. C Miller city editor of ot the Akron Ohio V c Beacon Journal and anda a sob sister reporter Mrs Helen Waterhouse Both admitted the yarn was bas based d on hearsay from unidentified marines When Representative Representative Representative Rep Rep- Magnuson demanded the names of the marines Mrs Waterhouse said that if she di divulged divulged dl- dl the sources of the information mation it would destroy public faith in reporters Immediately after the article was circulated Li Lieutenant e u t en ant Colonel Lewis B. B Puller of the marine corps who had just re returned returned returned re- re turned from Guadalcanal stated at a press conference that had no difficulties of this nature in the Solomons Proof that newspapers which reprinted the story were not in interested interested interested in- in In the truth was Indicated indicated indicated indi indi- by the fact that the Washington Times Herald ran the rumored story In the column next to a long story about Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant Colonel Pullers Puller's press conference b but u t In Lieutenant Colonel Pullers Puller's story failed to carry his denial of the labor trouble Mr Challenger what Is your reaction to this sort of anti anti- labor propaganda Labor L 4 S. n |