Show Viciousness and Violence In a a. Un Union on vs Union Fight The he bombings of homes of union members and other ther acts of violence In is the Hollywood jurisdictional dispute are samples of or the kind of viciousness and unlawfulness which so often result when labor unions are irresponsible This a clear cut clear cut case of vicious labor labor ta tactics tics which involves no question of management labor conflict or or abuse in any way of workers This In is a question of selfish ambitious aggressiveness aggressive- aggressive ness on the part of on one union directed against another union Two American Federation of Labor unions are involved Involved- the Conference of Studio Unions and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage The fo former er union staged a strike as 85 the result of of a jurisdictional dispute with the latter union The employer in this case is just caught in the middle of the fight From the beginning this strike has been marked by violence as the C S U has tried to force a complete shutdown of operations operations operations opera opera- keeping members of pf the rival I A AT T S SE E off the J b. b Latest development has been bombing attacks on the thee homes of non non- strikIng members of- of o the union Five workers workers' homes have baye now been attacked Serious damage has been done by the blasts although fortunately so far no one ne has been injured In addition a bus which had bad been used to transport workers to the studios was stolen set et afire and sent rolling roIling without a driver through a service Benrice station and onto busy Beverly boulevard It crashed Into three parked cars and was almost a complete loss The I A T S E has bas posted a reward for tor information regarding the persons responsible for the home bombings That in itself is evidence that this is no ordinary labor dispute between union and management but a fight between tw two rival unions A spokesman for the striking union denied that his union had anything to do with the acts of violence violence but but that denial must certainly be taken with a grain of salt Such vicious action in a labor dispute is intolerable Bomb attacks on homes which threaten the lives and safety of innocent inno Inno- cent women and children cannot be condoned under any circum circum- stances They are the most contemptible cowardly kind of assault Anyone who would carry out such an attack and any organization which would enc encourage urage or wink at such acts acUs of violence has forfeited all right to public sympathy or support Its It's time tune to stop such tactics on the part of labor It blackens the face of all labor It mobilizes public opinion against labor and the abuse of labors labor's rights and privileges and power more than anything else possibly could It is in the interest of labor itself to halt bait such vicious labor strike tactics Something must be done to make labor responsible Something Something Some Some- ome- ome thing must be done to make mak labor Jabor live within the law just as any citizen or any other organization has bas to live within the law The cause of labor Jabor docs does not need to be supported by acts acUs of viciousness viciousness vicious- vicious ness and violence in order for labor Jabor to win support and gain its objectives and objectives and any particular labor dispute which must be furthered by such violence cannot be a good cause capable of standing on its own feet Labor in America today is strong It is recognized It has rights It has bas the law Jaw on side Bide It s 's s time that labor grow up ab abandon don the brawling tactics of its youth and take its place as asB asa B a law-abiding law decent responsible member of society |