Show I I IL Dictates of Conscience There are times so e weve we've been told when a Congressman Con Con- Congressman gressman or Senator play may feel compelled in good conscience to take n a stand standon on sonic some particular issue which he knows full well is contrary to the wishes of ofa It a majority of his constituents By so 80 doing ho un- un unI would risk being voted out of office ut at utI atthe the next election And Aud we would respect such a man manfor for his conscientiousness even if we disagreed with this position But we dont don't toke take it for granted in such cases that someone is really following the dictates of con COIl conscience science just because ho he claims so We Vo expect for example that this might be the claim of many among the members of the tho present Congress who voted recently to repeal Section 14 b of the Taft Act despite the fact freely admitted by many of them that their constituents were overwhelmingly in favor of of keeping that provision in the law We Ve dont don't doubt one bit that some of them were voting according to some some dictates hut but not we are equally certain of con con- conscience science Theirs was in our opinion an entirely unconscionable act It demonstrated a willingness on their part to violate severn several 1 of the basic and inherent rights of fill all American working men and women those who are union members as well ns as those who are not in order to ingratiate themselves with power lusting elements clements in government and in the hierarchies chies of labor unions We Vo might hope that when the time comes these Congressional servants of some some- somebody body else elso will be ousted from office by the constituents whom whom they have betrayed But our more imme- imme immediate immediate diate concert is still to preserve if we can Section 14 b that part of the Taft Taft-Bartley Act which stands as safeguards to n it workingman's s 's freedom of choice to joist join or not to join a labor union Fortunately there is still some hope for that The rhe drive hy by the union bosses with the help of their political debtors in government go to abolish the last vestiges of free freedom om for their membership has still to be voted upon hy by the tho US Senate If we the work work- working working ing and aud taxpaying people of the United States Stat s make our om sentiments clear to that august body perhaps conscience and amI common sense instead of demagogy will dictate the outcome after all |