| Show the closed door from an american point of 0 view vie v it is hard to see sec why the closed door idea in industry which denies the right ot of employment to any but union members is tolerated by people who are familiar with the struggle american history to make the freedom of the individual the paramount principle in national life the whole theory of 0 american democracy demands absolute freedom to work where and when one pleases to sell ones labor and the products ot 01 ones labor without any hindrance on the part of other individuals or groups of individuals denial of this right Is an invasion of personal liberty more serious than the invasion of any political prerogative from the earliest day when a worker seeks reward revard for the exercise of his talents or his strength he must tie be protected by public sentiment from the dictation of any minority who attempting to circumscribe the conditions of tree free industry would say to lim him you can not work here except by our 1 leave eave or to one who desires to 0 o engage his services wo we forbid torild you to hire this maril man the closed door theory in employment is inimical to american industrial progress infinitely worse than that it Is destructive of american character everyone with the best interests of ambitious workers at heart should realize this milwaukee employers council |
