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Show Thunder Inn o Open for business under new management on Highway Hat Movie Ranch. : Breakfast- Lunch Dinner I -LABOR DAY SPECIAL-1 Try our famous Navajo Taco's (a meal in itself) j Drop in and see us. Ralph & Ruth Webb Ross & Jerry Berry Kevin & Mark The Birch Log ' The Right To Work force anyone to join its ranks. Nor can a fraternal organization, organiza-tion, a church, a professional association, or a civic club. Compulsion Com-pulsion is so alien to the American Amer-ican way that Americans cannot even be forced to register or to vote. Yet compulsory unionism is more the rule than the exception, excep-tion, and such compulsion is wrong. A labor union should operate under the same rules as any other voluntary association. That is, it should be free to enlist all whom it can properly persuade to join. Not Against Unions Over the years, The John Birch Society and other groups have been accused of anti-union bias because they favor right-to-work laws. The accusation is not justified. Such groups are in no way opposed to the voluntary association of working men and women. It is precisely because of concern for the welfare of union members that they believe Section 14-B to be both sensible and proper. For if compulsory unionism is established, labor bosses are freed from the necessity neces-sity to be responsive to the wishes of their members. The right to withhold support from any organization is the surest way to guarantee that it and its leaders behave. During a previous generation, so-called "yellow-dog" contracts contracts allowing employers to select a union for their work-erg work-erg vvere severely condemned by labor unions and eventually outlawed by government. Would not repeal of 14-B institutionalize institutional-ize a situation very similar to "yellow-dog" contracts? Does not compulsory unionism institutionalize insti-tutionalize discriminatory hiring practices? Where is the justice in forcing a worker to pay dues to a union that will use his dues money to finance political candidates can-didates whom he abhors? Congratulations to Louisiana, and to the other nineteen states where the worker's right to refuse re-fuse to join a union has contributed contrib-uted to better unions, better companies, com-panies, and a better America. 7978 The John Birch Society Featuret by John F. McManus - Belmont, Massachusetts A few weeks ago, the Louisiana, State Legislature passed a law which made Louisiana a "right-to-work state." The law simply ., says that any worker may refuse to join a labor union at his place of employment. Americans who have no direct contact with labor unions may find it surprising that this elementary ele-mentary right has to be established estab-lished by law. They should be quickly made aware that Louisiana Louisi-ana is only the twentieth state to enact a right-to-work law. Simple Sim-ple arithmetic indicates that in thirty states a man is compelled to become and remain a union member, pay dues, and submit to union discipline all as a condition of employment. Section 14-B It was New Deal legislation in the 1930'8 that gave unions the power to compel worker membership. mem-bership. But in 1947, Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act, overriding President Truman's veto in the process. Section 14-B of that Act allows "any State or Territory" to pass its own legislation legis-lation outlawing compulsory unionism. Labor bosses, stung by the actuality (or the ever-present ever-present possibility) of the loss of their monopoly over labor, have continuously waged war on Section 14-B. But the measure has withstood the numerous assaults as-saults aimed its way. Those who favor the repeal of 14-B habitually complain that non-union members often benefit from union-negotiated contracts because employers customarily pay union-scale wages to all workers regardless of union membership. The prerogative pre-rogative of an employer to establish es-tablish rates of pay in his place of business seems to have been ignored by right-to-work foes. Why labor unions should be the only private organizations in our country with the power to compel membership is never discussed. dis-cussed. Somehow, labor unions have been given a special and privileged status. Meanwhile, a veterans' organization cannot W COMING!! SW THE BIGGEST BARGAIN W J) EVER OFFERED Jp- CEDAR CITY (. OVER 1 Mir IN MERCHANDISE -FOOD (CsfT ENTERTAINMENT-DINING J, SI GIFT BOOK M 4 WATCH FOR IT! Jfe 1. Wayne .Smith SCHOOL BOARD I PRECINCT NO. 1 L Southern Utah native Business Experience Active in the LDS Church Dedicated -Concerned PHILOSOPHY With four children of my own, three in Iron County Schools at the present time, I have a genuine concern for the maintaining and development of our educational system. I believe that we should concentrate on fundamentals with emphasis on basic educational skills and provide for students at all levels of achievement potential. TOR INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BIRCH LOG, CALL: rO 00 BILL REAGAN 5ob-bZZb |