Show Information Please By Maurice 1 R R. Franks Editors Editor's Note Maurice R. R Franks is President of the National National National Na Na- Management Labor-Management Foundation and Editor of its official publication PARTNERS What menaces our immediate future is is not the further rise of American labor such in fact can be regarded asno as asno asno no less than of general economic advantage but rather the betrayal of American labor Jabor by those who would use this economic force to foist a new and unsavory political system upon our people as a whole In a word to translate Labor into Socialism here as has been done abroad And this brings up the vital question Will the American American Amer Amer- American ican workingman being what he is is lend himself to a movement movement movement move move- ment which in the end can only bring about his own destruction destruction des des- destruction through crippling the country he lives in The answer is NO with a whopping big proviso He will NOT provided he is properly informed concerning the basic facts of his economic existence He is no fool and anci will NOT become a tool provided he is handed information he can sink his teeth into Our enemies domestic and imported know this only too loo well And that is why they scramble to set up shop T 41 dJ L. L lU a l' l U vu- vu r cancy unofficially when there is is none All schools colleges colleges col col- colleges col- col leges and self-respecting self unions must therefore carefully screen all candidates for the job of teaching labor Employers of labor on the other hand must recognize the problem for exactly what it is and refrain at every turn from heaving packages of mere spiel at their workers in an to sell a biased point of view Light-headed Light tactics tactics tac tac- tactics tics like this only kick back in the end as many an employer employ employ- er has already found out to his sorrow The Tho guys and gals who comprise American labor are by and large both honest and intelligent and ana by nature and and ana religious training prefer the truth to falsehood Give them the truth and they have common sense enough to use the brains the good Lord endowed them with Give them the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth and they'll have no truck with Socialism or Communism or any ism but Americanism What all of us must know and appreciate is that the glory of our economic accomplishment is not that I labor management and invested capital have worked sideby sideby side sideby by side as partners The contributions of management should be accurately presented along with those of labor Chief among the former for for- fornier mer nier is the encouragement and support offered the spirit of research and invention For where would our economy be today lacking the achievements of our inventions past and present sent the Edi- Edi sons Bells the W Wrights ts and Carothers' Carothers Carothers' Carothers Carothers' Carothers Caro- Caro and others too numerous to mention And how could the research of these men have been supported and the fruits of their genius been promoted without the know-how know of management and the hard cold cash of invested capital Here is an important chapter in the American story w. w is every WOl worKers kers ker's right to 10 Know and ana learn oy by heart near Once this story is clearly and accurately presented no post-graduate post course will be needed to emphasize that this system of ours will not be retained unless it is proudly maintained maintained maintained main main- through continued application of the same forces that brought it into being in the first place The crying need today is for a to earth Honal program that will reach all segments of our society and serve to resolve misunderstandings as they exist between labor and management the hands and heads of our American American American Amer Amer- ican industry Such a program will give unionism full credit I for its honorable achievements but at the same time it will reveal the truth that all the unions in the country joined to together together together to- to gether could not better our economy by one iota if lacking the full functioning of labors labor's partners in production i. i e management and the ownership of capital Thus its it's time to quit loading the package The modern modern modern mo mo- dern worker wants not only food for the st stomach mach but also food for thought He can handle the truth Today his cry is No more propaganda no more hokum no more spiel from anybody just to earth INFORMATION PLEASE |