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Show Labor Racketeers ulust Be Ousted By GEORGE FECK Back in 1939. we were asked Uy a newspaper editor to state our position on union labor. We answered ans-wered as follows: "You asked us how we stand on. union labor. We are for orani2ect labor. We recognize the right of labor to bargain colectively by all legitimate methods. We demand, however, that this be done without with-out dictation, coercion, domination or interference of any kind. Wre do deplore the fact that a small minority min-ority of labor's leadership is made up of men who are either communistic com-munistic or are exploiting the workers for their awn selfish ends." If that same or any other editor edi-tor were to ask us the same question ques-tion today, we would give practically prac-tically the same answer except that we would be considerably more emphatic in expressing our convictions on the right of labor to bargain collectively. Since 1939 we have had the privilege of talking talk-ing with a number of executives whose corporations for the first time, have signed contracts with labor unions. Most of them who entered reluctantly and with considerable con-siderable apprehension into contractual con-tractual arrangements with unions, report they have found their fears were unfounded. One of these executives ex-ecutives put it to us in this way, and he reflects the viewpoint of most of the employers we interviewed: inter-viewed: "It has made for greater stability in our plants. It has made for a more responsible union handling the affairs of our men. It has put the executive officers of our company com-pany on a more equitable and fair competitive basis so far as wage costs are concerned. When our present contract with the unions un-ions is up for renewal, my associates will gladly negotiate with the union un-ion officials, firm in the belief that all of us have learned much from each other, and will be able to arrive . quickly at a . renewal agreement mutually advantageous to employees and corporation." This would seem to indicate that when management and union leaders lead-ers act with consideration and decency toward each other, both employer and employees benefit thereby. Laws have been in force for some time putting certain restrictions re-strictions on corporations for the protection of the public. These became be-came necessary because a small minority of corporation officials refused to play the game along humanitarian lines. Similar laws should now be enacted to protect the public generally and the workers work-ers specifically against the predatory preda-tory minority in labor's leadership. Realizing the vital necessity of this, a small but well-officered labor la-bor union, the Railroad Yardmas-ters Yardmas-ters of North America, Inc., is sponsoring a Bill introduced into Congress by Representative John S. Gibson legislation that would oust from the public scene, those labor leaders who are retarding rather than advancing the cause of labor. This newspaper will gladly glad-ly send you a copy of the Gibson Bill. H.R. No. 6777. Write for it, study it and throw your support behind this progressive labor legislation. |