| Show did released by western N newspaper newspaper union U S LABOR AND CLOSED SHOP LAST SPRING W 0 hart editor of the orange ca calif lif daily news under a heading the fifth freedom wrote and printed an editorial which has attracted nationwide interest and has been reprinted from the pacific to the atlantic seaboard in that editorial hart demanded for american workers the right to employment without the of tribute to labor racketeers the right to join or not to join a 2 union as they chose he insisted the right to work was the basic right of all freedoms that without it all other rights were valueless the closed shop principle for which labor racketeers are contending is a violation of the constitutional privilege of the more than 50 million american workers wo akers now employed of which only about one fourth are members of unions labor racketeers would say to the the other three fourths that they could not work to support themselves and their families without paying tribute such amount of tribute as the racketeers may levy we h have ave been suffering ering from minor minority it y rule congress has listened to these organized blocs in the matter of legislation congress has failed to realize they are but minorities and do not represent a majority of the american people congress will find a majority of the american people will vote out of office any group of senators or representatives who attempt to impose upon them any law that deprives the worker of bin bill harts fifth freedom the right to work without the payment of tribute to union racketeers ADDING GADGETS TO government SINCE 1913 they have added many new gadgets to automobiles that have made of them better machines which are more easily operated more pleasant to ride in and the improved cars sell at a much lower price than those made in 1913 automobiles are a product of private enterprise ter prise since 1913 many new gadgets have been added to the national government ern ment new departments new bureaus new commissions have been added but the machine is not more easily operated and it does not provide any additional pleasures for us average americans but government does sell at a much higher price in 1913 the national government cost for each man woman and child in the nation the modest sum of or a total of for all of us by 1939 the new gadgets brought the cost for each of us up to a total of for all of us in 1939 we were not paying for any war preparations as we are now the cost has been multiplied up to 10 times what it was in 1913 if congress really wants to reduce the cost of civil activities of government it should study that old 1913 model which we the people liked 0 FARM PRICES IN WAR TIME THE WORLD WAR I 1 price of farm products with wheat at a top of a bushel in 1917 and other items proportionately high harmed more farmers than it helped such prices encouraged them to buy land at exorbitant values and the mortgage holders closed them out when neither principal nor interest could bould be paid as prices dropped to normal or below after the close of the war in this war america does not have the problem of feeding the greater part of europe as it did from 1914 to 1919 now our one customer is england but war does make a difference top price of wheat in 1939 was 72 cents in 1941 top price was not enough to encourage high land values CHANGE IN ATTITUDE OF BRITISH IN 1918 in company with sir evelyn wrench then a major in the british army I 1 walked down the strand in london just in front of us walking in the same direction was a distinguished member of the british house of lords coming towards us and towards his lordship were four british tommies commies tom mies arm in arm As they approached his lordship stepped off the sidewalk to 0 let them pass that I 1 said to major wrench typifies the england of the future the common man of england has found that he rates he will no longer make way for the nobility he has defended england and he knows it |
