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■r i. .r 959 rriday, January 9, 1959 THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Page Seven Economic Highlights Happening That Affect the Future ef Every Individual- National and International Problamt Inteparable ./ from Local Welfare 1 m Alignin^t Cqn. Adid 5Q% to Life of Tires Get Our Free' "BEAR" Inspection Today Kinston Highway Dial ME 7-4206 "Floyd Paul, Sr. Floyd Paul, Jr. It has long Ueen evident that po litical institutions often- adapt themselves with almost glacial slowness to changes in the condi- lions with which they are suppos ed to deal. Ah outstanding impor tant example, as an article in The Juaranty Survey points out, is tound in oiir labor laws'. It says; jThese laws were passed at a time Ivhen no one dreamed that organiz ed labor could ever attain such a position as it enjoys today. Indus trial workers were thought of as underprivileged members of the population. Their inferior position vas attributed tf their inequality bf bargaining power—to the view that ah individual worker was ai a lopeless disadvantage in negotiat Ing with an employer whose pay roll might include huniheds or thousands of persons. Hence it was ieemed desirable to protect and en- bourage workers in their efforts to form organizations to represent |them in bargaining over wage rates and working conditions.” This attitude was undoubtedly justified in long past times. In any event, it found full reflection pn major legislation. The l^erman Vet, the first anti trust law, was j>assed in 1890, and it was held not to apply to a Conibipation of v^fk- brs seeking to improve ^ages"^ and vork'lng conditions. The Clayton Vet, passed in 1913, went much farther still, and specifically ex empted labor organizations and [heir members from the restraints Imposed upon others, saying that 1‘the labor of a human being is not commodity -ov article of com- aerce.” Subsequently, the Norris aGuardia Act of 1932 and the i^agner Act of 1935 gave addition privileges and immunities to the aibns. ;-0ne of t|je country’s naost dis- ' aguished -legal scholcwe-ahd' teach- leW,' Dean jb^hshbe J^upd of’ Har- Ivard, has listed the areas in which tunions have complete or nearly Fcumplete immunity from strictures I applying to other organizations, i These include sanctity of contracts, restraint of trade, obligations of [essential public services, the right [to work, and racketeering. So, as [The Guaranty Survey puts it: “Un- Ider this protection and these im- [munities, the position of labor or- [ganizations has been literally rev- lolutionized within the last 25 [years. . .” No longer can anyone Ihonestly daim that organized work- lers are the underprivileged—in- [deed, the present-day underpriv- jileged “are to be found among the consumers whose cost of living ps forced higher and higher by suc cessive rounds of wage increases poUbwed, as they must be, by high- |er prises for the products.” what it al} amounts to is that [unions now have monopoly power, I just a*s Capital had monopoly poiyer in anbthet age. That is why the de mand fot "legislative reform has been "growing al a great pace in late years and months. No doubt the revelation of the McClellan Comniittee spurred the demand. But dishonestly on the-part of cer tain union officials is the smaller part of the problem. TOe big thing, in the minds of legions of people, is that organized labor has powers, and extremely potent powers. Which no other segnieht of society enjoys. The Guaranty Survey thus ex presses a wktelyrheld view when it says in conclusion: “What is need ed is a new body of labor law based on the recognition that the supplying of labor to industry has become a business—next to govern ment, the biggest business in tlie economy. Like other businesses. It must be kept competitive if the economy is to remain free, ^or no legislative enactment can alter the fact that labor is the most Impor tant of all ‘articles of commerce,’ the largest factor of produotlon, and the chief component of price. It cannot be permitted tp fall into hands of monopolists Without strik ing at the very foundations of free institutions.” 'HOPPER'S POLICE RECORD Denver—^A grasshopper recent ly made the, Denver police blotter. Angelina Janzen told police a grasshopper nipped her oh ttie knee while she Waited for a traf fic light. She said she took her foot off the brake and her car rammed into the rear of another If you’re one of the lucky New Bernians with a lad in'your'house hold, you might appreciate to the fullest these lines that a proud father who is anonymous penned yeara-ago. ^ v“- >■ ■ i- ~ Between the innocence of baby hood and the dignity of manhood We find a delightful creature called a* boy. Boys come in assorted sizes, weights'and'Cbloi-sls but all boys haveuthe Sime '''' creedtLtO' enjoy every second of every minute^ of every day. To protest‘With noise (Aeiy only weapon) when thejp Isjst minute is finMhed,’ and the adult males pack them off to bed at night. t • • ■ Boys are found everywhere—bn top of, underneath, inside of, climb ing on, swinging from, running around, or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older brothers abd sisters’tolerate them, adults ignore them, and Heaven protects them. jA boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger. Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair, and Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket. When you’re busy, a boy Is an in considerate, bothersome, intruding jangle of noise. When you want him to make a good impression, his brain turns to jelly, or else he bucomes a savage, sadistic jungle creature bent on destroying the world and himself with it. ' [a. boy is a composite—he has the apetife of a horse, the digestion 6f' a sword'swallower, the bnergy of a pocket-size atomib bomb, the cbfiosity of a cat, the lun^s of a dictator, the imagination of a Paul BUnyan, the shyness of a violet, the audacity of a steel trap, the eMhusiasm of fire cracker; and wuen he malp$$ something he has five thumbs on earh-hand, I He likes ice ‘cream, knives. Saws, Christmas, corblc books, the boy .across the street, wdods, water (in it;'natural habitat), large ahitnals. Dad, trains, Saturday mornings, and fire engines. He is not much f(# Sunday ' schboll^'^’ company) sih'ools, books Without pictures, ninsic lessons, necktiesi barbers, girls, overcoats, adults or bedtime. Nobody else is so early to rise. or so late to supper. Nobody else gets so much fun out of trees, dogs and breezes. Nobody else can cram into one pocket a rusfy knife, a half-eaten apple, 3 feet of string, an empty Bull Durham sack, 2 gum drops, 6 cents, a sling shot, a chunk of unknown substance, and a gen uine supersonic code ring with a secret compartment. A boy is a magical creature—you can lock him out of your work shop, but you can’t lock him out of ypur he'Oi-t. YoU Cah get Him Out of yhur study, but ydii can’t get him but if jrour 'mind. Might fik’Well "live up-^liO’ is 'your*capltop, your ailer, your boss and your master. A freOkled faced,^ pint-siZOd, cat- chasing, bundle ef noise. Biit when you come home at night with only the sholfhrfill'"piodh? W yodr' hopes and dreams, he can mend them like peW with the'two magic words— i Dad.” Hi D; r (Wheel elignment, motor tun^up, I brake, generator, (tarter repairs, t Harvey Moore. I > I ' Ballard's Sapyipe Station i Bridgeton, N. C, ‘ dfar MB 7-^662 vehicle. I Mrs. Janzen Wjgs charged with c^rele^s drjvipg. j. w. smith agency, ^ GENERAL IN^RANCE HOtIL GOVERI^R TRYON Parking Facilities Availg^a in Back of Hgtol Office Phone ME 7-5500 Residence ME 7-2344 V’- * Y' /‘fT r Al( of us jump at the chftme to Eom Mfwne Town news and photos. The Mi/cror goes all oy^i; fhe wprl^. Why not subscribe for relatives and friends in far’ off places?
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