Unions Are Democracies
I HAVE oftaa aaid that
Amtriea'i union* ara
•»« af tha founda
tion stonaa af Aiuariea'a
DenMeraay. I will think
to. I think aa baeauaa
union* ara far tha moat
part demoaratic orfaniza
credit union* or their
democratically elected
leader*.
But the moat dangerous
attempt to amach a union
i* the propoeal to oae the
Draft to brook itrike*. It'*
aa old trick. The am
interest of their -
If this i* true, then it M al*o
true that anything which tend*
to undermine unionism in Amer
ica tende alto to undermine
Democracy in America. Union*
protect the ordinary men and
women of our country in
daily life and work. So
Democracy. Union* protect them
against dictation by their em
ployer*. juat a* Democracy pro
tect* them again*! dictation by
tUir government. Union* *triv*
constantly to rai*e the standard
of living of the American people.
ju»t a* democratic government
in America trie* to do the came
thing. Etientially the only difor
cnee between America** union*
and her form of government i*
a difference in *ize. Union* are
(mailer democraci** within the
one great Democracy. America
i* hcrtelf really ju*t ana big
union, which include* and pro
tect* all American*.
Anything that harm* our union*
harm* our democratic way of
life. An attack on a union i* an
attack on the democratic way of
life that union member* have
fought to win for thorn *olvea.
There have been many *ign*
ra m wolai j*a aMinannn nMnelra
recently o* rvMwvi wiirfi on
union*. Cong ret* i* fall of anti
union legislation those days. Flo
petal* to emasculate the Wagner
lit or “kill”
Act. Proposal* to limit
the Wage* and Hour* law. The
professional *mear committed
are always hunt trying to di*
strike. Some government ofteial
coma* aloof and says to tk«
atrikera: “Either you fo buck to
work or see will draft you into
the array."
Of count, it's all supposed to
bo for the defease of Democ
racy. Bat sehut kind of “dofonee
of Democracy” is that? This
kind of attack on unions is ex
actly what Hitlar did in Ger
many. This kind of attack on
unions is exactly what want an
in Prance in the name of defend
inf French democracy. And you
know what happened in Prance.
But even more than that, it
implies something that 1, and
1 will guess most other Amer
icana. do not Idee. It implies that
going into the Army ia some
kind of punishment. It implies
that tbs Army is going to be
used at a nationwide aoneontra
tion samp for those who defend
their wages, their jobs, and the
American standard of living
against assault, t
Our Army was erected to de
fend American Democracy. If it
is going to bo used as a strike
breaking agency, its purpose will
have been subverted. That will
be using it to destroy our De
mocracy, not defend it. And
Americans don't want to destroy
their Democracy. Democracy pro
tects America and Americans.
Wo want ta defend it.
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A. F. OF L COUNCIL
POSTPONES TWO
NAT. CHARTERS
MIAMI, PI*.—The Executive Coun
cil of the American Federation of
Labor, at ita mid-printer meeting here,
postponed granting a national char
ter to 126 Federal unions in the grain
processing industry, claiming 17,000
members, because it wished to make
sure that these unions did not in
clude craftsmen who should come un
der the jurisdiction of other national
unions.
The Council also ruled that the
time had not yet arrived to grant a
national charter to nearly 100 Federal
office workers’ unions claiming 10,
000 members.
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The county commisisoner* Monday
elected J. Ed Stukes solicitor of the
Mecklenburg Recorder’s court to sue
eeed Hugh M. McAulay, resigned, and
designated David H. Henderson to
act as assistant at such times as the
regular solicitor may be on vacation
or absent as result of illness.
The county is to pay the assistant
for two weeks while the solicitor is
on vacation, but the solicitor pays
the assistant on other occasions when
the assistant relieves the solicitor.—
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“Gunmen” originally were not
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again."
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