LABOR HAS 2t-YEAR
GAINS TO APPRECIATE
By REP JOHN W. McCOKMACK
<D„ Maas.)
'The working men and women
W>f the United State* have very
moth to be thankful for on this
Labor Day, 1953,, for the past
two decades have brought many
.changes for their betterment. I
am thankful that I have had the
opportunity of having some small
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part in bringing about thcaa
changes.
When I became a Member of
Congress in IMS, tbs workers of
our country were working long
hours for small wages. Labor had
no assurance of security of em
ployment and against eld age.
Labor had no truly strong unions
to champion their cause because
labor injunctions could be obtain
ed so easily to restrict the ac
tivities of legitimate trade unions.
And, Labor had no effective, con
crete guarantee of the right to
bargain collectively for the com
mon good of your fellow em
plyees.
During my service in Congress,
I have seen all these unfortunate
conditions remedied by enlight
ened Congressional action under
the leadership of our late Presi
dent Franklin Delano Roosevelt
and of former President Harry
S. Truman. They had the assist
ance and support of our great na
tional labor organisations.
The evils of the labor injunc
tion as it generaly was used in
the first three decades of the cen
tury came under the scrutiny of
Congress in 1932, and with the
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Uw Moral SfaaMs Root Of AG ProUw
BY REP. CHARLES B. DEANE (D. N. C.)
To And unity I must live unity.
Democracy is destroyed when I fight for it in Congress and
i live • dictatorship -at home. That’s exactly what I did before I
found an aswer to division and strife. It came when I was
i willing to change and apply absolute moral standards to my
i life and say I was sorry.
If H applies to a politician. What about the workers . . .
| management? Absolute honesty and absolute purity bring
unity into the home. They eliminate strife in the plant—pro
I Auction goes up, grievances go down. You are than prepared'
) to live an idea superior to Communism. You have the answer
i to the class struggle.
Today, labor leaders and workers foel insecure. It’s felt
i within the family circle. Iron curtains exist between husband
I and wife, father and son, mother and daughter. One trade
1 union organisation doesn’t trust another. Special legislation
| doesn’t bring the answer.
The answer is simple.. Our forefathers of the Continental
'• Congress broke the shackles of the past and freed the minds
and hearts of men. They were willing to make a complete
i commitment of their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor,
i Jefferson commented. “Men are known by what they reject.”
i There is missing in legislation and negotiations that per
i sonal moral discipline which produces clear thinking. Good labor
contracts don’t seem to satisfy. Labor, management and gov
ernment are on the defensive because moral standards are
missing.
Yes. we produce more automobiles, radios, washing ma
i chines, ride faster and fly higher than any other country. Like
i wise we have m&re broken homes, more divorces, more venereal
l diseases, more murders than any other civilized nation.
The answer to this tragic acknowledgment comes when men
in leadership have the courage to begin with themselves and
j change and be different. A world labor leaddr of my acquaint
ance, speaking recently before a great industrial conference in
Switzerland pointed out: “When we men u labor are clear on
simple moral standards, like drink and wttnen, then we can see
straight and understand the extremists who would divide con
quer and then destroy us.”
puugc of the Norris-LaGuardia
Act, Congress made it clear that
labor organizations, aa such, were
rot conspiracies and that work
ers had a right to bargain col
lectively with their employers.
The act further stated that the
federal courts shall not have
jurisdiction to issue any restrain
ing order of temporary or per
manent injunction in a case grow
ing out of a labor dispute.
These new rights of labor were
strengthened by the passage of
the National Recovery Act with
the inclusion of Section 7(A)
which was hailed by workers as
the new Magna Carta of Labor.
In June, 1936, the National Labor
Relations (Wagner) Act was
passed by Congress and became
the cornerstone of employer-em
ployee relations in this country.
It was designed to protect labor
and encourage the growth of un
ions at a time when business was
just beginning to overcome the
effects of the 1929 depression.
Many workers were still unem
ployed. Under the protection of
the Wagner Act, unions grew
strong, and the right of employees
to organise and bargain collective
ly was established firmly. /
It is with pride that I say
that I spoke and voted in .Con
gress for all these Acts for the
betterment of our American work
ing men and women. I have vig
orously opposed the Taft-Hartley
Act with its anti-labor provisions,
and I rave urged its repeal.
It is therefore necessary for
alt of us who favor progressive
legislation to continue to work
endlessly for those principles
which have furthered human
growth and progress so that we
may make America a better place
in which to live, and to preserve
and strengthen the family life
of our country.
L.P.A. POSES QUESTIONS TO
NATION’S LABOR LEADER8
(Contin&ed from Pi(« 7)
Goob Include Labor Unity,
Comprehensive Haaltb Soroka,
Guaranteed Annual Wage
Bjr David J. McDonald, President,
United 8teelwsrkers of America,
CIO
On this Labor. Day of 1953, the
working people are troubled by the
difficulties which beset the world’s
efforts to secure peace and pros
perity—with freedom. American
labor is fully conscious of its heavy
burden of responsibility and op
portunity in the struggle for hu
man welfare.
Events are giving ever greater
emphasis to the strong instinctive
desire of workers for peace and
freedom. War and tyranny fall
heavily on laboring people. Dicta
torship does not provide prosperi
ty; it rules at the expense of every
decent human value. No amount of
propaganda or confusion can long
hide the eternal truth that pro
gress for the human family can
only come with freedom.
In our own land, wo have seen
ever-increasing strides toward a
healthier, more prosperous, more
spiritually rich life for the plain
people. This progress continues
despite obstacles. Efforts to turn
back the dock are not succeeding.
We are proud that Organised
Labor stands as a great tower of
strength in the struggle for free
dom, for peace and for greater se
curity, opportunity and prosperity.
I The enemiea of human program
and freedom are not all found ua
der the Bed banner of Communism.
Here in our own beloved country,
non-Communist enemies of free*
dom have grown bolder and more
cunning. While they constantly
talk against Communism, they act
more and more in the hated tradi
tions of Communist tyranny. They
divide our people and seek to de
stroy the veTy groups and activi
ties which are the most effective
weapons against domestic and
world communism.
The need for democrative pro
gress is so great and freedom’s
enemies are so aggressive that
positive steps are needed to bolster
the forces of progress. Forward
looking Americans need unity of
action. In keeping with this need,
the forces of free organized labor
which are growing ever more
united internationally must rapid
ly forge unity here at home. No
technical obstacle to labor unity ia
so great as to prevent united ef
forts, co-operative relationships
and prompt, honorable organisa
tional unification of the great free
labor unions of our nation.
— The strength of Organised
Labor is vital because freedom
needs progress. The successful ac
tivities of Labor are at the heart
of improvement of the security and
standard of living of the whole of
the American people. The last
decade of rapid progress in the
fields of health, social welfare and
economic well-being has come in
large measure because of Labor’s
growing strength and unity. We
cannot rest on the achievements
already made.
The major areas of progress are
ahead of us. The development of
fully comprehensive health services
for the plain people of America
is a goal for which we are striv
ing: it is a goal which can be
achieved in the not distant future.
The widespread application of
guaranteed wage plans to supple
ment and supplant the inadequate
unemployment insurance system is
corning even closer to reality. Ever
greater co-operation between labor
and industry to improve living
standards for all Americans is
taking place at the grass roots in
and many other practical forward
steps furnish necessary fuel to
feed -the flames of freedom and
to minimise tensions and conflicts
in all walks of life. Labor is proud
to be an important participant in
the down-to-earth process of dem
ocratic growth.
This Labor Day is a fitting oc
casion to redouble our dedication
to freedom and to the achievement
of a greater measure of labor unity
as an aid to progress. The Steel
workers of the United States and
Canada have reaped the fruits of
their own unity and common pur
pose. As we visualise the greater
challenges ahead, we pledge our
efforts toward the achievement of
unity of all American workers.
Bfwd, fMcs, Freedom And
••Her Leber Standards Sent
Abreed Thru ICFTU And ILO
By George P. Delaney
International Representative
American Federation of Labor
All people of the United States
join in observing Monday, Septem
ber 7 as a holiday in tribute to the
vital part which the workers of
the United States have played in
the development of our great coun
try. I am confident that the trade
unionist of the United States would
be glad to share this tribute with
their fellow workers in other coun
tries throughout the world.
Peter J. McGuire first suggested
to the Central Laor Union of New
York ityC on May 8, 1882, that a
day in each year be set aside as
a special holiday for honoring the
working men and women of the
United States, I am sure that he
could not have possibly envisaged
the tremendous influence the pro
ductive ability of American work
ers would have on the people of
the entire world.
The contribution of the Ameri
can workers to the wage earner#
in other lands has been mad#
through their association with the
free trade union affiliated with the
international Confederation of
Free Trade Unions, whose basic
objective is bread, peace, and free
dom, and through participation in
the work of the International (abor
Organisation, which establishes in
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ternatlonal ituuani for worsen
throughout the world.
Ai we celebrate Labor Day IMS,
let us reaffirm our faith in the
International Confederation of Free
Trade Unions and the Internation
and i||tfMin rapport of all of •
forts to settlers tbs goals of peace,
security and freedom through so*
I dal justice;
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