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BASTROP ADVERTISER. DECEMBER 13, 1945
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lUlctwd bv Wrklrrn Nevipaprt Union.
STRIKE'S RESULT FROM
NEW NATIONAL TACTICS
WASHINGTON —Intelligent think-
ing people are asking themselves
(and me) why these strikes develop,
ebb and flow, so systematically
through the country.
They cannot see why in a time of
world crisis when the necessity is
great for the nation to succeed with
her reconversion and production,
there should be any strikes at all
The muddled announcements and
talk about fears of inflation, unem-
ployment and all such surface in.
dications leave them hopelessly
confused. They want to know the an-
•wer.
The first point glaringly evi-
dent behind the situation Is that
labor is a completely controlled
entity, a centrally managed,
thoroughly disciplined, wholly
directed group in national life.
It is set up like an army with
a general headquarters, boards
of strategy, publicity depart-
ments. field officers, organisers
like recruiting officers, and the
onion man himself is like a pri-
vate In the ranks. He has no
more rights than an army pri-
vate.
In view of this condition, it is nec-
essary to look beyond the claims
made for individual strikes in any
search for an answer as to why they
occur, the Washington bus and rail-
way strike, for instance, which final-
ly, and because of recurrence, caus-
«d the government to seize the lines,
involves an old case, unsettled for
many months.
There would seem to be no reason
why the strike was called first the
day the National Labor-Management
conference assembled here to dis-
cuss and arrange a conclusive peace
pact.
MANY STRIKES
What I specifically mean is no
necessity arose at that particular
time involving any of the factors of
the case to warrant a walk-out. No
government agrrrv had denied any-
thing Just the day before, or any-
thing like that.
The case of the CIO auto
workers involved their many
months old demand for a 30 per
cent wage Increase. I nng range
Indirect negotiations had
strained and broken many
times, but singularly enough, this
strike call developed aim the
day the Labor-Management con-
ference reached its deadlock.
The orders were Issued with-
in a few hoars after the dead-
lock became apparent within the
conference and before any an-
nouncement was permitted to
leak to the public press. (It was
published two days later.)
These fncts. I think, are further
evidence of what I have stiRecsted
before, namely, that labor has devel-
oped new tactics. Up to this post-
war series of strikes, labor manage-
ment was largely an uncentralized
operation. It functioned in a dem-
ocratic way in what might lx- r.illed
a democratic process.
On the one hand was the AFL and
on the other the CIO, and in their
functions they could be likened to
the Democratic and Republican par-
tiej in the management of the
nstion. one a majority, the other a
minority
Following the analogy through
completely, the other independ-
ent onions coold be likened to
the minority parties which have
only a few scattered votes. In
theory one acted as a bulwark
against the other, a restraint to
keep It on the right path. It
never functioned In a totalitari-
an way or under centralised con-
trol.
This time the old conservative
AFL streetcar workers acted simul-
tsneously with the great CIO body
of auto workers. I do not charge
coLusion.
To try to dig inside that situa-
tion to And the proof, would be as
tedious as pursuing an electrically
magnetized naedls through all the
nation's haystacks. But the results
came out that way as everyone can
see.
I must therefore conclude that the
strikes were callad against the con-
ference. therefore against Mr. Tru-
man and against the government.
Tfeey were simply manifestations of
organized laSor pressure. This Is
my answer.
No other conclusion seems possi-
ble from logical analysis, particu-
larly since they ware salted imme-
diately after management came for-
ward with a program to make labor
responsible for its actions.
The program took up many sug-
gestions you have seen published in
this column, Including proposals for
legislation establishing the principle
of union responsibility, including
abandonment of Its Immunity order
the anti-trust laws, the right to sue
aad be sued, and equal responsibil-
ity under the National Labor Rela-
tions act
The proposals did not involve any
settlement of the wsge controversy
or other elements involved in a par-
titular strike discussion, but mere-
ly laid down the program of union
responsibility.
Gives Balanced
Diet for the
Growing Child
Discussing the food require-
| ments of a child enjoying maxi-
mum health, Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer, has stressed
the importance of a well-rounded
diet and stated that a healthy and
well-nourished child enjoys life
because he is physically fit.
Emphasizing the importance to
health of an adequate and well-
lialanced diet. Dr. Cox stated fur-
ther that when a child is i:> good
health, his appetite is good, eWwi
ination is regular and sleep is
sound and untroubled.
"A child's appearance can usual-
ly help parents to judge the state
of his nutrition. A well-nourished
child has good skin color and
there is a moderate padding of fat
over the bones and muscles of the
arms, legs and body. Muscles are
well developed and strong. Teeth
are good and the gums are firm
ami light pink," Dr. Cox said.
The State Health Officer stat-
ed that a finicky appetite or a
tired feeling after a little exer-
tion indicates possible malnutri-
tion and the child should see the
family physician. Poor appetite
can also mean the beginning of
an illness and possible that the
child does not require as much
food as he is being urged to eat.
Required as a diet for the pre-
school child and those of school
age. Dr. Co* included milk, fruit,
vegetables, eggs, meat, fish or
cheese, cereal and bread and added
that cod liver oil and other vita-
min preparations are important
in winter and early spring but
should be prescribed by the fam-
ily physician.
SPEED
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safety!
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Standifer, Amy S. Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 13, 1945, newspaper, December 13, 1945; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth237040/m1/6/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.