Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 November 1941 — Page 5

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5 ® oe o 1 : Public Opinion on Labor Following is & summary of the Gallup Poll series on public By GEORGE GALLUP opinion and the labor crisis. loan Institute of Public Opinion Are you in favor of labor unions? : CETON, N.J., Nov. 3.] | Yes ..ioapercereesss 87% NO cevivenrenreonsed38% the present labor, crisis, Do you believe that many union leaders are racketeers? e thing is certain: the pub- Yes ......74% No ......11% No opinion ......9%

against strikes in the de- Do you believe that many labor union leaders are Communists? industries and is ready Yes ......61% = No ......25% No opinion .....14%

drastic action to pre- Are you in favor of the closed shop—that is, requiring every

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Should forbid strikes Crtassins esas sever asmussiocstsss i390 Should have right to strike Sssusvssssnsessssnssesecsnss S30 Undecided Caer ii diane i casas ivan e as tse ster ens 4%

worker in a company to belong to a union before he can be hired? ; x 3 a great majority of voters Favor ....13% Oppose ....71% Undecided ....10% || 8 : i by the Institute from coast - : i : : ‘coast are ready to take a step Should companies having a closed or union shop take union ; : Eady é 3 : which President] | dues out of the workers’ pay envelopes and turn. the money over Roosevelt and| | to the unions, or should the unions collect the dues themselves? A Congress have Companies should collect .......ceceerirserasecssesse 15% thus far hesitated Unions should collect sassssssesencsrannssansescansas 80% x to take—the pass- N ini . i of a law fore 0 op: on ead dish anie a sen arean ses sennsssn sss) “@ ® . bidding all strikes Do you think labor unions should be required to make ; ; yearly in defense Werk. public reports of the money they collect and spend? NEW WABASH HEAD i ran an» this poll are 2 Yes ......87% No .......6% Ne opinion ......7% TO TALK TOMORROW ; + 2 general indication Should the Government forbid strikes in defense industries the New York area, hits the Har- : of the temper or mood of the public| | on should the workers in those industries continue to have the Dx Frank Spars pewiy inaugu-l yom River after sii a the WHEN CHEST COUGHING COLDS STRIKE rated ver pping down : Be Deon 3 wilin Oo bel | right to go on strike? ei lecture for-| Was of the Consolidated Ship- COLD Jengths fo which 1 is ile © X0 un at 7:30 p.m. tamerrow in the building Corp’s plant. Relieve Misery the Improved Home-Tested Vicks Way : { en . M. C. A. The forum is : . : with the highly popular defense Ca us ae fo 1s Instead of taking needless risks, take the advice of many vy i program. Ikewito evidence. to BOW Young Men's division. of the Y. mothers . . . relieve miseries of Jou children’s colds with the ] a Tabor union members them: ae ah Sees helene HEALTH. INSURANCE (Qtr seven scisrs vas evs peoess or selves do not approve of strikes in|peen a slight increase since August|concerned, do you think President pl in the phe lagns) om at uy ye B SETTER RESULTS THAN EVER BEFORE! f the defense industries. In fact, the|in the number of voters throughout |Roosevelt has gone too far or not|{idid evonamics and Good Teeth mean a Healthy Body. Bad Teeth WORKS: FOR HOURS to ease rank and file of labor union mem-|the nation who think the right to|far enough in his policy of aiding : ; are either directly or indirectly the cause of a 3 lieve : bers interviewed in the survey vote|strike should not be curbed. Inter-| Britain?” DROP GEORGIA COLLEGES larger percentage of bodily disorders, ill health ; help in a ratio of approximately 6 to 4|viewing in the latest survey was Labor Union Entire] LAWRENCE, Kas., Nov. 3 (U.P) and unhappiness than any other form of disin favor of legislation to forbid de-|completed just before the strike in \ Members Nation|_The Association of American Uni- ease. Have your teeth examined for Health To get this improved treatment fense strikes. . |the “captive” coal mines went into| Too Far ........ 21% 21% |versities announced today that, be- EVER Insurance. all pr VapoRub for 3 The Institute’s survey is the latest|effect, with its resultant clamor in| About Right .... 55 57 |cause of “unjustified political inter- DR. CHAS. EASY EXTRACTION pe i ON BACK of four national polls on the issug in|Congress for anti-strike legislation.| Not Far Enough. 18 16 |ference,” it had dropped from mem- OWENS We Go the Limit to Please aswell asthroatand For Better Results chest, then spread-a thick layer on chest and cover with warmed cloth.

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sults follow: have on public sentiment will be de- ; Biola ihe Government {orbid| termined In SUDSSQUETE SUIVETS, [Jot pa omit hon Sub tar snd Kemaorcd Them from He Het Of . in defense industries, or or that Germany be defeated?” accredited institutions. 86% W. Washington St. First Stairway East of Nlinois—Above Bakor's.

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Bb) ih the most recent survey is as fol- ~ Jows: Should forbid strikes, 56 per those expressed their feelings with

| * gent; should have right to strike, 39|deep conviction. \{ per cent; undecided, 5 per cent. More than three-fourths of the 26 will be noted that there hasifeq interviewers likewise reported that the labor union questions today GLORIA anp BARBARA BREWSTER were even more interesting to re- Popular twins of dfoge:and Screen spondents than questions dealing N i with the war. : p The results make clear just what hh it is that the American people like or Roman Cleanser for my wash- | ang dislike about the labor movebecause it keeps table linens, | ment, Their attitude, as judged by bed linens, etc. immaculately | any recent national surveys, can —and saves them from |pe described roughly as follows: 1. Despite the strong desire to curb unions, the overwhelming majority of Americans definitely favor the idea of unions. They feel that labor unions are necessary and can do good in protecting the rights of the “little fellow” and preventing undue exploitation by big corporations. !

Recognize Gains They believe that the working classes have made great social and £55 economic gains that would have i old been impossible without unions and ; that these gains 2E a general va. A X uable not only to r bu )MAN CLEANSER country as a whole. But— tens clothes SY 7 he The great Wajomty of tee ! : _ far,” that they are getting beyond control. 1t is the practices and not the principles of labor unions to which there is public objection. The public feels that with strikes, jurisdictional disputes and union squabbles, the unions are not doing their share in co-operating with the rest of the nation to meet the defense crisis. They are not, in the words of the voter, “doing the right thing by the country.” 3. Who is to blame? The public places he Blaige not on the rank : an e 0 on membership, but 1 0 D V | h | 0 | on labor union leaders. The maJ jority of voters feel that union : oil F_8 Jeaderatin is Jauléy, blind, mis- & Foy GA , even “corrupt.” : ihe They believe many leaders are — 4 using their power for selfish ends. oy IPS Strikes are often called by the . <7 ‘ leaders, in the opinion of the voters, without the consent of the union Hrbers. : tls the public con ter what your job is you ' i a part of America’s defense Favor Limitation . m and good vision is es- The public's whole attitude is fo it. Our armed: forees succinctly described in the comment E | of one voter who said: : i it of their men—skilled “Unions are necessary, but must ; must have it—in fact— |be limited, just as capital is necessary but must be regulated.” rome Levers beligve that one on for Jo " is’ defiance ptect our vision if we are |of President Roosevelt in the coal to do our best. strike was the fact that he disapproves of the Administration’s foreign policy, particularly in relation to aid to Britain. Others have wondered whether the wave of strikes throughout the defense industries meant that or-| ganized labor was less sympathétic to the President's foreign policy than other groups in the nation. In the course of its recent surveys, the Institute has sounded the A . +jopinion of the rank and file of - sin labor members on various foreign AREER AA policy issue. Ww Hil TON Wiis Jets Jhajcate that labor ' NG . : tment no different : AS : : N ST from sentiment in the rest of the

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