The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 October 1965 — Page 5

THROUGH THE NATIONAL WINDOW Courage Required to Fight With Dirksen on Filibuster

By Lyle Wilson By United Prtu Internotionai Much political courage is required of those U.S. Senators who pollow Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen in the filibuster to Protect American citizens against national compulsory unionism.

Such Senators invited reprisal on two fronts. Not merely do they offend organized labor. They also offend Lyndon B. Johnson. But all is not lost for those Senators who oppose compulsory unionism. These Senators seem to have in their corner the people. As

inearty as this reporter can discover, the national consensus j seems to be that this Congress should not tinker with the Taft- , Hartley's section 14-B, which ! permits states to forbid com- ! pulsory unionism. If the people of any state | prefer the unqualified right-to-work over compulsory unionism, section 14-B permits the state government to so order. Union ! leaders call this outrageous. LBJ supports them, apparently in payment for union votes in i 1964. As a member of Congress, Johnson was a mighty singer in the choir in praise of the TaftHartley Act—all of it.

I Organized labor possesses and f powerhouse could tell LBJ and shrewdly spends from a po- the union leaders to go fly a

litical treasury fit for a multi- kite. | millionaire. Organized labor

commands literally millions of schooled political workers. Together organized labor and LBJ menace the political future of any senator who dares oppose them. But bold opponents of the Johnson - Labor powerhouse should be of good cheer. If they

Senators should remember the 1950 congressional elections when Harry S. Truman was bound to the union political machine as Lyndon B. Johnson is bound to it today. From 1947 onward, Truman opposed the TaftHartley Act. He voted it, aliging himself with the complaints of the union leaders that

tell well their story in this ; the purpose of Taft-Hartley was current fillibuster, they are | to enslave American working likely to hold the respect and men and women. Congress resupport of the people. Supported jected the veto. LBJ voted

by the people, these bold opponents of the Washington

against it as a member of the House of Representatives.

The late Sen. Robert A. Tafti was coming up for re-election in I 1950. Truman and the union leaders decided to gang up on the author of the Taft-Hartley Act. Labor and the democrats mounted against Taft a monumental opposition. In his corner, Taft had the people. Truman never took a i worse licking than in his partnership effort with big labor to; unseat Taft. The senatar car- j ' ried every industrial county in the state of Ohio. In all he 1 I lost only four counties to the ' powers alighted against him. I The Ohio returns should comi fort those Senators today who

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana Tuesday, October 12, 1965

are on the firing line compulsory unionism.

against

Will Bid For /l/lidwest Steel

Harbor, Ind., plant along Lake

Michigan.

The $400 million facility was officially opened last month W'hen a 160-inch plate mill and cold-rolled sheet mill went into

operation.

Bethlehem’s Board of Directors is scheduled to meet here the day wollowing the tour to Indiana for the first time in the corporation’s 60-year his-

CHICAGO UPI— The Bethlehem Steel Corp. will launch a major bid for a greater share,

of the Midwest steel market tor - v ' Previously the board haOct. 26 when company offic- conducted its quarterly meetings

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