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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1940)
June 21, 1940 THE NEWS AND THE HERALD. KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. PAGE NINE Idling CdLUx ON LABOR SITUATION KLAMATH FALLS, Or. (To the Editor) I hope you will print thin urllcla In your pupor (or I think il'i hlvh time that we mlllworker expressed our opinion on the libor situation. I have lived under t'lO Influ ence since 103(1 and have had It presented to me In IU various forms by men who belong to the CIO. I wai taught to hat the AFL before I knew what the program of the AFL wai. If 1 can rrmombcr a portion of the things they told me I'll write them here for no doubt other people are being told the aame things. Here are soma of them: 1. That a enrpenter la the dirtiest srab of all orgnnlzud labor. 2. That fines, dues and as sessment were levied by some "big shots" and not by vote of the loral. 3. Thul the AFL sold out men on various occasions. 4. That William Green and BUI Hutchinson were "rats" of the worst kind. 5. That a local couldn't go on strike without permission of these so called "big shots" and If they did go on strike without permission their charter was pulled. fl. That Die lumber and saw mill workers (AFL) was not an Industrial union. All In all the picture I hud of the AFL was pretty black. When, last fall I was ap proached and asked to Join a union It was by AFL organizers and the. program they presented to me was so different from what I had expected I resolved to find out the truth before I would Join any union. I listened to very speaker I could on both aides who has been In Klamath Falls since last September. I talked to dozens of men of both organizations and I have read the history of organized labor. I say now that as hard as It was to get the dirty picture I had of the AFL out of my mind 1 am proud of the (act that today I am member of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers (AFL) and I believe that there Is only one organization that has a right to be In the lumber Industry and that is the Lumber and Sawmill Workers (AFL.) All of the things that I have outlined that the AFL was charged with have been proven to my satisfaction to fallacy. All of the speakers ok the AFL that I have listened to have given only facta and figures that they can prove. If you think the CIO does this, I suggest that you ask them (or a bona (Ida financial roport to prove this vast membership of which they boast. You can get one from the AFL for the asking. They make no secret of their strength In members or money. I chal lenge anyone to obtain this in formation from the CIO. I have asked (or their financial report on several occasions but haven't been given one yet and I hon estly and sincerely wanted to know because I wouldn't join any union unless I was sure that It was sound. I haven't up to now been shown any place where the CIO has done any real good (or Its members In the lumber Indus try. The fl2i cent minimum was established up north by AFL unions. Where In the in dustry has the CIO negotiated wage Increases. I wish every millworker In the Klamath basin would Inves tigate this thing thoroughly and then all of us Join together and build a good sound union based on truth, (air play and Ameri canism. I don't believe we can build a lasting union If we af dilate ourselves with dual union that has seceded from the mother body, and that has gained most of the members they have by raiding and dis rupting unions of the mother body. A dual union cannot live with out completely destroying the .mother body and It is unreason able to believe that this saccs tonest group can destroy a union that Is as deeply en s' RECOMMEND IT-AND I OUGHT TO KNOW My hMt is hut whr Bord.n'. nnt" moot Kltto. th. Rontn cow. Such care Borden's take - to tee that good rich milk la evaporated Just to, Irradiated Just so and. after sealing In csnt, I sterilised ,utfo. The labej to look (or Borden's familiar blue and whit label. Hope you'll buy several cant today. ip irs ISoidmi- it's cor to be good trenchod In the minds of the American peoplo as the Ameri can Federation of Labor, The raid staged at Tloneata has angered all of the people of the Klamath basin who know about It and who have a sense of (air play and who bellove In collec tive lioi'galnlng. This raid can not be explulned away or passed off lightly because "I was there Churlle" and I saw everything that happened. I hove never heard a good constructive program offered by any CIO speaker. They blast and damn the AFL and expect we millworkers to Join the CIO not on Its merits, but In defense of the AFL. I hop that the members of the CIO will not think thut this letter Is aimed at them as In dividuals. I know that there are thousands of good men In the CIO and I hope that they will glvo up this hopeless dual move ment and come back Into the family of labor. I had intended to offer some comment on Mr. Edward H. Cherry's letter In reply to Mr. C. D. Long's, but Mr. Joe Boyd has already answered Mr. Cherry's letter. All that I can say, even though I don't know Mr. Long, is that you can't de stroy him by smearing his re putation, for the men of his local know him and if he wasn't honest and square he certainly would have been voted out by now. I think Mr. Long was sin cere In his letter and he has been here long enough to know the truu history of labor in the Klamath busln. One point I noticed Mr. Doyd did not answer In reply to Mr. Cherry's letter, and that Is Mr. Cherry wondered why they called him communist because he belonged to the CIO. My answer to that la that I have never heard anyone say that all the members of the CIO were communist. I have heard the CIO Is communist dominated. I don't believe Mr. Cherry's state ment that Mr. Long was on his last legs la very well founded for I have talked to men who know him and they think he 1 "ace" high. This letter Isn't written to pick an argument with mem' bers of the CIO. It Is written with the hope that it may en- lighten people who haven't con sidered both unions from all angles, both unions (rom and with an open mind. If the editor will give me space in his column I give it for what It may be worth to you. Sincerely, FRED TUCKER, ..Bt a, box 112, Klamath Falls. REPLIES TO LONO KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To the editor) I would like space in your paper to answer the cen tral labor council "Educational Committee" signed by C. D. Long. Apparently between Mr. Long and the business men of Klam ath Falls, they are going to or ganize tho lumber workers Into the American Federation of La bor. Quoting Mr. Long: "I have been assured by aomo of these (business men) that their senti ments were very similar to mine especially in regards to the ques tion of the merchant and busi ness In general 'getting off the fence' and stating their prefer ence as to the typo of labor un Ions that should be tho predoml natlng (actor In the future of the city." I wondor If Mr. Long thinks that the business men will mako the choice (or the lumber workers as to what un ion shall represent them? Un doubtedly, ha does. I want to assure Mr. Long, as worker that wo are capable of mak ing our own docisloni without tho aid of the business men or the "Educational Committee." Wouldn't we be a nice bunch of working men to try to tell the business men what they should Join, and what they should not Join? We don't ques tion their right to Join any thing they like and we will cer tainly resent their tolling us what to Join. Mr. Long haa for gotten that we have a Wagner act which gives us the right to make our choice In regard to unionism. Tho men In the Klamath basin who work In the lumber are (ast organizing Into the Inter national Woodworkers of Ameri ca affiliate of tho CIO. They must believe In the organiza tion or they would not come to it, There are good reasons why they have turned (rom the AFL to the IWA, and I think that they would tell you that they did not like the deal that was pulled on them here In 1033. At that time the AFL did not have to organize, the men they organ ized themselves, and depended upon the Carpenters and Join ers to help them. At the climax of this trouble every major lum ber operation in the busln was down, not that the AFL called a strike, but the men voluntarily walked off their Jobs and went to the Carpenters and Joiners for holp. A "one man" negoti ating committee met with lum ber operators In the Wlllard hotel while a thousand men milled In and around the Labor hall, waiting for that "one man" committee to return a report. This "one man committee' sub mitted his roport on the nego tiations to the newspapers, and did not even telophone tho body at union men who were anxious ly waiting his return. An "extra" edition of the paper came out that night stating "Trouble All Settled," "Men to Return to Their Jobs Tomorrow." The body had no chance to approve. or disapprove of his octlon. Af ter reading the results of the "negotiations" In the papers that same night, the workers abso lutely refused to go bock to work. However there were some who did not know what to do, so they went back to work, and that forced the rest of the men to accept the same conditions and to return to their Jobs. Within 30 days there wos no union In the bosln. Actions such as this and may more cases besides this one, finally made the workers look around (or something bet ter. This was not an Isolated case, but was happening all over the United States, and because or the demands (or honest. In dustrial unionism the CIO was born. Mr. Long slyly threatens a boy cott against CIO made products, which would be utterly impossi ble to enforce, with only about 15 per cent or leu o( the car penters In the United States or ganized Into the AFL. How can they make a boycott stick when one craft scabs on another? Any worker In the AFL who would vote to boycott CIO products would only be voting hlmseK out of a Job, Inasmuch as the basic Industries of this country all have CIO contract. Naming a (ow: steel, glass, plumbing fix tures, automobiles, fuel (coal and oil) and most of the product which go Into the building of a nome, or building. The CIO which was organized only five year ago, ha about a half mil lion more workers In It than the AFL which has been organized over 93 years. In conclusion I would like to advise Mr. Long, who seems to be "the Educational Commit tee" that we aa worker will not need the assistance of his "Educational Committee." nor the business men or merchant. or the companies to help make our decisions as to which union we shall choose to represent us. I, as well as Mr. Long, can see his pie-card slipping away LEMON ANGEL "Double Dip" CAKE A nice fluffy Golden Angel Foocl containing fresh lemon juice and gratings, iced with a seven-minute frosting and a special lemon cream poured over the frosting. YOUR FAMILY WILL CERTAINLY ENJOY THIS GOODNESS ORDER NOW WHOLE CAKE HALF CAKE 59c 30c DIAL 4131 FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE MAJORITY EAT FLUHRER'S HOLSUM BREAD from him. I know It's tough but whon he sees real unionism functioning he will never regrot It. KENNETH McKEE Baek to Fundamentals KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To tho Editor) I wish to voice through this space in your fine paper, my appreciation of the article printed in yours of the 14th Inst., written by Colonel Smith, of U. 8. A. retired. Ho gives warning to the thoughtful voter who wants to seo an adequate plan of defense worked out. He says that the news (rom Washington is dis couraging, and bodes ill (or the futurs of American democracy, unless tho Independent voters of tho country speak out in no un certain terms and make their voices heard in the councils of both political parties. He says what is going on In the United States today is but a re-echo of what has happened in England and France. He Im plies a luck of morul courage in not telling the truth to the pub lic sooner. Ho says certain things can be demonstrated in this country, if the public demands it. That the American public to day Is being lured into a false sense of security. (This is Bn arti cle that should be read by every reasoning adult.) We know something of the re sults of the war to the countries of Europe, and must we wait until we are faced by the enemy with a gun at our heads before wc wake up to a sense of peril? When we have expressed con cern at the growth of subversive elements In our midst, we are met with a broadminded coun ter, "O we must not abridge free speech," or a cry of "hysteria" from some presumably sensible, loyal people. I believe in a slo gan given by a writer, viz, "Tol erance Is treason," and it may well prove so in the end. We have been warned that one of the dictators said they would take America by "boring from within." We are having undis putable evidence that the "bor ing (rom within" is in progress now, and for several years past. u n and I; SUGAR J? Cartons It means pur i? Cane Sugar, ; PURE ; very fin., fCANE very uniform, ltUSJ' very white, i We have been warned repeatedly by difforent writers who have first hand knowledge of the pluns of the dictators concerning America. We know much of the hate, of the unprecedented vio lence, that has been accorded to the poor people across the sea. Can we expect anything else If we do not act? And yet our congress dllly dallys about meting out Justice to the various subversive ele ments In our country that have caused much turmoil and fric tion in late years. 1( these are not "illegal" we certainly need some new laws to make them so, and soon. I have before me, dated May 3, the ruling of Federal Judge George A. Welsh. He said that raids that had been made on the local offices of the communist party and the 1WO order, by agents of the Die committee in vestigating un-American activi ties last month, were "Illegal." A complaint made by Carl Reeve, the communistic candi date lor the United State sen ate, as to "legality" of the raid, and (rom Frank Hellman, dis trict organizer of the IWO (quite successful "boring (rom with in"). Not? They "demanded" the return of the confiscated record. But Judge Walsh deferred ruling whether the truck load of papers must be returned. Much of our national safety depends on the thoroughness of tho Dies commission. They were appointed to (erret out dis loyalty and unAmerlcan activi MEAT SPECIALS Bat. Only Fryers 3 ,or 89c Smoked 4f"? Pork Loin .... Lb. 25 Assorted 4) f t Lunch Meat, Lb. 25 H or Whole f2 Leg o' Pork, Lb. Pork Steak )e 2 Founds ..... Pork Sausage Country Style, Pur. f" 2 Lbs. 9 Boned and Rolled Prime Rib RoastfC' Pound . 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The communists despise us (or what they consider our week kneed democracy, and In com parison to what they have over there it Is mild, they do not understand It. Any one of in telligence knows what com munism stand (or, and if that la what Messrs. Reeve, Hellman, Browder and others want, why don't our government have the guts to tell them to go back to their Utopia by the boat load. Let them make their demand and criticisms on their govern ment. How long would they flourish? Then we could keep our free dom to worship God and live our own lives. If they don't want to become loyal American citizens, yielding first loyalty to God and America, let them get out. The idea of one of them being a candidate for our United States senate, and already mak ing his "demands" should be an eye opener even to our most "liberal, broad-minded" citizen. And at that, it may come to pass If our voters are indifferent. Foreign money and propaganda may do it. 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