The Texas Mohair Weekly (Rocksprings, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 30, 1960 Page: 2 of 4
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THE MONSTER IN OUR MIDST
by Von# Naff
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eoort calendars an
I with cams against
business firms for alleged viola
tlons of the and-trust law. Yet
you'll find that not one similar
case is directed against any big
union organisation.
. »«/ wall ask. why?
Arent big union organisations
often guOty of “restraint of
trade?" Shouldn’t there be an
anti-trust law for them?
The truth is that nothing in
our laws protect business er the
public from any monopolistic
powers modern unions decide to
exercise. •
in the Thirties, the Wagner
Act helped to create a Franken-
stein monster of union power.
Today, all of us are being vic-
timised by it Across the nation,
people (including many workers
forced to join unions against
whether they wish to or not.
Those who don’t want to join
are still forced to pay union Ini-
tiation fees and dues or lose
their jobs
I. Economic power.
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coercing employers, strikers
also coerce employees and
others who may want to work
but can be prevented from doing
so. This is a forceful power tool
for many unions and explains
the growth of ruthless union
bosses.
4. l-egal immunities. Unions
have legal immunities which are
denied to other organizations.
Exemption from the anti-trust
laws is one of them. This source*
of union-leader power makes it
possible for unions to control
labor supply and wages (and
therefore control prices) and to
their wishes) are asking: what
bllcfti
ran wa do, in the public interest,
to control the power of unions ?
It’s a good question, but to
gat an intelligent answer to it
you must first understand the
main sources of union power.
That power today comes from
a variety of laws which protect
unions, along with privileges
and practices generally accepted
in the courts.
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What is urgently needed are
te full account of
laws that take
the sources of union power —■
laws to protect the public from
abuses of union power, just as
the anti-trust laws protect the
public from any effort on the
part of big business to exert
too much power.
What are the sources of union
sower? Here are six of the im-
portant ones:
1. Exclusive bargaining
rights. Under present laws,
unions have the power to speak
for all employees. And all em-
ployees are subject to the terms
of the labor contract, whether
ther belong to the union or not,
and whether they like the terms
of the contract or not!
2. Compulsory union member-
ship. Evsry year, under so-
called “union shop" contracts,
tans of thousands of workers
are being forced to join unions,
was reached, Congress would
pass legislation forcing a settle-
ment that industry would not
like.
6. Underworld power. Some
unions’ connections with under-
world characters have proved
too numerous to require listing
here. How the Johnny Dios and
the army of similar hoods, rack-
eteers and convicted criminals
suddenly turned up as officers
and leaders of labor unions no-
body understands, nobody ex-
plains. But more important, al-
most nothing has been done
about them, yet.
For the past quarter of a cen-
tury union leaders have been
lobbying in Washington to block
any major legislation that
would control the enormous
power in the hands of union
bosses. The Taft-Hartley Act
was one piece of legislation they
were not able to Mack out, but
as subsequent events have
proved, this law had many loop-
holes which union leaders have
exploited.
Another bill they weren't able
to stop was tha labor reform
legislation known as tha Lan-
drum-Griffin Bill. The main
reason for that waa public in-
dignation. The people of this
rh of
engage in other practices
which, under the anti-trust laws,
would be considered “in re-
straint of trade.”
(There are more than a dozen
such immunities that unions
enjoy, including the one to com-
pel one employer under certain
circumstances to disclose his
financial records. The unions
are immune from any corre-
sponding obligation!)
5. Political Power. The eco-
nomic power of unions goes
hand in hand with their political
power. A good example of this
was the outcome of the last
steel dispute. The steelworkers
union got a settlement which it
wasn’t able to get through
months of striking. For it was
made clear to the ateel compa-
nies that unless a settlement
country had enough of union
evils, and expressed themselves
with an avalanche of opinion in
favor of the bill.
The Landrum-G rift in law
attempts to protect the union
member from abuses by his own
union bosses but did nothing to
protect the public from union
excesses.
This is a reassuring fact'
about ordinary Americana —
when they are made sufficiently
aware of a situation that acts
against the public interest, they
respond vigorously. Today, the
time is ripe for the public to
react to the monopolistic power
of unions. Unless effective leg-
islative action is taken, we shall
soon reach a point of no return,
when unions will have so much
power that all of us together
won’t be able t« do i thing
about it.
About Your
HEALTH
A VMUf mtvIm Uststs from
A* Thu tin* Depertaeti *4 Health.
tion, pollution abatement, juvenile
delinquency, and the growing num-
ber of elderly people in our society.
Lend your support as a responsi-
ble citizen to community efforts
to solve them.
Short on resolutions for the new
year beginning Sunday? Here's a
list designed especially for you and
your family by the Texas State
Department of Health:
Promise to give your body at
least as good care as you give
your car. Periodic examination,
are the best way yet devised to de-
tect bodily disorders while they can
still be treated successfully, so let
your doctor look you over thorough-
ly once a year whether you're ail-
ing or not. Make it twice yearly
if you’re middle-aged.
Dental troubles won't kill you,
but sometimes they can make you
wish you were dead. So check in
once yearly with your dentist, too.
If you are putting on weight, re-
solve to start passing up the candi-
ed yams, oiled potatoes and the
cream-filled tidbits which almost
invariably spell extra pounds and
perhaps an early grave.
Too much weight contributes to
high blood pressure, and may be
associated with hardening of the
arteries and various forms of heart
disease. Too. it means impaired
vigor, greater surgical risk and
greater danger from otherwise
minor illnesses.
The statistics linking smoking to
cancer and heart disease are piling
up so fast it is getting tougher and
rougher to rationalize the habit.
Resolve to impress those statistics
on the minds of teenagers in your
family.
When driving, consider that
every other car is being driven by
a madman, and when walking trust
motorists only as far as you can
see them. Motor vehicle deaths
stand far above accidental deaths
of all other types.
Resolve jo take full advantage of
every advancement in medical
science aimed at benefiting you
and the family, but always on
competent medical advice. Start
by getting the youngsters and
yourself immunized against polio
if you haven't already done it.
Promise to obey local and state
laws pertaining to health protec-
tion. For example, if your town
has a dog leash law, adhere to
it. It is a public protective de-
vice and you are the public.
Last, hut vitally important, give
an occasional thought to such awe-
some problems as water conserva-
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Cowsert
and children of New Braunfels and
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Cowsert, Jr.
and daughters of San Angelo spent
Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Tom-
my Cowsert and Bobby Dan
Cowsert.
Hayden Ellis and Jerry Ellis
entered the Baptist Memorial Hos-
pital ill San Antonio, Wednesday.
Hayden had thyroid surgery Thurs-
day morning at 8 o'clock. Mr.
Jerry Ellis was to have minor
surgery.
Mr. and Mrs. Brogan Guthrie
had Christmas dinner with his
mother, Mrs. Josie Guthrie, and
spent the evening in Camp Wood
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Merritt.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Nix of Aus-
tin spent Christmas with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Wil-
liams, and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby
Nix.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Phillips and
children, Kathy and William Rus-
sell, of Camp Wood spent Christ-
mas with Mr. and Mrs. Julian Jen-
kins and Albert Jenkins.
Enjoy your home town paper and the
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Graham and
son, Marty Hough, and Mrs. H.
H. Hough spent Christmas Day
in Junction with Mrs. T. B. Phil-
lips and family.
Visiting at the Roy Cottle Ranch
this week are Mr. and Mrs. Len-
don Parker and daughter of Bryan
and Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Clayton
Massey and sons of Harper.
Mrs. Ella Fritz and daughters
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Maurer
and Dennis visited with Mr. and
Mra. Fritz Basse during the Christ-
mas week-end.
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Friday,
JiTax Facts
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Gasoline taxes have shown
TO SUCH AN EXTENT IN RECENT
YEARS THAT THEY NOW PttOPUCE
MORE REVENUE THAN THE LEW
ON ANY OTHER SINGLE PROPUCT.
federal and state taxes on a
GALLON OF GASOLINE NOW TOTAL
IO CZNT8 ON THE AVERAGE .. .OR
NEARLY 50 PERCENT OF THE
PRICE OF GASOLINE ITSELF.
Young *Fred Speck brought in
a goodlooking buck deer last week.
The deer weighed 111 pounds and
had 11 points. It was one of the
best looking spread of horns seen
•L'i season, having exceptionally
large antlers.
sSSSSss,
gasoline they buy*
Mrs. J. L. Murray of Christoval
visited here last week with her
brother, R. W. Shepperd. Mr. and
Mrs. Shepperd and Mrs. Murray
spent Christmas in Uvalde with
the Bobby Shepperd and Hickson
Murray families.
Visiting with Mr. and Mra. A. E.
Brown and Mrs. W. A. Moore
during the holidays have been Mr.
and Mrs. J. I. Moore of Abilene,
Mrs. A. F. Lennington, Albert
Tarver of Wichita Fails and Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Stone, Miss Linda
and Miss Juaree Stone of Ft.
Worth.
Bobby Merritt of Hunt has been
spending the week with his uncle
and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Loy Lein-
weber.
The recent u.s. highway
Transportation conference msA
TOLD THAT MOUNTING TAXES ON
GASOLINE MAY JEOPARDIZE HIGHWAY 4
FINANCING. ..AND THAT
GASOLINE TAXES SHOULD BE HELD
DOWN AND DIVERSION OF
HIGHWAY-USER TAXES TO
OTHER PURPOSES HALTED.
• GAS TAXES'
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Mrs. Walker Epperson and Mrs.
J. L. Greer, Sr. went to Kerr-
ville Wednesday to meet Mrs.
Mamie Hudspeth of San Antonio,
who was enroute to Rocksprings
to visit her relatives here.
To Ranch Owners
of Edwards County
Spending Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Eagle were her
sisters, Mrs. Donna Bradshaw of
Brown wood and Mrs. Charles L.
Wright and son, Tommy, of San
Antonio.
The Federal Land Bank Associa-
tion of Rocksprings, which is com-
pletely owned by local ranchmen,
has one chief purpose—TO HELP
MEMBER-BORROWERS PAY
OUT OF DEBT.
YOU*
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Experts told the conference that
43 CENTS OF EVERY DOLLAR COLLECTED
BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM
rv—' _r ■ ' r.rCL highway users is diverted to non-
# 2 BILLION i v, HIGHWAY PURPOSES. LAST YEAR,THEY
> FOR NON- REPORTED, £ 1.7 BILLION WAS SO
* - HISHWAVUSE DIVERTED;AT THE STATE LEVEL
THE TOTAL WAS #3C0 MILLION.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Al-
fred Steward during the holidays
were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Alston
and children, Marsha and Winn, of
Monahans and Sgt. lc Clifford Als-
ton, wife and three children, Linda
Clifford, Jr. and Donnie of Killeen.
If you need financial assistance to
purchase ranch lands, livestock, for
improving, remodeling, replace-
ments, equipment, watering facili-
ties, fencing or any other ranch
need, it will pay you to investigate
our plan.
Long term, lew rate financing,
with repayment privilege at any
time.
BUILDING RANCH OWNER-
SHIP IS OUR BUSINESS
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Geuea and
children spent the Christmas holi-
days with her father, J. A. Mitchell,
at Tarpley and his mother, Mrs.
Ella Geuea at Hondo.
W. M. Tinsley of Junction visit-
ed here with his daughter, Mrs.
Joe Luce and family during the
holidays.
Mrs. Ruby Lomax, Miss Hatha-
lcne Traylor, Jimmy Lomax and
Grandmother Lomax spent Christ-
mas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Luce and family at Montell.
Federal Land Bank Ass’n.
of Rocksprings
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Owens, Jr.
and family of Hitchcock visited
here during the holidays with his
parents, , Mr. and Mrs. Troy
Owens, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Denman Moody
and family of Houston spent the
holidays at their Edwards County
ranch.
ROCKSPRINGS ABSTRACT CO.
ASTRACTS OF TITLE TO ALL LANDS AND
TOWN LOTS IN EDWARDS COUNTY
Miss Linda Sherrill and Word
B. Sherrill, Jr. of Uvalde visited
here Wednesday with their grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Sherrill.
Mrs. Fritz Beck entered the
Baptist Memorial Hospital in San
Antonio, Monday for possible
surgery.
Mrs. W. W. Nipper of Brackett-
ville visited here several days this
week with her daughter, Mrs. Dan
McKnight and family.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Smith, Sr. and family during
Christmas were Mr. and Mrs. Clin-
ton Smith and baby.
THIS SOI ONLY $1.91 Pit MONTH!
Ibxvmm
Mr. and Mr/ Fred Matthews
and children, Mary Alice and
frank, spent Christmas in Uvalde
.with Mrs. Matthews’ mother,
Mrs. Frank Ayres.
Mrs. Gus Wheat and Gus Wheat,
Jr. visited in San Antonio over
the Christmas holidays with her
sister, Mrs. Katie Cade.
Miss Freddie Gardner of Win-
ters is spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
Gardner and Miss Joan.
finest furniture
to “talk over
Mrs. Flora Hardin of Junction
spent Christmas here with her
brother, Albert Becker and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Burleson of
San Angelo visited during Christ-
mas with his aunt, Mrs. Jane
Anderson.
Frank Hale of Midland visited
last week in Rocksprings with his
aunt, Mrs. Ruby Lomax and family.
Sporting Goods, Hotel Ser. Sta
Miss Phyllis Sweeten is attend-
ing a Quadrennial Presbyterian
Youth Convention in Dallas this
week.
Rev. J. C. Bishop of Dallas spent
Christmas here with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Bishop, and
brothers, Ned, Leo and Teil.
My Neighbors
Visiting Mrs. Bert Brown for
Christmas were Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Adams and children, Scott,
Price and Kaprice, of Ft. Davis.
L’aturally what you say will carry weight in
^4,
Mr., and Mrs. Bill Baker and
daughter, Lisa, spent Christmas
Eve in Junction with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Van Martin.
“Trouble with Communism,
Socialism or any of that stuff,
is—who’d pay our unemploy-
ment compensation?”
an executive setting provided by this new %*!
ASE 4000 office furniture. The credenza with
curtain doors helps create a neat, un-
cluttered appearance. Let us "talk over" this
handsome ASE 4000 line of furniture with ;
you. Why not call us. ”
THE TEXAS MOHAIR WEEKLY
ROCKSPRINGS, TEXAS
Miss Jan Goodwin is spending
the Jiolidays in Rankin with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Good-
win.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Wipff and
daughter, Deborah, of Sonora spent
Christmas with her mother, Mrs.
Effie Hubble.
Sporting Goods at Hotel Ser. Sta
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