The New York Times's Byron Darnton last week had an interesting story to tell. Mr. Darnton has been visiting Fort Meade, in Maryland, where the Army has nearly completed a cantonment for 30,000 soldiers. What Mr. Darnton found there he called a "fair example" of how organized labor has profited by the defense program.
Because Meade was a closed-shop job, workers had been forced to join either the A. F. of L. carpenters' union or laborers' union. At the peak, 11,800 laborers got jobs. The carpenters' union could supply only 200 of its regular...
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