Rolland Jay Thomas went to Texas to get arrested. He finally succeeded.
Last August Texas wrote into its statute book a sweeping "labor-regulating" law (similar to laws of Kansas, Florida, Colorado and Alabama). Most offensive to organized labor and involving the Constitutional issue of free speech is a provision which requires labor organizers to get a permit from the Secretary of State be fore they may solicit union memberships.
Last week husky, homespun R. J. Thomas, head of C.I.O.'s powerful United Automobile Workers, invaded Texas to test the law. In the little oil town of Pelly, he hoisted his 240 lb....
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