Letters, Dec. 15, 1958

Work: Its Rights & Wrongs

Sir:

Re your Nov. 24 comments on the right-to-work laws: every man's right to work and earn his living in the country in which he has residence is a fundamental liberty. It is a right as fundamental as trial by jury or freedom of religion. Today there is no conflict between management and labor. Management has simply thrown in the sponge and adopted the motto: "If you can't beat them, join them." The closed shop smacks of ostracism if not outright violence. No skilled artisan wishes to become a mere tool, the slave of the type of ex-con...

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