The opinions of Messrs. Davis and Graham provided the only opportunity   
to reach a settlement on the "maintenance of membership" policy of the   
WLB., giving the worker the right of choosing whether he would become and   
remain a member of the union under changed conditions--i.e-, under ,  
maintenance of membership" conditions--involving a continuing penalty in   
case of lack of "good standing" in the union, which is only invoking the   
       democratic principle of "freedom of choice".-        
 
                                                            
 
The Company has merely accepted what Messrs. Davis  
and Graham said in their opinions as to the rights of the  
employees be put into the contract and implemented so as to avoid future   
disputes which can only be a disruptive influence and seriously impair   
oduction, the maintenance of which is the ultimate goal of a
 
                                                            
 
Why the union should fear the effect of this is beyond me. Does it mean   
that they fear adverse action on the part of the workers? That is hard to   
believe, so insistent has been their claim not only of majority control  
      but of almost unanimous control of the workers.       
 
                                                            
 
   My urgent advice is that the WLB and the union accept  
the situation and sign the contract at once. I think delay injures their   
interests. The Company has yielded a great deal, due to the emergency of   
war. They should take it before the present favorable situation   
                       deteriorates.