**Date:** 7-16-67
**Source:** Unknown
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MARIAM C. SCHLICHT
Chairman,
Democratic Town Committee
Roxbury
To the Editor of The Republican:
As a member of Local 45 URW I would like to answer Mr. Anthony Ensero’s letter to the editor which appeared in The Republican July 13.
Mr. Ensero is a badly confused and misinformed individual. His expressed desire to have postcards sent to our negotiating committee in Cincinnati telling them “to get going” shows a great lack of the common sense he professes in his letter to have.
Just what does he think they have been doing? Is he aware of the deep concern these men have for the members of their respective locals? Does he know of the long hours they have been putting in (without pay) to try to reach a settlement that will be beneficial to all of us.
Mr. Ensero states that, in his opinion, “the company is offering a fair settlement.” I agree their offer sounds very generous. There are however, too many clauses which they have included that render it unaccepdata.
There are some instances in which members are subjected to unfair working conditions. Are these to be ignored? Couldn’t a few cents more an hour compensate for this? Perhaps for Mr. Ensero, but not for me nor for the majority of my fellow workers who feel they have certain rights that the company must recognize and accept.
It is true we will not regain the money we have lost, but we will have retained our dignity and our determination to move forward. With both my husband and I working at Uniroyal we feel the same, if not a greater, strain on our purse strings as Mr. Ensero. We don’t, however, have his belly ache.
Some sacrifices have to be made if we are ever going to get ahead. In the history of the American Labor Movement there have been many struggles, and the benefits we now enjoy have been obtained for us through the efforts of others. Are we so small that we can do nothing for ourselves or for those who will come after us.
If Mr. Ensero must “appeal to and urge” his fellow workers, let it be to give our negotiating committee a strong vote of confidence, and a sincere word of thanks for their dedication.
I cast my vote for these men two years ago, and I firmly believe now, as I did then, that they will do the best they can for me and for all of us, including Mr. Ensero.
THERESA N. MORGADO
471 Willow St.
Waterbury.