NAN A. S. HAYWORTH: “I just was struck by the eloquence of my colleague from Virginia, and I think, again, he has pointed out quite…”

“I just was struck by the eloquence of my colleague from Virginia, and I think, again, he has pointed out quite correctly, but it bears some repeating, because we all realize sadly that there are those who would attempt to deliberately misunderstand or distort the message we offer tonight. Again, the message we offer is in the finest tradition of freedom and individual self-determination. As my colleague from Virginia points out, this is not an attempt to eliminate unions. This is not an attempt to destroy collective bargaining. This is not an attempt to end anyone's right to strike. Those rights exist in a free society and will be maintained. But what we are saying, Mr. Speaker, simply, clearly and we believe ultimately persuasively to the American people is the fact that we want people to have the right to decide for themselves when it comes to economic association, when it comes to making determinations about their economic future and freedom, and how wrong it is to predicate the acceptance of a job on compulsory membership in a union.”