The Printers’ Strike And The Liberal Response

For over one hundred days the New York printers stood up against an attack without parallel in recent union negotiations, and achieved what may fairly be called a victory.

The most remarkable aspect of the strike was not the tenacity of the printers, but the shallowness of the liberal response. It was to be expected that Henry Luce’s Life would editorialize its regret that the good-old-fashioned days of strike-breaking were past—in New York anyway. (Score one for Mayor...