John Marshall Harlan II

“ The danger inherent in well-timed increases in benefits is the suggestion of a fist inside the velvet glove. Employees are not likely to miss the inference that the source of benefits now conferred is also the source from which future benefits must flow and which may dry up if it is not obliged. ”

“ We cannot agree with the Court of Appeals that enforcement of the Board's order will have the 'ironic' result of 'discouraging benefits for labor.' 304 F.2d, at 376. The beneficence of an employer is likely to be ephemeral if prompted by a threat of unionization which is subsequently removed. Insulating the right of collective organization from calculated good will of this sort deprives employees of little that has lasting value. ”

“ McDonald also referred to the forthcoming representation election as one in which, in the words of the trial examiner, the employees would 'determine whether * * * (they) wished to hand over their right to speak and act for themselves.' He stated that the union had distorted some of the facts and pointed out the benefits obtained by the employees without a union. He urged all the employees to vote in the election. ”