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Official Organ , of Raleigh
Central Labor Union and Allied
Tf7
Unions
Endowed by Xorto .Carolina
State Federatibn pf Labor Ad
Wake County Farmers Union
JIfowaf-ft, Upuaing of thetidUe Union Movent :
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Output pi Pilot Cotton Mills
Increases Und&T&dnm
5W5HiN. a,;THUBSDAY, OCTOBER 23 1919?
ATiIEMCAN; LABOR
PROUD OF ITS RECORD
PrfWe"': Wiaon ?onW!ates; Employees ol
" f uuuwun r Tor Past Weeh - A 17 i.tttest jom .r
Prc R6n- cuXJ," ' ;?'YeeV. n, at Front and at Home.
f By Chester 1L Wrightr '
"il?Jers-s0W. a" willingness no
The Textile . Workers' Union, , of
Raleigh,; though; a -vyoung organiza'
tipn and still soneLWhatXunfamiliar
with the benefits - of collettiye effort.
are rapidly and Intelligently absorb
g!nhe ? fi his virtues.
Following y Mr. Williamson Vw.
ter:
NOTICE!
The- press agents of starid-patism
" Their' job, self-appointed or'other
wise,t is to see that trade unionism is
misrepresented; V -
They try to show that every effort
Viq (treat1 nitnnln1' i.ia.i- " ' I rfi-i : ' '- .'.' . - v- .". ,'".: :.:. :-'.-.,.. I ftf
iu6 6-..ivip wulu xorm employees of -the PilofPftt Hi " "x u a cuxier measure of jus
the foundation, of-the "Labor; move- ton.Mills Company " tice 18 an,at' of "treachery. ' -
wM. .pointi.-i uuugraiuiate von nn thn 1 ouow mat tne
-o s vTonuuneu ' Dy I "- m production -last Wfifilr t,A
union men-y-that in order-to secure leaving eifie s2.174( nt
a greater remuneration forJthelr la. 2.158 for the jprevio'us'Veek " '
bor and better conditions ; under Remember, we - were aiminW" at
which to Perform that1 labor, -they 2,21 7cut9,. and' this-Is making good
must by theirown effort and -co- eadwayand I feel.
operation , with -the employer-make t same effort Is tint fn.t "T
possible these benefits. The fact that yu will get those figures -"-some
employers refuse to appreciate I also cnirW k."J.
J!1!??"!!:.:? dthem,fo?
.tanatney, produced
this spirit among x Workmen : Is v the
cause for numerous strikes, and lock
outs. '''feKi' :$&-:v
The following letter . to.the' em
ployees of the , Pilot Cotton Mills of
this city isevidebce that Mr. Wil
liamson, president : of the company,
is of the appreciative kind, and where
such feeling exists it is unlikely that
any trouble ,will arise which, cannot
be amicably adjusted. ,j . These , em-
nlrtvaaa )iqva v. n xi . '
ywji o inuveu mac collective
effort has benefited the employer,
. and what better proof is wanted that
collective bargaining will prove bene
ficial to both? Very few, differences
cannot be settled if both" parties to a
LABOR'S CHAMPION
SUBTiUTS PROGRAT.I
Gompers Submits Plan' to Indus
trial Conference - Which In-'--'-'
eludes Right to Collective
' Bargaining.
Washington, D. C., Oct. Vl.-Here
i the program submitted to Uhe Na
tional industrial Conference by the
3 2 . 2 4 2 . 8h rtnr -.AI.' ImT: V
i I .7 . "6 tuey came very
are.. getting : 'super-wages" and. have
no justification 'for, demands that
wages be increased. .-. - :
Most base arid ' unprincipled . of :all,
they argue v that the workers - stayed
at bOme during the? war . anrf li-nori
tneir pocKets with gold and; as one
of .them puts it, "risked . their pre
cious skins not at all." --
This is 'calumny. " - -
This 4s lo wslander despicable
f The-idea underlying J this libel is
found in a sentence from a Utt tn
The . New York -Eveniiig Post, -writ-
close to. their, full1 auoia;' '
'i, noweven note 1 a iftnm
' t""""6 ttUU ' stana- uy,some one who signs "P. e n
w.xng. ,. Aunougn this is lo ine PistIe;
. r v ; tt ia, r iu IVUU ttfB DaCK Trnm tvavl enintS.n I minU.- :', J
ruuu1' "-e tne production for Fri- abroad thinv X .uv0 hc 0 toaay intdany - trade
dav and c;3fn aoroaa tnmk of the demands of the union Tiaii ,'a .
a . - . .ue v largest ever men who stavof 0'0f0i v -jT ki7 iuwiva auu seei mere
produced for Fridav and aJJ Z?? !ta ?afelat hoW for the gaps in te ranks. Those
ftf hA J.- .':, r'r- 'uaf "6 lor nana laoor raneinc n hfo-h, fn s . o---
7 r y u uays iair; vacation;
inow iet us all puU together.
x ours very respectfully.
Each depended upon and served with
the other. : w- - i-- .-
. America . helDed tn nnitfm t i
lies and helped feed the world. This
was aone- by men " in .Americawho
worked night and day -while the War
x ; nave ?-seen . Samuel Gomners
uiong tne soldiers in France, and I
think"! have BOme idPa ahnnt Knw
we American- soldier felt toward his
brother 'at home who. mart d-fho ma
chine guris and-'the'RhelfaAnril
howitzers' and the motor trucks .'and
the flhfno 1 nn!. il ki. i - f -
i - "-y. . uuuiuci o.. 10 mem was tne
visual evidence of. inen working like
hiad in the shoDsat home'xfftVrnrjH.;
the multitude ot things.that had. to.
ue madeand f shipped.-to beat . Ger
ft js time that this desDicable' v r.on
iupiiDie aiter-thewnr iia ohn,,
encan workers who produced .the
tuff or war was laid away to sleep!
The SUreness Of nnrrtnso iho ewh
"me faith in democracy, the utter
HC,ulf"n to tne .cause that rans- anri
resounded -from theranks of 'Ameri
can labor during the war stand high
among, I the j reasons, Jorl democratic
victory against putrescent and vi
cious autocracy. I have ome ner-
spnal knowledge gained from ohaer
vation of, the electrical effect cre-
dfea- m . European industry by - the
valiant, unflinching stand of Ameri
can, labor. ' - ,
liSo muqh forihkt. - -'-"
Turn now to another side of the
GARY MAKES STATEMENT
BEFORE CONFERENCE
terruption, the , openS;sp as'i; un
derstaiid jt, namely . tTery man.
Wer. ne does or doenotlbelpng
to a .labor union shall have' the- bp- -portunity
to en?Am- in an Tn -A '
AVith legitimate employment on terms and -
Opposed Aiiy " - Interference
Steelj Strike tiWtion--leadlock ( nHons' agreed 'upou letwe6n em":
ifiwj-o, aim employer
Continues on Collective ftar-
gaining.
;Miam; opposed to a-nollv nr '
Judge,-Elbert Gary, Chairman fnf !llc. x unaecessarily limits pro-;
the United States Steel , Corporatloii " it ilncreases V costs " deprives .
and one n.f fha ronrpspntat . i Miw -workmen from rerelvirn .
" twicB ior . - -
tne puDiic at the andustrial Confer-I 7 c "WSt Jesuiting,. from
enre told fhaf knv nn iwinj ... . 4 wul".ta'ry and reasonahto oWnt
t snouia take no action , bearme on T "X umuuoA or advancement
thel pending steel strike, as he on Ll! , , q wltn merit, :or,t)ther-
posed arbitration
special to the
says a Washington
New ' York Times.1
t Samuel "Gompers, President of the
American: iFedera tipn of iLabor, r-
piiea - ate some aengtn ; to Mr. Garv
ana tne conrerence, wmcn then ad
journed, because .the Committee of
Fifteen was unable to report any
thing definite by- Way of a comprd.
naise -between the- pending resolu
tions dealing with collective bar
gaining.:-'' - . ) .
Judge Gary had. been absent from
Washington two , days, havning g0rfe
to New York to confer with his col
leagues of ;the United Steel Cornora-
tion,. v, Meanwhile the three groups of
me conrerence have been seeking to
reach; ,- a compromise over collctive
bargaining.; Immediately after the
return of Judge Gary word reached
memDers ; of - the .conference that
Judge Gary Intended tomake an im-
WM. H. WILLIAMSON, , Pres'V
jTiiut cotton Mills Company.
labor raneiner as hisrh Jfo aa tJ.: . 6ys
aa oa - n- i- , . v r " vm,u uicu m jjnmce men who
., ., - v .?i . vr- jiuuuq unions into the , "E"1"
isolated case. a7 at tne call, or' the command of wnen ' inV: delegates assembled
.Thise is not nn iaa . m i uncle Sam. Did th there was a, full attend an re ' in
....... Kvncu . v;xat3 i 1111 1 :. uiuu luauxuen - . .i -.v - - ca-
many , utterances -of this "fctn t OVA Labor j identity; when'" thev enteroa I Pectatjpn.T' of ,the . announcement hv
... - . v ut. . 1 . ' - . -
appeared to Justify the notion that e army 7 .They did not! . Juage -CJary, who took the floor at
iney are merely outbursts of a. few l Af or,was IN the army as well aslonce:
-, 1 , aesire to make a brief state
nient," he said.: "In relation to the
question under discussion; as well
as others submitted to this confer
i. 'J.th!s, end there should "be estab- isolated muddled persons. The idea Dehind it.'"
fished by agreement between the or t00 is creeping into ' news stories When G
stories wnen General Pershing received
American JJaDOr renrPfiPntnti'vno n
ganized employers. in Aeach industry tT?m strike centers
ine of an en,;!rnCe ?oafvConsIstt Tnere-e no fabulous wages, being cbaont; Ws general" head quarters
mg of an. equal number ; of renreA nairt in tnio r ulus during th i.. ,
x a ... . 1 - ' , i ouuuu v.--.. i n - Tno .' vao i wjo. ui nai. i m rpepivon
JVZlJj -.Pjoyers and workers, majority of cases wages, are lower in tnem representatives of f el low- vote 1 may register will probably be
ua iiiiir imim ira w . . 1 m. - . . --y. 1 1 . . - -
Hon mbV ; . various sec- puying power than in 1914. - . Americans who were likewise repre Kunnecessary- . - i
uons 01 the industry and the vnrimioi "UanA i.wn. . . sentativoa xn . . . "T.iiro rn.L.
cIas8M lftfwni.irma .-..v,v.w . rf .UUui ai. a week is : 0 . icnuw-ugmers against . U'"C1 mcm,UC10 tue con
for its ohiert tho vrT:::r;.:":rT srr" . ureau Gf bor r x.11 euemy"
OP- wise inters i7. T. i I" 1 "fclCir ut
or compromialViiI:i;wcs Wlia ine. weaom t '
.as organized labor' whih
braces the vast majority -working
jjuas U( special rehrosaQ'
in Uhis conference. I dppm
Prlt say-that'all- laboshould v
?M-""Tue consideration" and. that
1118 lue QDiigation and ought to be
UA emDloversat an
times; ana in every resneet t
iMotltr i A i . Ill .
juOMJ,,auu "uerauy v all PmnWo.
whether Unorganized or orani m
Mr, Gompers in his 'reply said; - "
Nv'I am free to say.Nfr:
luuse- wno. declared that' it.wrt
ue a great pleasure to hear Romo
statement from:; Judge. Garv' that, t
am rather disappointed at the-statement
that he , has aade. , i;id ex
pect, as I think. that, everyone had
the right to expect, that something
now -was coming forth, to throw
some . light upon the situation, and.
perhaps remove sohie obstacle from?
the path of our progress. "
"The statement just read' vV
Judge Gary is nothing more or less
than the letter he addressed ' to his
subsidiary companies about a month
ago, and which has , since been made
public property, and not ; either in
thought or statement of "fact, or in
the language employed Istthere th
slightest- variation from He: letter.
It is a bit appronriafe -. to av
that, while there may be differences
of opinion upon the question" of the
open -snop' and we holrf thnf,
efficiency of production.! from.' fh
i t . . . . . ...... '-. .... . " 1 .
lanor group, tbroufh Samuel Gorifkl,ewPmt of . those engaled in the
r-pers, chairman hegroup:. ;:r ?rrt dustry;anr to protect life arid limb,
f.oKn.to Itu. .in ' , 'A: I aS Well aS : aafefrt1r1 anA
the ' rights ' of : all concerned 'within
Labor's Propositions
This conference; of representati-ses
oi tne public,. of the; employers and
business men, and of labor.'called by
the Prsi A art r rt t ' TT. s L j x ' i
yj. uuiLeu- ocates
nereDy aeciares In favor of the fol
lowing: ' ' (v , . ,
1- The right of wage-earners '- to
organize m trade and labor unions
for the protection -pf their - rights,'
interests and welfare. . ' ; , -2.
The right ot wage-earners to
Bargain collectively through trade
uu laoor unions with employers re
garding wages, hours of laborand
reiduons and conditions of employ
ment. .
The rieht of
be represented by representatives ot
InPi'p (int. i . ; -
wWU cuuosing ,, in negotiations
aa adjustments with employers v in
respect to wages, hours of labor and
relations and conditions ;of employ
ment. , ' - ' - r
. The right of ; freedom of speech,
f the press, and of assemblage, all
being responsible . for their utter
ances and actions. XvV' . 5
5- The right of employers to or
ganize into associations or groups to
""gain collectively; through their
cnosen representatives in respect to
aps, hours of tabor, and relations
conditions of employment
The hours of labor should riot
ceed eight hours per, day. ' One day
01 rest in each week " should be-ob-
h iM?' preferally- Suhday; v, Half
nondiy on Saturday ' should ; be : en-
LTa?ed- 0verme. beyond the es-
118hed hours of labor - should ' be
scouraged, ibut when - absol'utey
jece8gary should be paid , f &
timen0t 1683 thail ti:me and .orie-half
Am 7he right of all wage-earners,
w" and unskilled,; to a living
mhi 18 hereby dilared(; which mirii-
and v . luouio me workers
an: wlcir ramines to-live in health
centCmf0rt In accordwith the con
and standards of American life
'Pay Women should receive the same
Ld8 Tn War work' per-
iaea. Women workers should not
Pro?fterfmitted, 'to perform.- tass dis
!tSonate :r to their' - physical
their ' or whicn tendto impair
tenf ?tentlal motherhood andpre-
ior its object the consideration, of an Statitiro t - . ! Ie Reema j .. ' . intoreit f i v fi. , tbere should not be., but concedinc-
subjects. affeMin :r X.u uo bailment oia- Zr: ooijr tu give suca r: wjr uo.uuusiuHreu that thprp wnv , ' . -7
weii.hoir,.;" V Vv. i . ana ur at wasnington; also, it Js' un.p-"wauon to a libel so gross and W 01 ine first Importance, that all 1 f10 . T"?.01
" " r Liin ...1 cm 1 1 u Tn -nw avm . 1 irnntnvi . ii. - . . 1 urn 1 n vw tx w. i. ' 11 m . 1 .z-A x a. - j t . ' - e. 1 w- . - v wxa. oiuiii i Mriir nna . inn -vrt 4
sncv of h";: . rrrr" ,u vuose ao wnat is called "r1:"118 l? au W Persons ? raterests; -must be subordi- uall v". -l:
no. uwu reiutation. - - ,N-fnateo. - . l ,iw-"."iiuu ouu :-.Huine: 10
Wrecord Is sn onen hookTTh. , .r" -lIJ.. r? upon M there were-. no
erybody-s story.' ' ' " jV niVI" .-??f; ls- 5rind..
Tn tho - : ' U 1,, i-i. -7" ' uaiuV jusiinaDie
. 'viaicov nai, AiueriR nan nn wuiuu nr ner ann e9rieratmtr .nin
b,. except tnose locked up in "on btween all groups of citizens
luiwumeni CamPS and those -orhn COnneCteA With ...Inrlnatinr '4t,14
- - r - iivl . I " , ' " wjiuuumug,
v- uwu peculiar niirnosea coo r"6". uie..vrerman" cause from the or course ' what hoc hon .?orr,oj
1U sceei industry wages have ' ttUU ro"en platform of pacif- as. capital and labor
. r vvui muic luajJ tne vwu iw luo.wunu uwjB in conciliation ro-
COSt of living ' U wonderful d ,i. i. - ' " vuuUUU, CO
- feiiwua uuuy , operation and arbitration whenever
iUUBC wuo, come at tbis late dav Dractinaf wi thnnf
icucuuuuB on LaDor n its Die-
Datues ror justice; to stain its record
the industry; . v
With a further.view of providing
means -for carrying out this policy,
the Federal Government through its
department of Labor, should encour
age and. promote the , formation o
uaiiuum conierence boards in the
severarindustries where7 thev do not
already exist. ; To still further en
courage the , establishment oT these
national conference boards in each
industry, these conference boards
snouid be urged, whenever required,
to meet Jointly,, to consider ahv nro-
posed legislation affecting, industries
in order that employers and workers
may voluntarily adopt. and establish
-vm vwmiiuuuo 0a UCBUIUl, and
may also counsel and advise With the
Government in , all should be nire'd.
whenever needful; legislation is re-
quirea, - - y.
.The,; Federal1 Government should
also undertake . to "extend tne func
tions :t Of the Denartm ent of , T .ahni
to ascertaln andt provide adequate in-
ormation and advice to the several
national conference. boards on all
matters affecting the life, health, and
general welfare of wage-rearners with-
n such Industries. - . i 4
11.; The howof immlsration should
at no -time .exceed the nation's' ability
to assimilate - and Americanize the
immigrants coming- to ':our. - shores,
and at no time shall immigration 'be
k permitted , when there .exists an ab
normal conditionof unemployed.
r By ; reason of existing conditions,
we' urge that all immigration into the
United States be prohibited at , least
until two years after-peace shall have
Deen declared.
hand labor.
, A most recent-Jllustration-of - the!
relation or cost of living to wages is
iuuuu in , tne steel industry. The
Bieei trust, making its own case with
iih own doors and with its own men.
g. healths en.4 j ; i' ti'
KeJt men and women. . ; - ,
than iThe services0f children Uess
ttomi , years of age for private gain
jo d Prohibited. "vr -
fcnaidPrQ ure a Sweater, shareof
fork J . and co-operatlori to the
ustry in whiph
to Ho u wnicn they are engaged,
taurr,!, f nd - asaure v continuously
tween 7 dustrlal relations be
to ateP ?7ers and " workers, . and
16 tdvlnl ef0re declard. as well as
taodsT CondlonS: generally, a
tfaa S c;reTiew of Industrial rela-
ly acerne1"0118 thosedlrect-nea-.in
each industry
I
Steel Strike Resolution. x
The foil
ln the steel strike was submitted:
. Whereas the nationwide strike now
in progress in the steel , industry o
America affects not only the 'men and
womeii directly concerned, but tends
to , ojsturo i tne relations Detween em
ployers arid workers throughout our
industrial life; and .
' Whereas ''this v conference ;is called
for the purpose of stabilizing .indus
tries arid bringing into being a bet
ter relation.between employers and
employees; and. j,. ' . , ,
. Whereas organized labor; wishes to
manifest itm sincere and fair desire
to prove helpful Jn immediately ad
justing this pending grave 'industrial
connict; therefore, be it,. , - .
ii Resolved, ' That: each group com
prising this, conference select two of
its -numbers and' these six so selected
Jto constitute a committee" to which
shall be, referred existing differences
between the workers and employers
In- thet steel industry," for adjudication
and settlement. ; . - r '
Pending the findings of this ; com
mittee, , this, .conference reguests the
workers Involved1 in this strike to re
turn to work and the employers to
reinstate .them in their former posi-
" V "'lug,.
If this -were::. trust' it would not con
stitute injustice. It would 'be noth
Ing remarkable. It Vould mean that
inrfive years the workers in f th at
Industry ad been able to make some
slight gain toward a higher and bet
ter standard of life
But there do not seem to h Q
other figures that show for the" steel
luuusiry wnat tbe stee trust's fin0
wiow. bo tney must be j taken a
steel-trust figures. and' nothing mo'
There are figures enough to take
care of any lies about high wages.
The Government at Washington has
a greats many experts on the job o
getting figures together.': And, tak
ing tnem all tncotho,.
. ..0yvuw, lu ligu-res
Buyw lua wages are anywhere from
to do per cent behind the cost o
uvuig. - ( "'
I inere .are those in America, who
r""1 lliVC see tne standard1 of liv
ing of American labor slip baclftto
that of the Asiatic workers' or ' the
workers' of Southern Europe. - '
vBut the American worker himself
is determined that no Such thin s is
1 A . n . . ..
goiiig 10 nappen. Nothing could be
Detter- ror America, than that he
snouid maintain this decision. ' j
Morej-eprehensible than lies about
wages are the -malignant efforts to
belittle, and besmirch the American
wonting people who kept American
industry running at more tthan top
speed during, the war by comparing
him unfavorably with the men who
went overseas to fight.
. 'Duringthe' warHhere was none of
thistalk During the war the talk
was . tb the , contrary. And . with rea
son.; The facts were to the contrary!
- - Let it not be forgotten that Amer
ica raised her. army by means of the
selective' draft. - ' . v
Men. were . drafted for the army,'
and men were drafted for industry. '
i mat isto say, menrwere selected
prmci-
'I am of
n order to f9tcQw - i ' me iiieu , opinion mat
k.x caiB n. ii ih I mica fh .1.. .
against Mt are '-froW;'A t, 7r4 ' v " unuiug finite against the steel
the hollr.ff.r'0" f "' this counV Aam
One,1 would imagine that the men
of.vlabor, who have had either the t
intelligence' or the tenieritv: to or
ganize for their own or. the common
protectiori, had dn ' mind . tearing
down the conditions of the unorgan-'
lzed tworker. To interfere with his
promotion, to interfere with anv
improvement in his condition ( '
The , solicitude bf ' the modem n
employer, who has that understand-
and propagandists
111 & fQ On1 fVint nrrn n 1 A 1 A.'
agents be arhitrt " 1 Iir 17.Z- 61 . "Jw wr
wi vuiuiiiumiacu, ; liur iuB. uuurganizea worKer well " the
for service in the
1Tt1... 1 J . .. i.
r '-o-..vifcj,o yv uusc ' lies W GUI J qtitt .i 1 " ' ' 1 T ,' . .
their course through the nation dur- uZ i bythe conference unorganized workers , know, where
mg tne war, carryine noison and 4: . . uuu lua"Je- . " come wnen tney -are In great
picion. i These:are stranee lateavJ i' V ' nat i" should be main- stressit is not necessary rfor anvi
(Continued on" page' 8.)
is
These are strange late-davf" ' .
.m.TOwia ui a uesyisea Dreeo. j
American Labor is proud of its t
record in tne .war proud and filled
with rejoicing. 'No dishonest hand
can wipe from the page what is writ
ten there. ,- , .
But the painful, shameful truth "is
tnat tnere are newspapers that wil
give ear and give space to the warped
and jaundiced propaganda that
peing spread'; by that handful tha
a,iioco iu : uiemisn every tair move
ment. remaps .tnere is no great
trutn m the, world that has not been
denounced and ' denied by"1 ignorance
or treachery. .
Labor in America is today what it
has been. It is the same today tha
it was in the trying days of 1917 and
191?. The v same men 'and women
are there at the work benches, at
the, machines in the mines and the
mills, in the ; shipyards and on j the
railroads - They, have . the same
standard of Ifonor and of American
ismr that.lhey had' when the . shells
that the. made were being fired into
the German lines by , their v brothers
in uniform; - And they have the same
standards and . the same 'ideals1 that
they had before there was any jwar.
XNOtbmg has changed about these
men and-'women. , Conditions about
them have changed; the worth of the
dollar they gethas changed,-and, as
we see, "with deep regret; but :,with
lttle surprise, those who hate 'Labor
when it is organized are still' telling
les aoout them; The ales -change.
Let every honest American; wher
in actual practice without in-
army and ' riieri I ever he mnv he. ston everv -tio r;u
were selected for service-in indristry. truth, meet "everyinjustice . with a
1 Men were classifier! hv tv '.' j . ...
ucmouu ior justice, x ana, under the
World's best flag; keep the high ideals
of old alive fori the progress of hu
manity through democracy.
iweu were ciassined by - the GoVi
ernment. Tbey did not pick, accord
ing's to r their, own desires. v
iome men were sent to ' France
wnen tney did :not want to
France. " . I-
go to
Some men were ordered to stav at
nome , ano work when they . didn't
want to stay, at nome and work; -
" At least five men behind the front
ior every man at tne front that was
Out of; the, cogs' and .wheels' anrt
muscles of industry has to come- the
guns and v the ships and , the shells
and the food everything, that, went
into the great mechanical maw of the
.War J I i,i f w!;:fl tiis'
Machine shops and shipyards and
factories were af valuable as troops.
POSITIONS OF ORGANIZED, LABOR AND EMPLOYERS
BEFORE THE PRESIDENTS INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
" COSSACKS RAID CHURCH.
Pittsburgh. Pa.: Oct. 21. At steel
strike hearings that were conducted'
in this city by the United States Sen
ate Committee on Education and La
bor Rev; A. Kaznici, of St.' Michael's
Church, aBraddockr near here.said.
on Monday; September '21; two State
troopers attacked men as;tbeywere
leaving church;. The clergyman pro
tested and the cossacks replied ? that
they,.werevdoing their duty iri break
ing up an gatherings.- r "7 " 1
VHAT LABOR FAVORS.
, Right to organize, to bargain col
lectively and: be represented by,
those whom, the workers selectv
The same right is accorded, employ-"
ers. . , 1
a- ice syeecn, press vana assem
blage, with responsibility for utter
ances and actions. . ' '
Limit the hours of labor 'W eight
hours. One day rest sin seven, pref
erably Sunday. Saturday half, holi
day to be encouraged. ,
Overtime should' be discouraged,
but . when absolutely necessary
should? be paid for at not less than
time and one-half, t
Rieht of all wage earners to a
living .wage which "shall, insure the
workers and their; families to live
m health and comrort '.in accord
ance with the concepts and stand
ards of American life':?; . '
Women should ? receive- the - same
pay as men for equal work perform'
ed. .
Women should not. be permitted
to do work disproportfonate "to their
strength or which tends to' impair
heir potential motherhood: i "
'"To assure COntinnnnslv imnrmrofl
J V fiVIVU
naustriai iwouuhs , petween - em
ployer and employed a method
should be provided . for the system
atic review oi industrial relations
and: conditions by those .directly
concerned in each., industry; f ? '
, .To this end a national conference
board, , should ,( be established be
tween r the -r organized workers ,i and
associated employers in. each, indus
try.", ? .r.,:'
The federal government, ; through
its department of labor; should en
courage and -promote s the formation
of ' these national i conference
boards, which 'would counsel and ad
vise with the government in all In
dustrial matters where needful
legislation is required. 'fr iKt, f
j prohibit immigration for a period
of at least two 'years :r a fter peace
shall .'have been ' declared. ' - r, : .
; WHAT EMPLOYERS FAVOR.
Efficiency in production.," ''
( Each individual trfi establishment
rather than the industry as a whole
should, as far as practicable;, be con
sidered the unit of .'production and
of mutual interest bn the riart of
employer and employed.; " - "By ex
perimentation and 'a adaptation"
plans should be worked out for the
co-operation of employer and i em
ployed. ' '': "1 k,.
" -,(This means that-; each- .plant
would negotiate 5 with its ' workers
Without regard to other plants ''and
a union would be snlit.' into shnn
units.) ' v lr
Conditions of labor should be as
safe and , as satisfactory to the
workers 'as. the nature of the busi
ness reasonably ' permits. 'J '" "
: Wages should " provide a I "living
standard and be based on the work
ers' , productive' efforts, his, value
and the -length ;,of his service.-
; A-study of f bonus payments,-profit
sharing and : stock ownership is
recommended. - r-
'.Wpmen should be' paid ' the same
wage , as men when . they do work
equal -to men.
Hours , of labor should be consist
ent with; the health of the worker.
Overtiine should be avoided and one .
day rest in seven is favored;-; ('Ko '
mention of eight-hour dayj ?
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. t'Eaeh establishment' should-- pro-,
vide ? means to settle disputes' , with -
itsj. employes. The ' management :
mustr not' be interfered iwith' iff the?,
exercise X of its "essential function .
ot) judgment and ;directIon." . (No f"
provision is made ' for arbitration.) 4 '
kTr&de unions should be incorpo-i
rated and held y responsible ;jfor : its'-,-:
actions and that of its agents. . !-
The "open"i shop.V Right to strike 1 .
in private jndustry Opposition to
strike in public, utilities to the sym- f
r Vocational- educatica.iU,
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