Show Grave Problems Carefully Studied d din in Book by Lauck Political and Industrial Democracy Proves Discerning Dis- Dis Analysis By HERBERT HUBBARD Both labor and capital must give up force and militant tactics and cooperate under the general fundamental fundamental funda- funda mental principles of political and Industrial democracy In view of the recent disturbances In the coal regions of Pennsylvania In view of other not so recent up- up in other fields of Industry In view of the fact that heretofore capital and labor have been viewed as diametrically opposed that statement state state- ment would appear to be just the least bit idealistic It appears in W. W Jett Laucks Lauck's latest book Political and Industrial Democracy But one is Inclined to ask just what are the general fundamental principles of democracy And just how are they to be brought about After elucidating on the exact principles which In his opinion constitute democracy Mr Lauck proceeds to say that the they will be realized by two different things namely individual experiments in Industries localities and plants such as the plan ot of em- em representation which has been adopted by a number of our leading Industrial organizations and by general education and political action Mr Lauck correlates the democratic demo demo- cratie cratic proclivities of the political world with the present day unrest of the industrial world and goes so far as to state without any equivocation equivocation cation that the general results of the democratization of our politics must and will be followed by a like movement In our industry To quote The destiny of AmerIca America Amer- Amer Ica if we are to follow the fundamental fundamental funda- funda mental principles and aspirations of our self governing institutions will willbe be to eliminate all class consciousness conscious conscious- ness and conflict by in I industry as In political life under r fundamental principles and safeguards safeguards safe safe- guards which will be just and reasonable rca rea- to all and which will guarantee guarantee guar guar- antee human liberty democratic representative industrial government government govern govern- ment and equality of opportunity to all alI classes Following the body of the book proper Mr Lauck gives two appendices appendices ap- ap one of which gives a digest digest di- di gest of the distribution of management management manage manage- ment functions in various different plans for representation and the other gives a resume of diff dif dlf- f rent plans ot n- n tation which have be been n adopted I throughout the country The whole forms art an exceedingly lucid presentation of the existing status and logical outcome of the differences between capital and la- la bor Funk Co New NewYork York |