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Show THE CITIZEN 6 bargaining and other phases of the situation which he deems to be o THB MOMI subsidiary. I am not an advocate of compulsory arbitration but in arbitration is to be found the remedy of all labor disputes, he says. Until to prevent strikes, and thus protect the country from we find a industrial disruption we will not have made any progress. While most of our statesmen hesitate to sanction a policy of compulsory arbitration, the argument of Labor against it is not wholly convincing. Throughout the warp and woof of our political life run the strong strands of compulsory arbitration. Every civil litigation w-a- in court is compulsory arbitration. If a corporation tries to break a contract the case is taken to court and either a judge or a jury arbitrates the dispute. Why should a labor organization, seeking to break a wage contract or to disrupt industrial relations, be immune from compulsory arbitration ? At the very least it is a question which will enter more and more into the discussion of the Labor problem. If Labor is to escape compulsory arbitration it must agree to voluntary arbitration as a general rule. Certainly the practice of fixing a date for a strike unless a long series of demands is complied with in full without the slightest change or chance for compromise or arbitration can never lead to industrial harmony. Ultimatums are always dangerous. The ultimatum is the instrument of arbitrary power, of despotism. Absolute rulers are fond of whenever hurling ultimatums to vindicate their power and authority, but they frame an ultimatum they prepare for war, not peace. So long as Labor adopts the arbitrary method of ultimatums it cannot hope for an adjustment of the differences between Capital and Labor. It can look only for continuous strife. Unfortunately a certain percentage of the leaders who are conducting the affairs of organized labor are eager that war shall continue until the whole present order of society is reduced to ruins. They do not desire peace and harmony because that means that Labor and Capital will be friends and will work out their destinies within the limits of the present order. They desire anarchy and chaos as a prelude to some new, idealistic order which may or may not work better than the system which men of their type have introduced into Russia. The mass of the people the mass of organized labor desire a settlement which will harmonize the relations of Capital and Labor and at the same time preserve our republic. That the House Committee on Labor should be admirably fitted to do what the Industrial Conference failed to do is suggested by the committees personnel. Mr. Smith is a lawyer, but in his early days he earned his living as a painter and brickmason. Mr. Nolan, Republican of California, is an iron moulder by trade. Mr. Zihlman of Maryland, is a glassblower. Mr. Gould of New York, is a manufacturer. Mr. Bland of Indiana, and Mr. Hersey of Maine, are lawyers. Other members of the committee represent miscellaneous lines of endeavor. Altogether, the Committee on Labor is one of the most representative bodies in Congress. . A HUMANITARIAN the direction of the Republican majority leaders, the of Representatives has passed a notable humanitarian measure. This is the bill to provide for the promotion of vocational training of persons injured in industry. The bill has already passed the Senate and probably will become a law at an early date. Unquestionably this bill, from the standpoint of Labor, should prove to be an extremely beneficial piece of legislation. It should also prove beneficial to the public as a whole for it will make a great number of people who, without its provisions, would become a burden and a charge upon communities. It is a tremendous undertaking to attempt to give vocational training to the great numbers of people in this country who are annually injured in industry and the present bill is looked upon by its advocates as the first step and it is anticipated that from this beginning much progress will be made in the years just ahead. A very small per cent of people disabled in industry have the initiative, the strength, the ambition and the mind to avail themselves UNDER THEY'RE OFF. Down the Home Stretch 1 See this great race horse) epic STARTING SUNDAY TOM MOORE LOUD ari i LADY ALGY and SIX ACTS VAUDEVILLE ACKERMAN-HARRI- S THE MOST FDRTHE LEAST-ALWWS- BEST THE U t- -J and follow a gainful occupation ; consequently a multitude are accumulating in our country who are more or less dependent upon charity, their friends, their employers and the general public for the reason that society does not give them another chance. Ordinarily a workingman who suffers the loss of a hand, an arm, a foot, an eye or both eyes, is more or less dependent for the remainder of his life. This result is economic and social loss for the want of some and return to employment. Private institusystem of tions have experimented sufficiently with the problem to know a conand returned to siderable per cent of these persons can be profitable occupations. Many disabled in industry have means to provide for their own rehabilitation. The bill is intended to apply to those who. lack adequate means. Effectively administered this proposed law will be a godsend to thousands of people to whom the door of hope has hitherto been closed. With the increasing entry of women into industry it follows that the number of women in the ranks of the disabled will likewise increase and both sexes, therefore, will be benefited: of re-educat- ion re-educat- ion re-educa- ted The Bolsheviks of Russia have barred Christian names and have passed a law requiring that numbers, instead of names, be used. For example, Petkoff one, two and three. Take the American name Ball for instance. It would be called this way : Ball one, Ball two, Ball three, Ball four. Conan Doyle has not heard from the spirits in some time. Watson, the needle! The strike means coal storage or cold storage. Much daylight saving is spent for moonshine. We think the strike can be compromised on a basis of the day with time and a half for seven hours overtime. one-ho- ur The railway men continue to rail. . Reconstruction period is right. A period is a full stop. self-supporti- ng Sherman gave war a bad name ; And now for peace we do the same. One would think Fiume was a food the way the Italians fight for it. Scrubwomen engaged in a fight in the streets of New York. We hear it was a clean fight. |