Show KEEP HANOS OFF WAGES AGES OF F LABOR H B f E Of ol F I to fl n nol I i Reconstruction ll Congress Hears Schwab Sch b Explain Necessity for Private Enterprise in Business tl r rA A A CITy CITY N N 4 4 Pour Four thousand d in represent representing m U n l representing in ing virl virtually ally every ery oC or bus busi- busi i q t 1 here Iere tb today nf in a reconstruction tion congress confess ss l listened t p-n p on men t problems d delivered l rc by Secretary of Commerce William C C. Charles M. M r. r head of the Bethlehem Steel corporation and director general of the emergency emergency ency fleet corporation and Harry A A. Wheeler president of the Chamber of f Commerce of the United States Slates 1 s Mr Nr Wheeler heeler amid great applause urged that American business should be at the peace conference nce In Fiance Mr 1 i schwab made an nn Vp- Vp peal for tor a s. great merchant to to give o outlet ot at surplus American pro products prod and d declared cIu cd that labor should bo permitted to organize In Individual plants and d share sharo In the tho prosperity of or ortho tho the countr country Secretary said that no rash hands should be laid on wages that th the he proper spirit of ot trade trado Is not excessive e profits but service and that the American business man should take Into account moral values when nhen dealing with his customers In all lands lauds Committee May Be De Sent Thoro There IB Is some Bomo talk here tonight that thata a committee of American business and Industrial men might bo be sent to Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope during the peace negotiations Secretary prefaced his speech with tho the statement that his re remarks remarks re re- marks wore not to be bo taken as an bf- bf tidal announcement L 1 am more mora and more Impressed said Mr In reading current discussions and reflecting upon them bern with the tho truth that thal readjustment Is vcr very largely a state of or mind that mind that It J not eo so much a a. program of ot a I fixed i lint line linof I J f if procedure A. A as an e I i U a nun LOUII uL t I lUlU wo iLL are ILIC Ui uie n process of or readjustment Is proceeding almost silently all about u us Continuing Mi Mr 11 said Find and seize hold upon all that science has said or can IH say nay concerning Industry Thu Tho ro responsive power of ot well paid and contented labor to farsighted farsighted far far- sighted leoder leadership hl In Industry la Jo the greatest force torce In production and happy happ are aro they who have ha It behind them Shipping Is HI Factor Our near future futuro foreign policy is la affected af at- ll by another factor namely tho the capacity of oC the worlds world's shipping chipping Ve We o hu got cot to food the th world for a while and und It IH is going to take ships ship to curr curry the thu food tood toode We e must SUPPlY the tho world orld with much equipment and raw material and that la lii going to tu take tako to curry curry cur cur- ry them W We hu have liae ol to keep a. a Ir large e army army laga large as ww wu call on un tha the theother other othur side for for some time to tu como come mid and they will wilt have to lo bo be fed tod and furnished with s. s Vo Wo do not know what la is behind the Russian veil ell A Job may ne need d to be bedone bedone done there thero that we dare dart not lIot leave un undone uti- uti done wo we hope hops not but Jut wa WU must have havea a era arm army abroad nut not not half our present nt ono but still H It considerable force torce and und they thuy must bo be fed ted and mid sup piled Soberly looking at al It it I think that every even ship the he hc world has and can got get gothan has han al ut of Itt its carrying capacities t taken for tor th the tho next two to y years cars ars to tu come Parting of uC i S Seen hen cn Ic Let mo me say to j you ou with v entire frankness frank ness flees that t wo vu ar are ATS In a a. certain way at Jt a commercial parting of ot the wa ways t Tho Thu officer of a great grat al manufacturing concern concern con con- cern has said Dum rac In commerce would prompt us to recognise co tho the rights Continued on page flage 3 1 I I I I REDfiElD YARNS WARNS THAT WAGES WAGES' BE MAINTAINED I Continued from Pago lage Jag 1 I of or our bur foreign com competitors and to seek the he welfare of or those with whom we trade In order that wo we may continue to I share In a welfare tf to which WP we c cn elm elmI I tribute mutual good will Inevitably rol- rol j i lows and where good will exist war var Is j I Impossible It proscribes prescribes tho the continual exercise of oC what chat ha has been lIeen called tho the j II go goden den rulo ruic of ot business I Mr tr Schwab's appeal for a merchant I I marine marIno struck a responsive o chord A I II great merchant marine IB 16 essential for forI tho ultimate success of or the United States ho he said and Its successful O DJOI J lI l'- l' atlon athon Is IR not for fOI or tho benefit of anyone any ono ono one man or class of oC men or all any one branch h of ot business but for tor or tho the good goot goodof of every ery citizen of or tho the country I 1 do rio not care he hc added what plan may bo be best for tor tho operation of or those ships so flO long as 8 they are operated economically and so long lon as ns the ex expense ex- ex pens pense of oC operation is IR borne borno b by th the whole holo people No o American shipping can enn be bc successful or enlist private capItal capital cap cap- I ital itai today as shipping Is now open oper- I Speaking on private ownership ownership- j I of oC In Industries Mr 11 Schwab said O The real development of an any great enterprise depends on tho the individual I Initiative of oC the American H man I 1 do not believe c wo we will ever evet get the full economical development dc of ofIn n I any great branch of American industry Industry Industry Indus Indus- try that thal Is not developed under private enterprise and b by private capital capita Taking up tho the question o of labor Mr Mt rr Schwab said sald I 1 am am one ono of ot the men who believe inthe In Inthe Inthe the fairness of oC American labor I amone am amone amono one ono of oC the men who vho believe o that tho the only foundation upon which anything can n permanently rest Is the lie economic use of or everything e whether it be labor material manufacture or what whit not Any nv u I foundation or organized laborer capital capital capi pl tal that is on a false basis must full till We e started In some twenty years cars ago on a series serle of or exploitations that many people called trusts and there were man many such concerns organized that holla hadas had holl hadas a as their prime motive the lie artificial Idea of either restricting pro production or Increasing Increasing- tho the selling price You hay have hayseen seen them one after aCter the other fall fail an and 1 fade lIe away asay That ThC was on U a wrong basis Our Congress realized it and r rightly hU and just justly justi took steps to correct It it Economic n ac Foundation What has been true truo of ot capital will willI willbe be equally true of labor and therefore I I the lie education of or the American laborInG laborIng laboring labor- labor Ing man must bo ho to have ha him realize reaUze that his permanency and success and the success of oC the tho nation will vill depend upon labor conditions and capital conditions conditions con con- that are arc founded on economic principles first of oC allI allI nIlI all nIl I am not opposed to organized labor I believe that labor should organize In Individual plants or amongst themselves themselves themselves them them- selves for Cor the better negotiation tion of ofIa oCla la labor bor hoc nn and the protection of ot their own rights but the thc organization and control control control con con- of ot labor in individual plants and manufactories to m my mind ought to tobe tobe be he rondo made representative o of or the thc people In those plants who know the conditions Urged In tho the years cars gone by bo I serious seriously doubt man many times If IC labor has received re received re- re Its fair share of or the prosperity of ot this great countr country Wo Yo as manufacturers manu manu- have havo got to open our eyes to a wider vision Islon of or tho the present and the future with reference to 0 our work work- men Wo Yo have got to devise ways was and means b by which capital and labor that have havo eo so often otten been termed sy synonymous 83 8 shall share equally not in theor theory but In practice We c have h got gotto gotto gotto to devise lse ways was and means of tion ion Wo We e must not only talk about these things but we must do these things We 0 have got to realize that many unjust demands will be made b by labor as fiS the they probably have been made mad a ab b by capitalists and employers In the past That Is one of oC the lessons this great war has taught us true us-true true democracy racy Mr Schwab said that ho had telegraphed ole tele graphed raphell the President ent a few days ago UGO be begging Eln to be relieved of or his duties as head of oC the thc emergency fleet Jeet corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion Important as tho the work Is to lo take up what he ho believed ed t to a bo be more ImPortant Important Im Im- ha- ha duties for tor I felt that having ha s of m my own and a payroll of ot a a. month I could bo be o of ot greater service to this nation and aud this countr country by re rc- rc tiring UrinE from rota the work I had hall in Phila delphia to tho ho study of or Important questions that arise In In connection connection tion with this transition period In the various In Industries m In tho the United States Thirty six related Industrial groups met tonight nd questions affecting their particular interests in tho the work of oC reconstruction Thu Th lewD of oC these groups will bo be pat passed along to ten major groups tomorrow who will wll consider resolutions that may ee eventually reach the tho floor loor of oC the Congre Con Con- gre gress ss Bernard M. M I. I Baruch chairman of or the war Industries board In a letter read I to the tho congress said the cancellation I s- s a- a of c contracts ra does n not t mean m a repudiation I atlon of or contracts The Tho government o will not I am tm sure he said Balli take tako from Industry of or ortho tho the country anything to which It is 18 entitled under each ench and er c every ery con con- I tract |