| Show GIVE C CAPITAl PITAl VI CrORY IN INBOARD BOARD REPORT FR Second Industrial 1 C siou sion S1 i in ill ll Finding g Declares Declare S That at Policy of Gompers GomPer S Was i jas as Unwise iu in Theory By B J David DuL Lawrence Copy C Copyright rig ht 1920 b by Salt Lao L Herald Washington March 25 5 Capital Captai r mean meaning InS InS' thereby employers generally generally- the tho in has won non a a. victory teton In principle Issued b by President Wilson's Wilsons Wil WH report Just sons son's second industrial commission The victory is not one of or class CIMS against the tho of or recognition class ss but a dom of ot tho the policy advocated ad by Samuel Samuel Sam Sam- Samuel uel Gompers atthe the first industrial of unionization o of conference a policy polley Industry to the tho exclusion of ot shop organization or or- organization unless unionized This was tho the rock on which the first conference was wrecked cd The decision second commission is support supported ell of ot tho the Wilson secretary secre not only b by William B B. B tary tarv of or labor and formerly an official the tho- American Federation of or Labor Abor in the vice vico chairman jut but b by Herbert Hoover Democrats like Martin H. H as nili aswell well as ns Glynn former governor go of or Now New cw York former Attorney General Gregory former former for tor mer Gov GO Henry Henr C. C Stuart of oC Virginia and anil Republicans like I George e W. W Wickersham Wick Wick- Oscar S S. Straus Str formerly rotary of ot commerce an and 1 labor in the tho cabinet former ormer Gov GO Sam Sam- net t W. W McCall of oe Massachusetts Masa Julius Jul Jul- ius lus Rosenwald of or Chicago and Inde- Inde editor of ot Hooker 1 lU liko o Richard lir the a Springfield Republican and others la h a unanimous report I Speculating on I of or the two political par parties tics who have haw wondering what planks Into their respective o write tho they in rn it Can nn Francisco and Chi J n y cago will bo 0 able to take their stand 1 commissions commission's sQuarely on the industrial rc report ort It is b by no means too friendly friend ly y to labor and therefore cannot be bo log logically condemned by tho the Republicans 1 have ha to reckon on ont on c cans ns who ho u usually t 1 support of or business men generally goner gener oner- oner I n ally ly nor Is It likely to be disapproved by the thc Democrats when t men like WIlJam William Wil WIl- liam Jam BJ DJ Wilson and ami President Wilson support tho the decision In year car when great reat candidates candidates can can- art are stra straddling and trying Hard bard riot to offend offen either capital or labor J the tho industrial l report furnishes the Ideal 1 wa way out It Is not partisan In Inor or origin In or r purposes Paragraph Is Ts Significant Perhaps the tho most significant paragraph paragraph paragraph para para- graph In the whole report which tells what a a. group of at d Is tin tores ted men thought about tho the principle which wrought rought rou ht so much havoc with the first industrial conference is the following following follow follow- In ing Tho rho guiding guiding- thought of ot the tho conference confer confer- enco ence has been that tho the right relation relation- chip between employer and tan can best bo promoted the tha deliberate nn by organization 01 or mat Tuat organization should begin bee within the plant itself Its object should 1 bo be 0 to organize unity of interest and thus to diminish tho the area of conflict and supply supply sup sup- pI ply by organized operation co between employers and tho the advantages of ot that human himan relationship that existed existed existed ex ex- isted between them when whon the tho Industries Industries Industries Indus Indus- tries were vere smaller Such organization would provide for tho the joint action of oC managers and in tn dealing with their ther common Interests It should emP emphasize em em- P the responsibility of or managers to know men at least as intimately as tHc they knew mew materials and the rI right ht and dUl duty of ot es to have o a knowledge of or tho the Industry its processes and poll poli des cies need to understand n th their ir relation to the tho joint endeavor or so th that t they ma may once more have ha a ac c creative o Interest iu lu their work ork j leaven O Open n Shop Question Tho foregoing together er with wilh the de details de- de details tails taUs of tho plan proposed not only pt Permits shop committees and company unions but leaves eaves op open the tho question of or an open or closed shop to be set set- tied In each factory or plant as ns circumstances circumstances cir clr develop Small wonder woner r that Samuel Gompers denounces th the tho whole thing thine- for tor tho American Fed Fedora Federa Federation ra- ra tion of or Labor L. is on record In a resolutIon resolution reso reso- lution adopted at its Atlantic City convention condemning hop hOj unions union a and nil all other organizations not all affiliated affil ii with or a 1 part of or the American America n Federation of ot Labor While Mr r. r Gompers must naturally y take such an attitude in or order er to hold d together tho the American Federation of oC o f Labor L and to I keep cep his own hold on It tho the truth Is that tho the plan proposed propose d b by the second industrial conference 4 docs does not prevent every ery shop committee commute or organization In an any plant from becoming be becoming be- be coming affiliated with ever every other othe r Plant plant organization and thus maintain an Industrial or crafts cratts organization org All AH the tho advantages of or union labor Jabor are ar o retained though tho operations an and aud a power of tho the walking walking- delegate are t to some extent limited by tho the Insistence e that tho the troubles be settled at th Ute tho e bottom bottom In In the tho individual plant Itself f before outside assistance or or counse counsel 1 Is brou brought ht In But there is a a- recognition recognition recognition tion of oC tho the principle that workmen can be represented b by persons of ot their thol r own choosing choosing-a a principle which th the tho r nn in th r f I first iilo o conference te to t rec recognize g o Xo No o Punishment Outlined d 1 Unfortunately there Is nowhere In f n tho the report any moral punishment outlined outlined outlined out out- lined or practical of oC compelling employers to recognize the spokesmen n of oC the men even cven though thou h elaborate o methods of or choosing spokesmen n arc are Indeed provided for tor In the tho secret and impartial election machinery There Thero Is nothing nothing- to prevent another r Judge Jude Gary from tram saying he will not no t deal with the spokesmen of ot tho the work work- men There Thero is only of oC course the th force Coree of oC public pubu opinion when once the th e facts are published Tho difficulty is i s partly met by the establishment of oC re regional regIonal re- re gional boards ds of or Inquiry which can o otheir of oC f their own volition call In representatives representatives represents tives of ot the workmen and employers s just as the Senate committee did but bu t even evon the tho report of ot a B. Senate committee commit commit- tee teo had relatively rel little effect In th the 0 steel strike The hope of or course is 1 s that as tho the plan is worked out the th country will get behind It and tho the re regional rc- rc gional s-Ional boards 03 lS well wall as the tho national t industrial board will acquire as lS much muc h hd prestige as tho the federal reserve board boar d or perhaps the supreme court Itself itsel f There Is the distinct a advantage anta o Incidentally incidentally Inci dentally of oC leaving a a- good deal to th tho o voluntary ry action of ot employers and em cm- but with tho the new and vital vita 1 provision for Cor full ull publicity and investigation Ines In tie tie-allon by impartial tribunals Tho consensus of ot opinion in disinterested disinterested disinterested disinter disinter- ested quarters hero is that labor will wil 1 have hayo much to gain and very little t to loso lose by accepting the industrial plan plat planas as a a. start In three the right direction It I t refuses to gho the American Fedora Federa Federation lion tion of or Labor a a. monopoly There Thero seems to be no doubt on that point But it Jt makes every cry provision pro to hc e o union labor a square deal |
