Show HOOVER PRESENTS METHODS TO STOP INDUSTRIAL UNREST Shop Policy Held Basis Basi of Legislation by hy Ir Presidential Aspirant Washington Washinton May 14 Thc The principle of Individual al freedom requires the tho open shop Herbert Hoover Hoo declared toda today In In testifying before th the Senate labor committee at hearings on proposed legislation for or tho the settlement of ot In Industrial Industrial In- In unrest Mr 11 Hoover who was a a. member of President Wilsons Wilson's second industrial conference said he did not believe the relationship between n employers and employee could bo settled b by an any 1 form of legal repression whether It be h by 1 Injunction j I co compulsory p sory Hun or 1 courts Fundamentally h he declared all such efforts lead Inevitably to the use UBe of ot Jails as a solution for disputes as to respective participation of ot labor and c capital pHal in Industrial profits and proceeds pro pro- swiftly toward compulsory labor or compulsory wages or martyrdom No O one doubts that the modern consolidation consolidation con con- foll aton of ot th the employer over large largo units of qt gives every Justification justification justification cation and right for tor the or organization of ot similarly Into units for th the exertion of of equality In bargaining pow V ers Such organization has the right to present H its own representatives in I bargaining On tho the other hand there should be no compulsion to Join such Buch Buchan an organization The principle of Individual Individual in In- In freedom requires tho the open shop Approved d Parley Parley- Mr fr Hoover heartily approved the plan of the second industrial conference confer confer- once ence for voluntary settlement of labor troubles U through rough operative co agree agree- m ment e n t. t Jones Joncs Democrat Now Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo wanted to know Jenow If it labor had not been disturbed d b by excessive profits It has replied Mr Hoover but It ItIs Is difficult to sa say how bow far tar this thia has helped to canso canse e industrial unrest now with the rising C cost R-l R of or living There Thee Is Is no question as to tho the enormous in Increase Increase In In- crease In profits but what weight Isto is 11 isto to be bo given this requires VCr very careful cardul attention n. n There has been a big hiE in- in In Increase increase crease in profits over the tho cost of or la labar r. r but I j cannot Sn an say as to proportion Statement on Strikes On tho the question of strikes Mr Hoover Hoover Hoo Hoo- ver er said a distinction should be drawn between conditions Iii In this country and Europe declaring that strikes for or political po po- po Utica ends had been resorted to in Europe which had caused unnecessary sarr alarm in this countr country There has be been n no taint of or such strike order in this I country ho ho declared No Ne attempt has been ma made by leaders of oC or organized d I. I labor In the United States to override o tho the ballot banot and labor leaders have discouraged dis dis- that use There seems to to be be bea a misapprehension n as aa to whether the he strike may d develop Into a a. political weapon Edt But certainly that has not been the case in the United States Is I Impossible Mr Hoover thought it was almost Impossible to legislate te as to hours of oC labor Wages Vagos ho said should take into account tho cost of oC necessities savings and the enjoyment of ot all benefits benefits benefits ben ben- of ot tho the civilization ot of the time Senator Phipps Republican Colorado called attention to the tho bonus paid em em em- by many industrial enterprises s sand and to reports that labor leaders felt tell it should be discouraged In the actual practice of ot the operation operation operation opera opera- tion of oC the various devices they fall Into two general classes sharing classes sharing of ot profits and sharing of oC savings Mr lr Hoover Hoo said It Is difficult to reach a a. fair basis of ot settlement The Tho occasional occasional occasional occa occa- misuse of the system has led to the opposition of ot organized labor If 11 profit sharing is to be bo based on tho the conception that wages are aro aro to be Just and that profits are to be an addition addition ad ad- to pa pay then It would bo be In proper prop prop- er or form torm but not when whoa used as an a a. weapon weapon wea wea- to hold down mans man's The pon a 11 pay In Intangible intangible in- in tangible agitation in Industrial life lite concerns the question of oC a division of oC surplus not the question that thal employers employ employ- ers cra want to manage the business |