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Show as long us workers, the majority of whom seek nothing but the privilege to put in a lull days work, receive adequate wages and be a productive part of the national defense effort. are bounced around from pillar to post by quarrels and bickerings aimed at .strengthening the position po-sition of a few individuals rather rath-er than at improving the working work-ing status of the workmen. This is just as important to labor as it is to industry and the public. Manufacturers Name Representative In Nations' Capitol The Utah Manufacturers association asso-ciation is granting full authority to Mr. Charles R. Hook, formerly president of the National Association Associa-tion of Manufacturers, to represent repre-sent our association before the House Labor committee on labor legislation. As our suggested program on such legislation we are adopting the seven (7) points enunciated by Mr. Walter P. Fuller, president presi-dent of the National Association of Manufacturers. These seven points are as follows: 1. There must be no governmental govern-mental compromise with this challenge by private agency to the sovereignty of government. 2. The right to strike, like other oth-er "rights" properly is subject to reasonable regulation in public pub-lic interest. Without such regulation, regu-lation, the right to strike will destroy the equally valid right to work. 3. A sound national labor policy will require unions to acquire and retain members on the basis of their service to members, and not through blackmailing either management or government into forcing closed shop upon employees em-ployees who do not wish to join. 4. A sound national labor policy poli-cy will require unions to settle their jurisdictional arguments without halting production. 5. The seizure of private property pro-perty by government is an ut sound means of controlling unions un-ions which strike against public interest. i 6. Civil law, not martial law, -should be the normal weapon of enforcement. Local police protection protec-tion which would safeguard those desiring work against coercion or arbitrary action of labor bosses bos-ses is what is needed not martial mar-tial law. 7. A sound national labor policy, poli-cy, resulting from the present crisis, should be permanent and not limited to the present em-' ergency. The closed shop is no part of the labor relations act and is a controversial point which threatens threat-ens the whole structure of peaceful peace-ful collective bargaining relations, rela-tions, therefore it is not properly a matter which should be included in-cluded in any compulsory arbitration. arbi-tration. There can be no unity in this country and no maximum production of defense supplies |