Show GARY A Y BREAKS SILENCE ON t WALKOUT I Corporation Cannot r C Confer II With Union Representatives enta- enta tives H He Declares t. t r. r 5 co z By Associated Press NEW YORK Sept 26 After Atter After being shown an Associated Press dispatch quoting John Fitzpatrick director Ee gen general en- en cr eral l of the steel strike as saying the walkout walkout would end Immediately If It the U United States Steel corp corporation would arbitrate differences Elbert Eibert H H. H Gary I directing head of ot the corporation declared declared declared de de- de- de I in a statement last night speaking g for fol himself that he believed ui the b board ard of directors dIrectors' can not negotiate or confer with Mr Fitzpatrick or his associates Mr Gary was shown the dispatch while he was att attending a dinner given I here hereby here b Baron Kondo president of the I II Japan Mail MalI Ste- Ste Steamship company o and I was asked to to make some some comment I Breaking the silence he has maintained main maln- maintained since the beginning of the strike Mr Gary wrote a statement while seated at the table and then calling ih the newspaper men Into the hall read it to them GARYS GARY'S STATEMENT The board of ot directors of the theU U United States Steel corporation are the representatives of ot nearly from to toj stockholders including j said the statement We Ve are their servants and are selected to represent and protect their interests and also the interests of all our I the majority of whom I think are not members of ot labor unions Moreover h I believe our corporation i is under great obligations to the genera general gen gen- Ij I era eral public concerning the issues involved in- in In the pending strike In these circumstances I would not at present assume to answer the question propounded propounded pro pro- pounded to me However I will say for myself prO prO-I that questions of moral principle cannot be arbitrated nor compromised and in my opinion such questions are in included included in- in in-I in in the present unfortunate struggle I also think we cannot negotiate negotiate negotiate or confer with Mr Fitzpatrick and nd his associates associates- as union leaders concerning our whom these gentlemen have volunteered to sent REFERS TO SESSION who the principal Mr Ir ir Gary Gar was p k r at the dinner referred In his address to the brief session he had with the newspaper men I My mind is somewhat perturbed by byan byan byan an incident which occurred during the I course of ot the dinner he said and I after reading the statement he had issued is issued is- is sued continued Now ow you rou as part of the general is-I is 1 4 public must approve or condemn what li I have been called upon to say I can only s sty y that you who know the Is Issues issues issues is- is sues involved know full well that if the strike succeeds it probably would be the beginning of an upheaval which might bring upon all of us grave and serious consequences And you know that the questions involved in this strike which Is led by Foster an ac acknowledged acknowledged ac- ac revolutionist are higher aC 1 r than the interests of ot the United States Steel corporation I Mr Gary who was greeted warmly wh when n he was introduced received added applause when hen he referred to I the subject of ot radicalism NOT AN ALARMIST Wo Ve do not know what is In front of ot us he said sald I am not an alarmist I am an optimist Certainly I have havethe havethe the good sense to speak optimistically on n pessimistic subjects But I want to say this Is a very serious period in inthe inthe the worlds world's history and I hope It is not critical I hope these statements in reference preference to the distribution of propaganda propaganda ganda gamin dealing with the doctrines of ot anarchy and Bolshevism have been ex ex- ex But there is such propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda and there are men I am told distributing literature of ot the I. I W W. W. W receiving their pay from funds sent here lare by Russia We Ye must open our eyes yes to the situation and protect our 1 property and social structure against them BELIEVES IN JAPAN The rest of ot his address Mr Gary dented devoted de de- voted to to the discussion of the Shantung Shantung Shantung Shan Shan- tung subject saying that while it was vas easy to criticise an individual or a nation nation na na- I tion especially If it we are not familiar with all the facts he thought it expedient ex ex and necessary for Japan to j I state the time and terms with respect sto to her future disposition of the prey prey- I hice ince nee Mr Gary added that h he believed one one of these da days s 's Japan is going to prove pro that she intended all aJl the time to live up to her traditions and her inter international I national reputation and do jU justice tice to China as she said from the start she would do I |