Show Hillman Hails Harmony Of Labor Industry WASHINGTON Feb 7 UP UP- UP Associate Director General Sidney Hillman of the office of production production production tion management said Friday that t there ere was no need for new labor legislation because the defense labor situation so far has been very satisfactory Hillman said that in his 30 years of experience in man labor relationships he had never seen a better spirit of cooperation cooperation co cooperation co- co operation between labor and industry industry in in- in than prevails now Labor department bureau of labor statistics statistics statistics sta sta- show beyond question that generally harmony prevails in employer relations he said The survey showed that out of approximately threatened disputes disputes disputes dis dis- arising since the beginning of the defense program in which government agencies intervened only a handful resulted in ap appreciable ap- ap stoppages and Hillman Hillman Hillman Hill- Hill man said aid all of these were of short duration Drop in Idle Days The study showed that in the first half year of the defense program program program pro pro- gram there was a drop of almost 50 per cent in man days idle due to ta strikes over the corresponding corresponding corresponding corre corre- months of the trye previous year Of the total working time for the entire year 1940 less than two hours per worker were lost because of strikes and that was less than quarter one-quarter of the loss due to industrial accidents the report showed This is truly a remarkable record Hillman said It is all the more remarkable in view of the fact that the period has been one of vastly quickened industrial activity accompanied by a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- expansion of employment employment employment employ employ- ment and an increase in the stresses and strains which always go with adjustments to new per per- Industrial history shows that periods of industrial expansion expansion sion slon are marked by an increase rather than a decrease in the number of strikes I bL N NaYS NaYS' N p aYS' aYS r SIDNEY Truly a Remarkable Record On the basis of these statistics Hillman said it was fair to say that there has been no interference ence with the national defense program on account of strikes Labor Will Cooperate Hillman said that he was seeking seeking seeking seek seek- ing to carry forward the philosophy philosophy phy that if labor is made made- to feel fee it is a part of the whole production production tion up set-up it will cooperate ac actively actively actively ac- ac with management Hillman also said that he wa was seeking more universal adoption of his idea that labor agreements agreement should include provision for ap appointment appointment appointment ap- ap of an impartial referee whose task it would be to interpret interpret interpret inter inter- pret contracts Such clauses in the contract Hillman observed would obviate reasons for for- stoppage over meaning meaning meaning mean mean- ing of labor agreements It is fundamental to any set up for straightening out misunderstandings misunderstandings standings he said l. |