Show II LAn An Important Suggestion I Iff ITHE iT HE suggestion of Judge Gary head of the billion dollar donar ff THE jl is United States Steel corporation before the senate committee f investigating the pr prevailing steel strike that a law should be enacted providing ng for federal incorporation of big industries and under which a commission would supervise their management and relations rela- rela t lions ns with their labor is the most important yet made as a r lion Jion of the labor problem as it relates to the big industrial fl of the country I i y With this sug suggestion estion as a lead the plan might be carried r fi further ther and include in the provisions of a federal incorporation act all corporations engaged in interstate or international business and andi i P r whatever character r leaving only to the various states the in- in 1 and supervision of companies incorporated for the purpose ose of doing a business restricted entirely to the state in ich it might be organized v t 8 Such a la law laV V most certainly would include the railroads of oft t the lie country shipbuilding concerns packing companies all aU of the big bt i o oil l companies the big coal companies companies' doing an interstate business busi- busi 9 ness SS and nd scores of other important industries oj There is a possibility that the suggestion might meet with opposition by some of the big interests and also by the oa ort the ground that government supervision might work against rh heir ir interests In the case cae of the workers the the fear might be expressed that commission control would take from them the right to to strike or orin in in the event of a strike to enforce the operation of plants by the use of government forces I f Naturally the aim of such a law would be to obviate strikes and and if such a concern as the United States Steel corporation employing more than a quarter of a million men is willing witting to bide abide by the ruling of a government commission the h uld not fear to risk their cause to the tile same unprejudiced body df af men At any rate the suggestion is worthy of serious consideration consideration tion on as offering a possible rem remedy dy for an ever recurring industrial problem I x |