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Show H ANNA'S LABOR TALK. Says He Believes in Unionism and Employers Must Make Concessions. Philadelphia, April 5. Senator Han- . na. was the principal speaker at the closing session of the sixth annual ; meeting of the Academy of Political and Social Science. He divided his I subject with Samuel Gompers. president presi-dent of the American Federation of Labor, and the question of the relation of capital and labor was discussed by the two speakers. Senator Hanna's topic was "Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration," and Mr. Gompers spoke on "Its Possibilities and Limitations." Senator Hanna began his address by referring to the efforts of the National Civic Federation to effect the condition of industrial peace. 1 The industrial department of the Civic Federation.-i he said, although only two years old. had settled seven strikes in three months and prevented the occurrence of two strikes which would have rendered idle more than 200.000 men. Senator Hanna stated that he had first become interested in the subject of the amicable adjustment of differences differ-ences between employer and employe during the Ohio coal strike in 1S74. At that time, he said, an agreement was entered into between the employers' association and the miners' union to meet each other and exert every effort ef-fort for conciliation before resorting to drastic measures. As a result there in that region. "The necessities growing out of the vast productive capacity in this country," coun-try," said Senator Hanna. "have forced the condition of the aggregation of capital, the creation of wealth in concrete form. To absorb it and to render it valuable as an industrial investment we must have industrial peace. The Civic Federation is beginning begin-ning to lay the foundation of such a result. "This question," he continued, "rests in the people's hands. If we have not the sympathy of the people we cannot hope to succeed. My experience of thirty years as an employer has taught me that the employer is expected ex-pected to go more than half way in meeting the employe. We are respon- ) sible to provide work and to see that j the men shall receive a fair share of I the benefits. I believe in organized labor, and it is a demonstrated fact that labor conditions are benefited when entrusted to an honest leader. Organized labor is a condition that must be met." Senator Hanna denounced socialism as inimical to society and to industrial development. Socialistic ideas, he said, arej "un-American and unnatural to us as, a people." |