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Show ROOSEVELT FAVORS TAFT COMMISSION New York. Feb. 1 6. Theodore Roosevelt has anedllorialVin the current cur-rent issue o'f the outlook on ' A Phase of Industrial Justice" After describ-4n describ-4n g.avls! tLJo-a.'-rdodol-LlcJ orjv-andt-duelling on certain pha of the reflations ref-lations between employer xand employe, em-ploye, Mr. Roosevelt sajs: 'The Pre3idcnt, In u recent message, mes-sage, has recommsnJed the creation in congress of ?- commission to look into industrial conditions in the country. coun-try. It Is earnest! to be hoped that Republicans and Democrats, wise progressives and wise conservatives, will back up this r.ction. Such a commission com-mission could uot but do good. "If properly mado up, it would approach ap-proach the matter of industrial rera-tlons rera-tlons without prejudice as between employers associations and labor unions. un-ions. It would look at the mattpr from the point of view of the public interest with concern to work for the prevention cf unnecessary labor disputes dis-putes and for settling those that do arise on n just and permanent basis. "Surely there is now a widespread and deep public interest in this vital subject and in an earnest desire to know whether our existing mechanism mechan-ism for preventing and settling labor disputes and for nelping the cause of social justice 3 regards both employer em-ployer and wage worker can not be Improved. "Undoubtedly the remedy must in larqe part be found in the action of tbo several states rather than in the federal goernment and undoubtedly undoubted-ly it must also ln large part be found in voluntary arrangement between employers and employes n-nn In a higher general recognition of the need of justice and fair dealing. But only an Inquiry by the 'ederal government gov-ernment can be reail.i authoritative and satisfactory and enn -pally cover all the different sides of the matter and throw full light on all tio puzzling, puz-zling, baffling, complicated and vital-l vital-l imporiant questions involved." |