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Show : engineers mm f FDR PROGRESS American Association Stands ; for Increased Production; i Against Strikes fl Stand taken by thousands of branch- I es ot tho American Association o fin- gineers, Including the Ogden chapter, in regard to trade unionism -within tho profession, has reached City Engineer Joseph M. Tracy, a member or the Og-;den Og-;den branch. Tho stntement outliues :Uic composite stand taken by the members of the association and has $cen indorsed by tho board of- directors direct-ors of the national association. - The full statement received yesterday yester-day by Mr. Tracy follows: Z "In the present state of industrial SJnrcst the board of directors of the American Association of Engineers considers it desirable to make a statement state-ment defining the position of the association. as-sociation. Z The American Association of Engineers Engin-eers is an , incorporated organization, Responsible for Its nets. The engineer js the medium through which both cap- -ital and labor are used in production ?n industrial development. The aim of 5(he profession is to advance civilisation civilisa-tion and roller the highest service- to society. Except when their acts further fur-ther this aim, it is an advocate of Iheither capital or labor. Production should be increased not Jfimited. The profession cannot sup-Sport sup-Sport strikes or lockouts or any other TTnethods that. may befenit any class at TIhe expense of tho nation as a whole. IThey are unsound and must inevitably j Head to economic disaster. The law Tot supply and demand for men or material ma-terial must ultimately prevail. At-v.j At-v.j itempts may be made to limit the sup- . ply of either, but looking toward the .upbuilding of civilization we believe in, .increasing the demand through the' J rpromotion of legitimate enterprises. ! I." Rewards should be made according' ability, initiative and constructive! effort. iMen are not equal in these, re-' .spects. Each man should be encouraged encour-aged to do his utmost and bo givon compensation according to ability and will to increase production and achieve large resultB. S .V The engineer, as an educated pro-i pro-i Sessional man, belioves in basing his I claims for proper and just reward for I liis services upon the justice of tho I facts presented, upon enlightenment of public opinion, upon loyalty between -employer and employe and upon the underlying fundamental desire of the groat majority to do what is fair and right when the merits of the case in .riuestion are clearly presented and demonstrated. We believe In organ.' ized representation for the correction wrong, the advancement of the pro-- pro-- lesslon and service to the public, but are opposed to methods inconsistent fj with the dignity of the profession and 1 I which would lessen public confidence. The American Association of Engineers, Engin-eers, through the members of its board of directors, who have signed this statement, recognizing the many fundamental fun-damental differences between the prln-; prln-; ciples and objectives of the trade union and of an organization of the j professional men, expresses the opin-i opin-i 4r?n tnai an engineer cannot subscribe I 10 the tenents of both." |