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RESOLUTIONS on LABOR
National Manufacturers Association
Defines Position Toward Unions.
NOT OPPOSED TO ORGANIZATION
Condemns BOycotts, Blacklist and
Other Illegal Acts and Advocates
Equitable Adjustments Of All Dis.
putes-Employers to ORGANIZE.

Equitable Adjustments of All pis-
putes-Employers to Organize.
New Orleans. April 16.-Interest in
the session OF the National Association
of Manufacturers conferred in the re-
port of the resolutions committee
which is expected to result in a def
mite understanding as to the attitude
the association will take towards or
ganized labor. President Parry in
troduced Hon. Carroll ID. Wright and
he was given a hearty reception
President Roosevelt had been invited
to attend the convention, and in de
Ginning named Mr.. Wright to represent
him.
These resolutions were adopted:
The following principles shall gov
ern the National Association OF Manu-
facturers OF the United States in its
work in connection with problems of
labor
Il. Fair dealing is the fundamental
and basic principle on which relations
between employees and employers
should rest
y. The National Association of
Manufacturers is not opposed to organ
izat.ons OF labor as such, but it is un-
alterably opposed to boycotts. black.
lists and other illegal acts of inter
ference with the personal liberty Of
employers and employee.
80. No person should be refused en-
ployment or in any way Disseminated
against on account of membership or
nm q 40 in, f,f
cation. and there should be no dis
elimination against or Interference
with any employee who is not a mem
Der of labor organization by members
of such organizations.
a. With due regard To contracts. IL
is the right of the employee to leave his
employment whenever he sees fit and
it is the right of the employer to dis,
charge any employe when he sees fit.
-. Employers must be free TO en-
ploy their work people at wages mu-
tually satisfactory. without reference
or dictation on the part of individuals
or organizations not directly parties
to such contracts.
&c. Employers must be unmOlested
and unhampered in the management of
their business and in the use of any
methods or system OF pay which are
just and equitable.
- No limitation should be placed
upon the opportunities OF any person
to learn any trade TO which he or She
may be adapted.
IS. This association disapproves alb
solutely of strikes and lockouts and
favors an equitable adjustment of all
differences between employers and
employees
80. The National Association of
Manufacturers pledges itself to oppose
any and all legislation not in accord
ancc with the foregoing declarations"
The following resolution on the in
dustrial situation was also adopted:
Whereas. in order To meet in col
lective, scientific and efectual man
ner the present industrial conditions
arising from the organization of la
Dor. ii is necessary that there be thor
ough organization among employers of
labor in kindred crafts. Be it
Resolved. That the president of the
National Manufacturers Association
appoint a committee of seven with
power. who with the president and sec
rotary shall constitute a standing com
mittee on the organization OF employ
ers. This committee. at the request OF
any five members of this association,
employers of kindred trades, shall call
meeting of the employers of such
trades for the purpose OF forming an
association. the general object of
which will he to secure and preserve
equitable conditions in the workshops
of the members, whereby the interests
of both employer and employee shall be
properly protected"
A resolution charging some unions
with violence and intimidation, re-
suited in much discussion. Numbers
of the delegates declared that the po-
sition taken by the association was
likely to be construed as an attack on
all labor organizations IL the resolu-
ton were adopted and Delegates Young
was called on to explain that the reso-
luton had no such meaning.