New-York tribune., 1907-08-19
EMPLOYERS TO UNITE.
FORUING n FEDERAIION.
Erecutive officers Of National Or
ganizations Meet Today.

,r1,o mill be y Y,oaetine of executive officers OF
national employers organizations at the waldorf
Astoria to-day to form federation. at "hich u7ie
gates representing twenty-five organizations "O
expected be present.
James W. Van CIeave, president of the Natlohai
Association of Manufacturers will PRESIDE N'lnS
of the delegates arrived in the city iasI hisn''
Forty delegates are expected. In speaking ol tlo
meeting last night Mr.. Van Cleave said that 1t wiz
be an informal affair and that such business as
will be discussed will be for the general soou VI
the organizations He added:
AS this is only the beginning Of our Work Ia IN
forming the federation, We expect 10 afing At
the last meeting of the National Association OF
Manufacturers there was much nsundef% % o
fI the naW,snaDers regarding the acts of the ass0
ciation and especially cohceInlIS 'llc
which the great fund proposed ior 'ie "''0N''-O
was designed advance -. .. orrsct
by giving the platform of the ASSOCIATION, w "IIr f
formulated in our annual CON- taar and
1913 which has been sanctioned every rn1
& %oH no me rstrictions as to the use tools. machin-
~ ~ ,oateriaIs excent as to such are unsaIe'
no limitation OF output; no restrict9n as nar - @
Number OF apprentices and helpers, when Oh pIopg p
apa. no hovr6tt: no sympathetic strike no ] sacrI-
fce of the independent workman & 20 ,he 'a''i
no cCmDuIsory use Of the union lape -, % -.
The assocs,qn at It's its efasG oters 10 9 establish and
80 ami fe,ieran the various natohal I aiI 7,erS
~ tbe end OF utilizing them in a viS0rouiS neaca
rional campaign in ta iEteftStS ~ ontsntion that
ana muiu! 80 t0oI s,1 40 ! wear or thereabouts Tor
three EeaTs E w3u1 duncfl effective This suggestion
received tie conventions unanlrn@ns re erred i'm
,ttnrnTatins the purpose They said the Si1,VG 800
was intended war fund HGtbiRg 6T INV was further
from my thoughts And ! IN tt'mA nAtcr he thoughts
s3s ing tnal neer Of the association which adopted
this proSFaii atians Association Of ManufactnEerrS:
bnI i itself the largest coalition 81 ,rio,s
in the country asks for qfToghout the United
Stsfss for these reasons chiehy eti,ea work
common rK the establishment OF labor f bureau %
additional organization work ana puoH'''S o."
cation; nan of federation all the associations Is
of citizens meTchsnts snd dh STATE each
while preserving its ind@peldeI"r t With ali the
other organizations in great 2h 99uholI iii viii meet
each will have yoice' an ail ls,,aiify ~ Each organi-
gatien as now will deal with the ] lssmtS its ronn-
;fseIf solely and the federation turouS .. ali the
rSe III Y-,Il handle ali the concerns common 10 an '"
These concerns are not only Largo IN N nTS6beT as
hut tbe,. are large in number ana III, IN l,,andiug
well as magnitude they are al M cornell will
Al A. vnt IN ~ 70 the defence Of any of IT'S menu
hls wea aid the meinber assaled must be hginE n t
a principle favored by tlr c"n5o,. nbinh the council
by methods and nd MI win weapons
reC3ghlSz%3i Sziatior,g =. political activity will not ne
s,aved In tho slightest degree by party M, LIS
fi,%s Manv members OF Congress ara "i ~ ~, tinl
a'Grsi Ws With some Of the public questions TheI
IRE afraid of labor union a>saunEH q. "fnrd.d when
in some cages this fear is VEL toun,S' tolip, s dii
those men represent true America ssil s,,sn n
11it,,1aaaid n Maine and other cong
I,anx states who attacked hy t3e taPo' IN IN,
-. u ga,noaign of 1915. federdton- ~ a,,
ttarnst or good citizenship. VIII SIpI,,' "a =,
! through our iftc~ar, bureau, on the stump ''
/ the polls .
,v the various organizations that Will D.
-.se-tel ave the citizens Industrial AsS''la''"t
. - America National Association OF Ns'I,"i''
r,,rlcn,ent and Vehicle Manufacturers. ->a,'
Founders Association. National Assoc'a'',' ~
JIM o"''D ,.t,.,nbare Merchant Taors' Nationa
: ,,.o..,... .ssocIntio National EreCtors ASSot''
,io, National Association OF Master Pln"h"rS' ~
,,o,aI Metal Trades Association. Amerca" Hn''
Rovco,t Association National Association " so
ter Metal Workers. American 'o'o" -,
/ -. ,,c,o,,,, United TypothetG of America
TIr5v,ood Manufacturers Association or the 'n''F'
! gates National Association Of Cotton Mahul''e
urors ani the Carriage Builders National ASSOC"