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in this community and whose fairness and
judgment as men cannot be questioned by
any one.
Sixth Article,

Sixth Article
The sixth article Of that award is as
follows:
80. Under said contracts and shop rules.
as shown by the Interpretation put upon
them by the parties at the time, the indi-
vidual members Of the Master Plumbers
Association are not compelled to employ
union men to the exclusion of non-union
men, and the members of Local Union, NO.
B. are not required to work for members
of the Master Plumbers Association to the
exclusion of non-members of such associa-
ton or for members of said association VINO
employ non-union men in the District of
Columbia
The necessary result of this conclusion.
as applied to the facts on which my judg-
ment upon this single question rests, leads
logically and only to the conclusion l have
expressed. Its primary element is mat
men shall be permitted to work. and back
of that conclusion, and back of that per-
mission which that conclusion implies. Is
the necessary and fundamental principle
that all men ought to work a. for their
own benefit and to support their own de-
pendent families; and Gl as members OF
society at large. in the discharge of their
duty to society, in return for the pro-
lection Of law and order which organized
society extends to them.
eff my conclusion on this matter shall
end my duty as the umpire of this COM
mittee, I shall retire therefrom with the
certain consciousness that my conclusion
has been reached without personal bias
to either side, or the desire to in any
possible way inflict upon either side the
slightest burden. If, however,. there are
other questions which must be further
considered by you, in the solution of which
l can render in the same way the smallest
measure of aid. I am as ready to freely
contribute my time and best thought and
judgment thereto as l have endeavored to
do in reaching conclusion upon TINS
single question now submitted to me. l
want every man Of this committee, and
every man whom they represent, to under
stand however, that it Is not possible for
me to consider such questions as these.
which in my honest judgment are vital
and reach to the very root Of organized So
ciety-without bringing to their solution the
broad view which l have endeavored to
frankly state to you tonight, rather than
any narrow impression which might favor
one side the other in a mere local con-
troversy, which, however as you must all
recognize, affects in large degree the real
prosperity and advancement of this great
capital city in which We live and in which
every man Of us has such high and proper
pride.
Influence of Capital City.
What we do here is noted everywhere
throughout the country, and, If working
with you, we can together set an example
of honest and peaceable settlement Of all
differences, the effect cannot but be help
full throughout the country at large. In
prosperity or adversely we are all one,
and there ought to be and can be a settle
ment of all disputes of this nature in such
friendly way as will yield to every man in
reasonable measure at least the just
awards of honest industry.
In short, public opinion will, in the end,
stand by every man and every set Of men
who continue to discharge their duty TO
family and society, and no wrong to them
will go unrighted in the face Of an inform
ed public sentiment which controls all ques-
tions. political social, in our form of
government. and which must continue so to
do if that form of government is to endure
JAMES F. OYSTER, chairman"
A unanimous vote of thanks was extend
ed to Capt. Oyster for his indulgence with
the members Of the committee and his I'M
biased decision.