Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05

between employer and employee, Seth
Low, president Of the federation, eulo-
gized the labor union and defended its
rights to struggle for recognition. He
Endorsed heartily the American Fedora
ton Of Labor and its methods, and with
equal spirit denounced the radical labor
leaders as socialists seeking social
revolution, not q social evolution
my Judgment Is that the pathway to
industrial peace and industrial efficiency.
said Mr.. Low. lis to be found in the
hearty cooperation of employers with
ton that when the right of workingmen
to collective bargaining passes unchal-
lenged in practice. the right OF other
w0rkingmen to forego collective bar
gaining. IL they wish TO do So VIII De
equally unchallenged.
Referring to the fact that Samuel Com
pers, president Of the American Fedora
ton of Labor. was vice president OF the
Civic Federation Mr.. Low said that the
organization had been criticised by many
employers because of its apparent close
relationship with labor. This criticism
he declared. had been based largely on
the alleged misdeeds Of labor individuals
or unions.
Looks Beyond Mistakes.
"The National Civic Federation is not
unaware Of these mistakes and these mis-
deeds on the part Of individuals and
sometimes of whole unions" he said
1.-THE federation. however, declines to lay
emphasis only on the mistakes and mis-
deeds of organized labor. 1t prefers to
look above and beyond such incidents,
which In certain sense are parts OF all
human struggle, toward the inspiring OBJ
ject of organized labor, which Is to i'm
prove the condition of that vast body OF
men and women and children who toll
with their hands for their daily bread
President Low dwelt at length on the
advantages created under the trade
agreement plan between employer and
employee Bargaining between capital and
trial friction and had virtually abolished
serious industrial warfare. Mr.. Low ap-
piauded the philosophy Of the American
Federation of Labor that though the
interests OF labor and of capital We're not
identical they were usually reconcilable."
1.-THE acceptance of this philosophy by
labor" he said, always means an effort
on Its part to find basis of honorable
its employers. 1t means a constantly in
creasing number of trade agreements gov
erning hours, wages and conditions of
employment between the international
unions of organized labor and the Ma
tional organizations representing en-
ployers.
Unions Must Disown Violence.
"The fact that such trade agreements
exist would make impossible in the United
States such a strike as took place in Eng
land last autumn, because that strike
turned upon the unwillingness of the rail-
road managers to recognize the railroad
unions
Mr. Low, referring to the Mcnamara
case. said 1t had demonstrated to organ
lied labor that il in the future 1t wished
to command public sympathy and con.
hdence 1T must be prompt to disown all
violence connected with the struggles OF
labor" He condemned with equal vigor
the socialistic labor leaders and the en-
ployer OF labor who saw nothing more
than the interests of private property.
Both. he contended, stood In the way of
enlightenment.
Defending the antagonism of organized
labor to non-unfon wOrknlen Mr.. Low
said the unions were forced to recognize
in the non-union element "the club which
the employer uses to deprive them OF
their own right to collective bargaining
for their labor" Throughout his address
he urged upon both capital and labor
greater tolerance and broader spirit OF
understanding In their relations.
Judge Knapp Lauds Mediation.
Extoliing federal arbitration of disputes
between the railroads and their employees.
Presiding Judge MartinfA Knapp OF the
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