The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-01-29
INDUSTRIAL PEACE
THEME OF PROGRAM
National Civic Federation
Holds Important Conven-
ton in March.
~ aooER,ck CLIFFORD.

~ RooERlck CLIFFORD.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29.-Industrial
Peace and Progress IL the theme for
the program Of the National Civic Fed.
GRAFTON. which will hold its twelfth
annual convention in this city in
March. So far the following COVER
nors Of the various states In the Union
have accepted Invitations to send dele
cations to this meeting:
Robert r. Bass, of New Hampshire;
W. Hodges Mann. OF Virginia; Abram
J. Potheir, Of Rhode Island; Chester
H. Aldrich. OF Nebraska; Albert w.
Gilchrist. OF Florida: w. w. Kitchin.
Of North Carolina: Emmett O'Neal. Of
Alabama; John A. Mead, of Vermont;
Lee Cruise. OF Oklahoma: Chase s. O..
Osborn. Of Michigan; Joseph NJ. Carey.
Of Wyoming: Eugene N. Foss, Of Mas
sachusetts, John Burke. Of North Da-
kota; John A. Dix. OF New York; Jud-
son Harmon, of Ohio; Charles 8. De-
neen. of Illinois; and o. b. Colquitt, of
Texas.
Gibbons to Preside.
The meeting will be old in the Pan
American Union building here. Cardi-
nal Gibbons. Of Baltimore, will preside
on the first day of the session. The op-
ening address will be made by Presi-
dent Taft. The relation of employer
to employee will be considered from the
standpoint of the private employer to
his employees, the public utility COM
pany to its employees and the govern
ment--Federal, State or Municipal-to
its employees.
A general discussion Of the practical
operation OF the trade agreements be-
tween the railway systems Of the
country and tho brotherhoods of engi-
neers. firemen. conductors, trainmen
and other employees; the successful op-
Grafton of the three-year contract be-
tween the National Association OF
Newspaper Publishers and the interna-
tional organization of printers, press
men and stereotypers. as we'll as the
contracts in many other trades. coal
mining. and brewing will be INDUCED
in by all the delegates.
The contract between the publishers
and their employees Is one Of the most
remarkable in this country. amounting
to practical voluntary arbitration.
The contract provides against all
strikes. but 1t also provides for local
arbitration committee and to this COM
mittee must be submitted all griev-
ances that may arise. II either side is
displeased with the award of this local
committee, an appeal may be made to
the national board which consists of
Charles II. Taylor. Jr.. George c. Hill.
H. NJ. Kellogg. James NJ. Lynch. Hugo
Miller and J. w. Hayes.
A Potential Feature.
The feature most potential. however.
In the interest of peace il that. should
The men in any once violate the agree
ment and strike. their places will be
Alled by the union and not by the EN-.
ployers. Thus they are protected from
being obliged to enact the role of
strike breakers with all its unpleasant.
ness, and the very fact that every
member knows that II he violates his
contract and strikes his place will be
filed by a union man, makes him
think long and hard before he throws
down his tools. While the printers
have such restraints put upon them.
the publishers also are restrained
fom violations of the contract or at.
tempts to interpret it unfairly.
Every dispute must be referred to
the national body. and az It provides
for an odd number of the board. there
10 bound to be q decision.
The need for careful consideration
of the relation Of public employees,
federal. state and municipal, to their
employers 10 emphasized by the ire
mendous upheavals which have occurr.
ed In Europe. This subject will be dis
cussed under the head of How can
public employees secure redress Of just
grievances without resorting to
strikes?"
The government controversy on this
subject with employees 10 becoming
acute. Following the defeat Of Con.
gressman Loud by the Letter Carriers
Association. because Of his refusal to
approve certain new legislation which
they demanded. an executive order
WAS Issued by President Roosevelt.
which has since been reissued by
President Taft. The order forbids all
officers and employees Of the United
States individually or through associa-
tons, to solicit an increase in pay or
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