Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-21
Secretary of Labor Goes on
Record Strongly in Favor Of
Unions, Believing Them
Necessary to Country.
CABINET OFFICER is
EMPHATIC IN VIEWS
Industrial Justice Must Be Had
Before Human Rights Can
Be Secured to Those Who
Work With Hands.

lrt sosHisa iounaAl seeciAL tsssso wtest
Philadelphia. Nov 2o.-Wlth the
exception of half hour during
which secretary William n. Wilson Of
the federal department Of labor ad-
dressed the delegates. the convention
OF the American Federation Of Labor
devoted all of today 10 the consIdera-
tion Of matters pertaining to iurlsdle-
tional disputes.
Secretary Wilson IN his speech,
said there could be no permanent In :
dnstrnl peace that Is not based on
industrial justice ana he also told The
delegates that the most effective
agency 10 promote the welfare of
those who toll. was the trade unions
Of the country. lie reiterated his dec
laration, made at the Seattle conven-
ton of the federation. that every
title TO property is a law-created and
IA law-protected title.
A proposition for creation OF a
board Of mediation and Cancellation
TO be composed Of three members to
endeayor to adjust Jurisdictlonal diff
ferences, was proposed by Vice Pres
idcnt O'Connell and provoked live
ly discussion with the result that the
matter was referred to the executive
council OF the federation, with In
structions TO report at the 1915 con-
vention. The purpose OF the hoard of
mediation, Mr.. O'Connell said. "would
be TO save the time of The delegates
of the convention and To avoid fric-
tion and also TO give the convention
more opportunity TO push forward
the labor movement
Conferences are To be arranged
within ninety days for the purpose of
adjusting disputes between the Broth
orhood Of Carpenters and the Broth
erhood of Railway Carmen. Brother-
hood Of Painters and the Railway
Carmen: Brotherhood OF Slate Work.
ers and kindred crafts; Structural
Iron Workers and trades connected
with their work
Introduces "Our Bill,"
Introduced to the convention by
President Gompers as "our Bill,' and
the delegates as fellow
trade unionsis." Secretary Wilson
said that he had been criticized for
certain statements he had made at
HE federation's convention at Seattle
last year and declared that he reaf-
irmed what he said there.
The secretary said he also had
been accused of partlsanship in con
lucting his department
"lf securing justice for those who |
arm their living by the sweat of their !
ace is partsanship.n he exclaimed, |
then count me partisan on the |
ide of the man that lahors"
Mr.. Wilson in telling OF the work |
# his department, said that in The
asst year and half II had handled !
cores Of trade disputes and that all 1
ave been settled with the exception
i the Pere Marquette strike and the
trikes ut Calumet and in Colorado.
he department, he added, takes the
t0nd that the employer and the cm-
loye have mutual interest in Great
ng a greater amount of production
nth given amount Of labor, They
iiter only as 20 the share that
honld 90 to each and under the
lethod IL shonld be produced. When
he employer and the employe reach
his stage, he said, then IT is the
roper thing TO sit down and solve
he problem.
Accused Of Partisanship.
"The department Of labor also has
cen accused of partisanship," Mr., II
3ilsen continued, on the theory that
/ acting as mediator in labor dis
utes IL is performing a judicial fnnc- {
on. That is not true. IT performs
iplomatic functions. There Is no | I
lore reason why the department Of
bor should be barred from handling
Ibor disputes in diplomatic man
er than sthcre Is for barring the
ate department from handling in
irrational disputes.
what we want in handling labor r
sputes is men who are experienced I
nd leyel-headed and who under- /
and the technicaiities involved. In /
lrrying out Its work the department =
ikes men who are experienced and !
ave the technical knowledge of the
nployes' side and also men who are [
sperienced and have the knowledge y
the employers side and sends y
lem out to perform their work"
Justice for Workers. n
Speaking on Industrial Justice Sec Il
tary Wilson said there still are ex- a
emists who look upon the work O
en- only as a part OF the machinery v
the establishment. When piece
machinery is crowded ana breaks
'wn from strain 1t costs the employ
something 70 repair or replace It. G
imam machine is crowded and Ii
clared Mr., Wilson. When the v
caks down from strain II costs v
Not SO with the human being, 7
thing 70 replace II. We contend q