The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1915-09-09
Some Remedies for
industrial Unrest"

the limitation of their activities to the
bona fide functions of detecting crime.
and adequate provision should be
made for the rigid supervision of their
organization and personnel.
b. That the militia of the several
states being subject to regulation by
congress, carefully drawn rules for
their personnel, organization and con-
duct in the field should be drawn I'D
to insure their impartiality during in
dustrial disputes.
Denial Of Right and Opportunity to
Form Effective Organizations
l. Incorporation among the rights
guaranteed by the Constitution of the
unlimited right of individuals to form
associations, not for the sake of pro-
fit, but for the advancement of their
individual and collective interests.
2. Enactment of statutes specifi-
cally protecting this right and pro-
hibiting the discharge of any person
because of his membership in labor
organization.
3. Enactment of a statute provid-
ing that action on the part of an asso-
citation of individuals not organized
for profit shall not be held to be I'M
lawful, where such action would not
be unlawful in the case of an individ-
ual. .
4. That the Federal Trade Commits
sion be specifically empowered and
directed by congress in determining
unfair methods of competition to take
into account and specifically investi-
gate the unfair treatment of labor in
all respects, with particular reference
to the following points:
a. Refusal to permit employees to
become members of labor organi.
= cations.
b. Refusal to meet or confer with
the authorized representatives of
employees
B. That the Department of Labor,
through the Secretary of Labor or any
other authorized official, be empow.
cred and directed to present to the
: Federal Trade Commission, and to
: prosecute before that body, all cases
of unfair competition arising out of
: the treatment of labor which may
come to his attention.
6. That such cases, affecting as
they do the lives of citizens in the
! humblest circumstances, as well as
the profits of competitors and the
peace of the community, be directed
: by congress to have precedence over
all other cases before the Federal
Trade Commission.
Widespread existence of living and
working conditions in American in.
dustry that menace the nations well
fare by denying proper standards of
living to millions If it's citizens, and
by making them s6bservient tn the
wills of employers who control their
opportunities for labor, are set forth
in the final report of Basil NJ Manly.
, Director of Research and Investigation
, for the United States Commission on
Industrial Relations
The Commission has made p,,blic
the first section of the Manly renort
The remaining sections will be made
!, public as soon as they leave the hands
or the printer, and the report in full
will then be transmitted to coneress
1t was accepted and ordered printed
, by resolution of the full Commission.
, and is signed by Frank P. Walsh.
chairman of the Commission, and nv
Commissioners John B. Lennon, James
O'Connelland Austin B. Garretson.
AS paramount necessity, if the
nation is to remedy the evils found to
exist by the Commissions staff. the
report urges action that will remove
the many existing obstacles which
prevent effective organization and CO.
operation" by wage-earners, and that
will thereby bring about a democratic
organization of industry along the
lines OF trade union activity.
The crux of the whole question Of
industrial relations is declared to be
shall the workers, for the protection
of their interests, be organized and
represented collectively by their cho-
sen delegates, even as the stockhold
ers are represented by their directors
and by the various grades of execu-
tive officials and BOSSES"
Mr.. Manly's report is based on the
research and field work of members
of the staff, whose point of view is
that of impartial investigators, and
upon testimony at the public hearings
conducted by the Commission in four.
teen principal cities and Industrial
centers of the United States. These
hearings occupied in all 154 DAYS and
a total of TAO witnesses were heard.
OF these 230 were affiliated with en-
ployers, 245 with labor and 265 were
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