Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-23
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DISCUSSED IN REPORTS
Commission Gathering Facts for
Congress Has Its Various Find
ingS Ready for Submission.
BODY is NOT UNANIMOUS
Members Cannot Agree, and Three
Separate Sets of Conclusions and
suggestions Are Made Public.
Look Into Causes of Social Unrest.

the reports. three in number OF tho
United States Commission on Indus
recommendations for tho information OF
Congress. were made public here to-
night.
! The commission. which ceases 10 cx-
ISL tomorrow, was composed OF three
representatives each of the employers
the employed and the general public.
| IL hecnme apparent some time ago that
! they would be unable to agree on Il
; Single report. and it is said that none
! OF the reports given out tonight can
property be called Il majority report.
The personnel OF the commission fol =
lows: Frank r. Walsh. Missouri chair
man j. X. Commons. Wisconsin,. and
MIS- j. Borden Hartman, representing
the public: r. Fl. Ashton. Illinois. Har-
rlS W einstock, California, and :. Thurs
ION oailard. Kentucky, representing the
employers; and John r. Lennon. I'LL
nois: James O'Connen. District OF CO.
lumbia, and A. b. Garrctson Iowa rep
resentinS the employed
The report of the representatives OF
the employees. known as the staff
report, drawn up by Basil NJ. Manly
director OF research and investigation
Tor the commission. was signed by
commissioners Walsh. Lennon. O'Con-
nell and Garretson. In connection with
the main reports these commissioners
issued three Supplemental opinions
Mr.. Walsh. one by Mr.. C;arretson. and
one by Mr.. Lennon and Mr.. O'Conncll
Jointly.
TWO COMMISSIONERS
SIGN WITHOUT RESERVATION
The report OF the commissioners rep
resenting the public. and the summary
thereof, were written by Commissioner
Commons. He and Mrs. Hartman
signed it without reservations Com
missioners Ashton. Ballard and Vein
stock approved it in large part and in
part their dissent to portions of it, and
TO the Manly report. are expressed in
the so-called 'Weinstock report" sign
ed by Weinstock, Ashton and Ballard
The reports are identified as the
Manly. or staff report. the Commons
or report OF the commissioners for the
public, and the WeinstoCk report.
which. among other things. expressed
dissent from the findings OF the other
two reports.
The Manly summary finds that tho
causes of industrial unrest group them
selves almost without exception under
four main sources, which include all
the others They are
!. Unjust distribution Of wealth and
income.
. Unemployment and denial of op-
portunity to earn living.
,. Denial of justice in the creation.
III the adjudication. and in the admin
isiration of the law.
Denial of the right and oppor-
tunity to form effective ORGANIZATIONS"
Remedies are suggested
On the same subject the Commons
report says:
The greatest cause of Industrial un
rest is the breakdown of the labor laws
and the d!strUst OF our municipal. State
ana national governments on the part
of large portion of our people"
The report outlines n plan for rene
oYinE conditions through the institu-
non or a permanent industrial com
mission and advisory council" with
comprehe nsiVc powers
The Weinstock report dissents from,
the recoTm endations that the second
AIRY boycott should he localized. finds
mat employees have many just griev.
ances, and are thoroughly iustified in
ORGANIZING II explains the prime OH
jecuons 20 recognizing and dealing
with organized labor. as follows: SYM
pathetic strikes. jurisdictioual dispu,es
laoor union politics. contract breaking,
FeStFlction OF output, prohibition OF the
use OF nonuniou made tools and mate
rails, closed shop. contests for suprn-
macy between rival unions. acts OF
violence against nouunion workers and
the properties OF employers, and an
premiership rules
OWING 10 Us length il was impos-
siole for the printers 10 provide tha
fun summary OF the Manly rcpor, This
latter report consists of three sections
only the first OF which was given our
to-day. The second section will he
made public on August -. and the
third section tor publication on Au-
gust IS.
The fun test Of the three renorts
which contain an aggregate Of more
than 200, 600 words is in the hands of
the printer. and probably will NOT he
available to the public for several days.
For this reason. summaries were pre-
pared for publication That of rho
Manly report was epi,omized by George roe
i. West, director OF publicity for the
commission; that OF the EMPLOYERS he
Mr.. Weinstock, and that OF the repre.
sentatives of the public by Mr. com
mons.
The "suplementa! opinions and sur
gestions" OF Commissioners c;arre,son
and Ballard were made public TODAY
while those of Walsh. O'Conneu and
Lennon are expected TO be given GU,
at a later date.
HEARINGS CONDUCTED
DURING 1874 DAYS
The commission conducted HEARINGS
during l5i days. and heard 40 Wit
nesses. OF the latter $50 Were altil-
lated with the employers, 2i5 with
labor. and go were not affiliated with
either group
In addition, there were reports OF
,
commission.
There was a difference OF opinion in
the commission AS TO the value Of the
work OF the field agents. The Manly
report accepts the reports Of these in
vestigators as impartial, and the Manly
summary explains that where inter-
ests are affected, statements of fact arc
based entirely on the testimony OF
those witnesses whose interests might
be egacded as adversely affected"
The Commons summary says on this
subject:
In giving reasons for disregarding
the reports Of Investigators for tho
commission. the report says that its
sSncrs do not consider that the inves-
legations were complete. as they were
not submitted TO all parties ut interes,
/ 10 be checked up as TO facts"
The Weinstock summary says con-
corning the work Of the field agents:
we IND that the alleged findings OF
fact, and, in "a general way, the com
ihehis made thereon In the report OF
the stan Of this commission, under the
direction Of Mr.. Basil VI. Manly, which