The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-23
Says Report of United States
Commission on Indus
trial Relations.

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CHICAGO. Aug. 23-Summaries3
OF the reports. three In number, Of
the United States Commission on In
.dustfial Relations as to findings and
Recommendations for the informar
ton of Congress. were made public
last night
The commission. which ceases to
exist today. was composed of three
ers. the employed, and the general
public. 1t became apparent some
! time ago that they would be unable
to agree on a single report. and It
is said that none of tht reports given
out can properly be called a major
Iity', report.
The personnel of the commission.
follows: Frank p. Walsh. Missouri,
chairman: John r. Commons. Wis
consin,. and Mrs J. Borden Harrt-
man. representing the public: r. H.
Ashton. Illinois; Harrison Vein
stock. California. and s. Thurston
Ballard. Kentucky, representing the
employers; and John B. Lemon. 1llt-
nois; James O'Connell, District OF
Columbia. and A b. Garrison. Iowa,
representing 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 IN
yestigatfon for the commission. was
signed by Commissioners Walsh,
Lennon. O'Connell and Garretson
In connection with the main reports
these commissioners issued three
supplemental opinions and sug-
gestions" as follows: One by Mr..
Walsh, one by Mr.. Garretson. and
one by Mr.. Lennon and Mr.. O'Con-
nell Jointly.
The report Of the commissioners
representing the public, and the
summary thereof. were written by
Commissioners Commons. He and
Mrs. Hartman signed it without res
ervation. Commissioners Ashton,
Ballard and Weinstock. approved y
in large part and report their dissent
to portions Of it. and to the Manly
report are expressed in the so-called
Weinstock report. signed by Vein
stock, Ashton and Ballard.
The reports are identified as the
Namely, or stair report. the So ihA-
mons. or report Of the commissioners
for the public, and the Welnstock 1e-
port, which among other things e1 X.
pressed dissent from the nnolnss oA
the other two reports. 49,.
the cause of Industrial unrest group
themselves almost without e1ceptl OF
under four main sources winch IL
clude all the others. They are:
Il. Unjust distriout1on OF WediIn
and income.
80. Unemployment and denla1 Oh
opportunity to earn a LIVING:
%. Denial OF Justice N the cree &c
ton, in the adjudication ana IN us
administration Q. the law:
a Denial or the rignt ana W
nOrtnnitV to form euGCLIYe OTSdA4Ad@
tions-" Remedies are suggested
On the same subject the Comm Comm ous
report says:
The greatest cause OF lnouslR ia
unrest is the breakdown OF the Ia
Dor laws and the distrust OF our
municipal. state and na.lonal gov
ton Of our people. 2 The report out
lines a plan for remedy1ng conoltlon l
through the institution OF peTll =
nent industrial commission ana al
yisory council" with comprehensive
powers.
The Weinstock report dissents
fro mthe recommendation that the
secondary boycott should be legal
lied. finds that employees have many
lust grievances and are thoroughly
justified in organizing. It explains
the prime objections have to recog-
nizing and dealing with or
raniaed labor as follows: sympathet-
ic strikes. jurisdictional disputes. la
bor union politics. contract breaking.
restriction of output, prohibition OF
the use of non-union made tools and
supremacy sn1 between rival unions, acts
of violence against non-union work
ers and the properties Of employers.
and apprenticeship rules.
owing to its length it was impos-
sfhle for the printers to provide the
full summary Of the Manly report.
This latter report consists Of three
given out. The second section viii