New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-02
Columbia Professors Say
Cloak Manufacturers
Obscure Issue.
BABIES TO BE FED
BY NATHAN STRAUS
Free Milk for Workers Children
Referendum Plan Offered
to Settle Trouble.

Tho Columbia professors who more
than a month ago upheld tho rights Of
the striking cloak and garment workers
made new statement yesterday In an
swer TO that Of the Manufacturers Pro-
tective Association. Far from being
swerved from their original belief that
the strikers had the right OF the con-
troversy, the educators reassert their
faith and declare that the manufact-
urers are seeking 10 obscure the true
issue.
Attention is called to the ignoring
by the manufacturers in their latest
statement Of their promise under the
protocol TO give preference to unto.
men in hiring help and of their decla-
ration of belief in the union. "The
right to discharge upon which the
manufacturers lay stress, say the To-
lumbia men, is not in controversy, as
II is the agreement OF August, lSlb,
which gives the manufacturer the right
to discharge for Incompetence, insub-
ordination or inefficency those insult
ed to the shop or unfaithful 10 their
obligations, that the workers are nght-
ing 20 restore.
Workers Cause at Stake.
THE locked out workers" says the
statement of the Columbia men, IN re
fusing to go back TO individual en-
ployers until they can return 70 en-
ployment under some agreement whlcn
Will accomplish at least as much as was
being successfully achieved under the
protocol Of 1910 and the agreement OF
August. 1915, which, IN our judgment,
is of the highest significance IN INDUS
trial organization and of the greatest
public interest. The facts developed
since our last statement confirm the
conclusions OF that statement and
further stamp as contrary 10 pubic
interest the unfortunate stand taken
by the officers of the Manufacturers
Protective Association
The statement is signed by j. P.
Chamberlain, Charles A. Beard, Frank
lin II. Giddings, James II. Robinson,
Edwin r. A. Seligman, Thomas l.
Parkinson, A. A. Tenney, Wendell /:
Bush. James T. Shotwell and Samuel
McCune Lindsay.
For their part, the manufacturers
issued a statement yesterday accusing
/ the "so-called" Citizens Committee Tor
/ the Support of the Locked Out Cloak
and Suit Makers of trying 20 "becloud
the issue" in its statement OF Friday
I They reiterate that they broke no
agreement, and explain that the Coun-
/ eli Of Cancellation has exceeded lts
authority in amending the preferen-
/ tial shop clause.
Having heard from the citizens com.
mittee that the children OF many OF
the strikers were menaced by munger
and possible starvation, Nathan Strsus
wrote TO the committee yesterday that
he was ready to supply l,OOO oaoieS
with free pasteurized milk until their
fathers could again support them. MILK
checks will be issued from the Women
Trade Union League, 43 East twenty
second Street, beginning tomorrow
morning.
Seeks to End Labor War.
A popular referendum by the strik-
ers themselves is the latest suggestion
to bring about peace in the disrupted
ranks of the garment trade.
Herman Davidoff, a neutral jobber,
Of IL West Twenty-hfth Street, has for
warded copies Of his proposition to the
International Ladies Garment Work
ers' Union, 20 the Cloak. Suit and Skirt
Manufacturers Protective Association,
to Mayor Mitchell and to several well
known citizens who are interested in
the settlement OF Industrial disputes.
After explaining that the basic differ
once Of opinion in the present strike
concerns the refusal OF the employers
to arbitrate the so-called right of dis
charge" Mr. Davidoff continues:
This proposition seems fair and
Just. II it is turned down by one or
both sides, it will appear that either
one or both are not acting in good faith
toward their constituents. Above all,
it will show which side fears show
down."
Fifteen thousands pickets will be on
duty in the strike zone tomorrow. The
strike is in its tenth week.