South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-11
When CAPITAL and Labor Clash


THAT labor adjustment commission proposed by the national council de-
disputes between capital and labor where work war
involved may may another hamperng the
administrator in getting its war work done or maybe or hdenng the opera
tor where possible the food and control law We suspect however
that capitals compromise willing submit the mediation
law of 1912 last law heretofore regarded too ulameddle
for capitals divine rights" acceptance
That something the should develop upon the heels of hay
ing conferred upon the president the power to commander and OF the war
time ecaed between organized labor and The federal government
president surprising
e moi exactly truce LABOR has volunteered 10 WORK W Inc govern
when labor troubles particularly and factories engaged
the production only condition that the
ment shall commandee-ake charge and opaech mines and FACTORIES
and until the work is done or the disputes settled
That exactly the thing that capital and its representatives the council
OF defense-and capital is better represented there than anything else
doesn't the the habit Of Those New York
tiers who demanding recognition their condition precedent to
further work on government contracts may not like it. either but unon
the The question getting work done
Here to The labor leaders of national repute who dsregadns uon
have volunteered influence the government
their followers would well o follow.
The plan of the truce and periodically put that labor shall serve the
with profits minimum the
may direct though declining be heeced by profeershed
of living the other might not he bad with notifications
to and settling all labor disputes only in time of
disputes effective manner
men there would he less OF them to settle would 5e very hnn& slogan
for the advocates industrial adopt when capital and Ia
bor clash let Uncle do proper that he should
not With home guards militia or United States regulars pfed against the -
der authority
militia or United States regulars need be pted against both
The trouble with the advocates of industrial peace long has been that
them having everything wayand
las teen the capitalist quite exclusively has been industrial sSez
fare regardless of the industrial justice Pres Wilson in his understand
with the labor leaders has set another those which he
justice employe
and between and miner where production materials
involved; this during the least
Jut about onenalf
labor thus when disputes The worlds fight against
your fight against the world time Our fight against Germany is Ger
mayS fight against We neutral with interest Germany
blockade the British isles until prosecution that blockade
began illegal destroying
heS AMI without regard conaband life making
with Britain in her campaign Then GemanS against became
her
such materials needed
The only fault be with it lie limitation the production
materials that is if the materials he iy construed
H. has been commended from Washington this the wheat
field the patch and mine and attaching them
the ordnance department navy the
and allies then there limitations producing
materials
The public deeply interested these industrial disturbances
that They Tabor disturbances they
They botnd the public non-parCpant
uhed also quite without its fault Government is the pucS organized
body and has perfect right step the public
conserved its Inconvenience mnmd quiet
should be the tool of neither faction strike balance
the rights of BOTH with the public welfare its first consideration
We're coming moving along a
until this labor adjustment idea the
promulgated 5 a o