The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-11
|. ". W. FOUND
DESTRUCTIVE
IN TENDENCY
Mass Of Labor In No Sense Dis
loyal, But Haywood Teach
ings Arc a Menace
INVESTIGATION COMPLETED
Wilson Commission Believes Pro.
fiteering Must Be Entire
]y Eliminated

washington, rep ll~-EllmIndlIO
OF profiteering, the eight hour day
less inconsistency between our dem
ocratic purposes in this war abroa
and the conduct Of some OF ,hos
guiding industry at home and tn
recognition OF some form Of COLLECTIVE
relationship between capital and IaEO
as principle national labor polio,
are the principal recommendations o
President Wilson's mediation commits
sion which has just finished survey
OF the labor unrest west Of the Mis-
slsslppi river, which the government
considered most menacing to success,
full prosecution OF the war
In return for this, the commission
holds, labor should Surrender all
practices which tend to restrict max
imum efficiency" when it assured of
sound conditions and effective means
for just redress OF grievances
Wilson at the Fore
Tho commission headed by Sccrc-
tary Wilson or the Department of
Labor, went west principally to look
into the copper strikes in the Arizo-
IA district and the |. w. w. activities
in the lumber districts OF the Pacific
Northwest 1t included in its invcs
tiHation, however, the dispute in the
California oil fields, the Threatened
strike OF Pacific Coast Tclcyhonc ob
orators the threatened strike OF pac.i-
Ing house workers in Chicago, and
the railway trouble In Minneapolis
aud st. Paul.
Generally, the commission found
that uncorrected SPECIFIC evils and alb
scnce OF healthy spirit between the
capital and labor due partly to the
evils mentioned and partly to IAN
unsound industrial structure" were
the main causes OF the industrial
difficulties arising since the war be-
gan. The commission says that
while sinister influences and extrem-
list doctrine" have awaited themselves
OF those conditions, they have not
created them.
While the unrest in the Pacific
Northwest lumber fields focuses on
the eight-hour day, tho commission
believes the lumber operators them
selves, by their unyielding opposition
to trades union organization Of their
Workmcn, have created the oppOrtun-
ity for the |. w. w.
This uncompromising attitude on
tho part. OF the employers has reaped
for them an organization of destruct-
i've rather than constructive radical
ISM" says the report 1.-THE ]. W.
W ts filling the vacuum created by
the operation. The red card is car
tho Pacific Northwest. Membership
In the l. w. w. by no means implies
belief In or understanding OF it's
To the majority of the
membership is bond Of fellowship.
to the estimate Of conserva-
I've students OF the phenomenon a
iery small percentagee OF the |. w.
W are really understanding follow
RS Of subversive doctrine. The |.
". w. Is seeking results by dramat-
ENG evils ana by romantic promises
II relief. The hold of the !. W. W.
s .riveted instead OF weakened by UNI
ma ginative opposition on the part OF
employees to the correction OF real
rievahces-a opposition based upon
cademic fear that granting just de.
aanus Will lead to unjust demands
with specific grievances removed
estructive propaganda extensively
reached in the Pacific Northwest willa
>se its strongest advocate. Coun-
n propaganda and positive education
hen have an easy opportunity to sup
liant fanactical doctrines" 49,.
The settlement Of all the situations
lken up previously have been an
nunced While the commission in
,snsated the celebrated Mooney case
San francisco and has Recommend,
that President Wilson use his III
uence with the state OF California
get Mooney a new trial, the case
not touched upon in the summary
The report made public today here.
Ie commissions Recommendation Oh
at subject previously had been pub
'hed.
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