The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-03-22

successfully settled with great ad-
vancements to labor.
"Also the department has taken
the position that it is correct prin-
ciple to recognize the right Of col
lective bargaining, and that as
result of this labor has been tre-
mendously strengthened. The men
are accepting this position of the
Labor Department, and so are the
employers for the most part, and l
am sure that we are now to enjoy
a new era of good feeling in all our
war industries.
Collective Bargaining Recognized
an this speaking tour we were
not to touch upon the question OF
the closed shop versus the open
shop, yet union recognition to the
point of actual collective bargaining
is something that the government
insists upon as a necessary corrol-
larry to industrial peace and eff
cient production. When in the his
tory of the world did any govern
ment go farther than this to adj
vance the interests and rights of
the workingman You may be sure
that the workers appreciate this and
that they are going to give every
ounce of deviation and energy there
is in their hearts and bodies to pro-
vide loyal support to government
that means so much for the best
interests of labor.
"How different under the autoc-
racy of Germany, where the linden
berg bayonet prods starved and bur-
dened labor back to it's tasks in sup
port of kaiserism and all the repres
sion and despotism that typifies that
tyranny!
at is plainly noticeable, too, that
in those plants where there is the
closest relationship between the man.
agement and the organiza tions of
the men, there you find the plants
securing the cream of the skilled
men of the country and the work
going forward free from industrial
disputes. 1t is all the same-work-
ing or fighting-for such a democ-
racy, and where such conditions pre-
vail there is never any need to ques-
ton the loyalty, or the spirit in
which they work.
"Such country, with such con-
ditions and such stands, is worth a
life time of devotion from any
man, and this devotion is being
given without stint or reserve by
every true American workingman--
native born or naturalized-who has
any real conception of his duties,
rights and opportunities; and l found
few indeed who have not this real
ization.
Cleaning Out the Slackers
occasionally slackers and ene-
mics have been found, and always
these have been doing incalcuable
harm. But the strong arm of the
government, aided by the loyal
workmen, will soon ferret out all of
this element and place them where
they will do no further harm.
81 was glad to note that the unions
in San Francisco were preferring
charges against every member who
was heard to utter disloyal senti-
ments, and where found guilty these
men were being expelled. During
my stay there, three members of the
Musicians union were shot one af-
ternoon by an alien enemy that the
union had expelled for disloyalty.
That deed, however, only acted as a
stimulus to other unions to speed up
the cleaning out process. Now, if
some one among the non-union ele-
ments of the country will only do as
much in the way of cleaning out the
traitors among the non-unionists,
we will soon have the country rid
of this gentry.
The National Capital in War Times
"The situation at the capital in
these days of national stress is Won
derfully interesting. The city is so
full of people that it is exceedingly
difficult to get the most meager
hotel accommodations. Reservation
had been made for me in advance at
the old National hotel, hotel that
is advertised as having been made
famous as the death place of Henry
Clay. l remembered, however, that
history records that Henry Clay
lived to ripe old age, so decided
to take a chance on the place for
the three nights that | would be
there.
Wilson Strong Man
"The work of the house of repre-
sentatives did not impress me very
greatly at close range, nor does it