The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-10
ANNUAL REPORT OF
 {. SECRETARY WILSON ISSUED YESTERDAY
Industrial Peace Must Be Based on Industrial Jus tice, Declares Labor
 Secretary
By Assssiat.d prss

Washington, December 9.-There can be no pet manent industrial peace that is not based on industrial justice. Secretary Will son declared today in his annaul report Reviewing the present disturbed indus trial situation. the Secretary said the means had been found for regulating all the other relations of mankind and that human intelligence could find the method of adjusting the relationship between em- ployer and employe with justice to both
 Declaring tha; just as international wrongs might reach point making war a necessity, so industrial wrongs might accumulate until they provoke an indus trial conflict, the Secretary said the sta bility of industrial relations rested on mutual counsel.
 Just as the peace of nations is promoted by frank and friendly intercourse" he said. so may the peace of industry be maintained by the same methods. But this intercourse cannot come about unless there is first recognized the right ot col. lective bargaining. The public interest de- mands that 1t be universally recognized. for tie primary interest of the public is in peace.
 The denial of organization is a denial of the cniy means of peaceable settle ment that the wage earners have"
 Calling attention to the present promi- hence of labor organizations of revou- tionary or lawless type the Secretary de- clared that the responsibility for them must fall upon the employer who opposes the organization of lawful trade unions, More and more do industrial disputes menace the public as well as employer and employe. the secretary said, adding that the right to strike should be a means of defense and net weapon of offense.
 The right of any man to cease work ing Tor another for any reason thas IS sufficient to himself is the basic element of human hbsrty. he said. The right of any person to refuse to operate his plant at any time ne desires to do so is the ex- ercise of a property right guaranteed by the Constitution It does not follow tha. because these rights exist it is necessary to exercise them. They must nevertheless be tsafeguarded."
 Turning to the question of the high cost of living, the Secretary said in crea sed wages dio not always bring the desired relief. Increased productivity, making more material available for wages and taking the means of increased com pensation out of the profits of the em- ploye- was the only way in which the standard of living of the wage earner could De improved. he declared.
 Reviewing the activities of the various bureaus of thss department, the repor; said 2s4,27S aliens came to American shores during the fiscal year ending June 0, ani that 2a,647 of them were admitted and S66 excluded. The number admitted the year before was 11,S53. Aliens depart ing during the last fiscal year numbered 216,251 as against 2ss the year before. During the last seven years the bureau of immigration estimated that 36 aliens left the country for every 100 admitted
 Aliens expelled under departmental pro- cess during the year numbered BOSS. com pared with f5Se in 1918 The total number of aliens deported, including those refused admission and 34 Chinese deported under the exclusion laws, was 11,72s as against S916 in 1918.
 "Tne number of admissions to citizen ship during the past year was larger than any preceding year amounting to 217, ,359, the report said. Leaving out Of consideration tho year 1918, this was far greater number than was admitted ln any two years during federal supervision Military statistics show 12S, S35 aliens who acquired citizenship after they assumed the uniform of the United States"
 The United States employment service at the end of The war had 350soffices, with a personnel of TOO, and an administrative force at Washington of 300. During the Ii war months of 1918 the service placed :, ,6sS, ,3S7 persons in employment out of registration of sS75,S5s
 Persons directly affected by labor dis putes brought to the attention of the de pa rtment during the year number 1,o1l.- 9sS, while the number indirectly affected was ,336,072 During the year the depars- ment assigned commissioners of conciiia' ton tc 17D cases. including 5S1 str'kcs' 1113 disputes and threatened strikes, G' locko9ts and i7 walkouts. or these lzo were adjusted, exclusive of 2l9 referred to the national war labor board. The failed to make settlements in Ill cases.
 Strong recommendations for the review ing and continuing of the working condi- tions. which was instituted during the war to investigate working conditions and to recommend standards for their i'm. were made by the Secretary
 He also urged legislation for the con- tinuat ton of the United States training service. 'Tt is believed he said. "tha. increased skill on the part ofs the work CTS and it's consequent stimulus towards greater production, is even more im?or- tant in peace than in WAT"