The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-03-29
ENDING LABOR UNREST

N HR ELIOT president of Harvard, suggests egh 4VG teen steps for ending labor unrest evidently for the purpose of making himself clear since of the suggested steps doubled by statement in the positive and negative phase.
 Step one instance calls for the abandonment of all autocrac control of industry and step two for the universal adoption cooperative management and discipline Step carries step a necessary consequence
 Employers have for the health, comfort and education of their employees they to promote justice of the ob and keep labor turnover low possible These things are all phases on one policy and constitute one man Poln In the group belongs the point relative to preventing monotony of labor by shifting from operaon which also gives elas ticity to the working organization
 These familiar broad principles that natur ally into being with collective bargaining and profit sharing
 All of the here suggested have been adopted by here and there employer,
 "Donts" somewhat difficult Labor is asked to abandon the doctrine limited output very short the concept capital is the enemy of labor and the concept that violence will sometimes be used to settle labor disputes.
 that exist but it of the hardest to eliminate The ideal of large production plainly the to realize Just plain y maximum production cannot be realized unless each work does what he do.
 But ideal of maximum production only be attained in industrial society well organized that work contn uouy maintained The ideal is not practical if there is less degree of industrial organization than above outlined.
 Consider the present condition in Bridgeport. Work is There not enough jobs go Workers and employers to extent will act they would act about food if they desert island with less subsistence than they need They will ration work as they would ration food
 The empoye will desire to let some altogether but with respect to the remainder of his women he will try to rotate them so that all will have work.
 The workers will desire to cut the hours until there poynot for a and they will cut the output from desire t. make the job last
 One point must be added before the goal of longest hours and greatest production will be sought by workers
 There must always be plenty of work that the by producing will danger of producing too much
 The doctrine of limited output and hours shorter than minmums required for health and happiness the ougrowth of the doctrine that work Make plentiful job for everybody willing to work and there will be diff ficulty about output.
 Labor divided into two groups, large a group The large group represented by the American Federation Labor does not regard capital except the that two enemies who struggle for larger portion
 limited commodity, value. The smaller group, represent ed by socialists does regard capital enemy that 1t seeks to substitute capital in place of private capital But this of enmy does not extend to capital than those enemies of the Democratic party would prefer to Republican President in the White
 Surely Dr. Eliot is right about his Don't addressed labor. In America labor has gained anything lence and gain proper goal without vioence the constitutional methods ample permit any change majority desires.
 They ample to permit any righteous change support ed by comparatively small minority.
 is the country in the world splendidy equip ped settle all its differences by the methods the ballot box and in legislative halls