New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-09

torney for the 1. ". W. and assistant
IN organizing the strike, Secretary
Foster came in for unsparng condcm-
nation. Despite Fosters partial dis
avowal of his former syndicalist doc
trlnes, the committee failed to be con-
WINGED that the strike leader has lad
little change of heart" but, on the
contrary, che is now in the full hey
day of his power"
THE laborers in the steel mills had
a just complaint relative to the long
hours of service on the part OF some
complaint heard by the company" said
the committee in summing up it's for
NAL findings
They had the right to have repre-
sentatives of their own choosing pre-
sent grievances to the employers.
Some members of the committee be-
lieve that more friendly relations
would be maintained between employer
and employee if the representatives
who are chosen to present grievance IS
to the employers were actually work
ing in the industry. and that such rep
resentatives ought not to be from out
side the industry"
Eight Hour Day Urged
With the system OF working hours
in the steel industry the committee dis
agreed strongly, and cited as one OBJ
lection thereto the existence Of large
numbers OF on-English speaking work
ers in the mills who should be given
opportunity TO become Amercanized.
eve believe that large majority OF
the men actually working in the mill
work ten and twelve hours day" the
report said.
"Men cannot work ten and twelve
hours day and attend classes in night
chools. An eight-hour day, with a
living wage that will enable men to
support their families and bring up
their children according to the stand
ards Of American life, ought to be q
cardinal part of our industrial policy
and the sooner the principle is recog-
nized the better it will be for the en-
tire country"
sketching briefly the history Of the
steel strike, the report dealt with the
forts of strike. leaders to get judge
f. Fl. Gary. chairman of the United
States Steel Corporation, into CON
fererce far enough to point out that
committee members felt sympathy with
tie principle Of collective bargaining
but did not believe the steel strikers
had taken the right course.
American Leaders Needed
"The representatives selected (fol
barganing) should be those who be.
lieve in the principles Of American
government" the report said on this
point. Judge Gary could we'll have
objected to receiving a man with the
views o Mr. Foster
He did not put his refusal on the
ground, but rather put it on the grount
that the men did not represent the en-
T' thou h himself conceding tn.
10 to Is per cent of the men in tht
mills probably were unionized.
seems to US that even this 10 or Il
per cent had the right to select thei
own representatives. and present thei.
grievances. and that they should hay,
been heard"
Testimony before the committee. III,
report said, sustained the contention o
the steel companies that large pro
portion of the strikers are foreigner
and non-Eng speaking peop'e
Touching or the subject of radical
ism in the strike, the report said:
The committee is Of the opinion tina
the Amer can Federation of Labor ha
made a serious mistake and has los
much favorable public opinion by per
uniting the leadership Of this strik
n ovement to pass into the hands o
some who have heretofore entertaine
the most radical and dangerous doc
trines."