Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-01

Workers OF America means Just what II
says-an eight-hour day for all textile
workers. but we are practical enough
and reasonable enough to fully under
stand the different problems we are
confronted with ir various parts of the
country. Therefore. we will be ready
when the proper time arrives to make
tho necessary mutuai agreements with
manufacturers In different parts of the
country as to the establishing Of work.
ing schedules with the full understa nd
ing that the workers will not be called
upon to exceed a forty-eight-ho work
week"
Not Pay Rise Ruse
Il might also state that the United
Textile Workers of America are not de.
slrous or attempting to establish a oasic
eisht-hour day or forty-eight- hour
work week with the thought that our
members would be encouraged to work
more than forty-eight hours per week
Tor the purpose OF collecting time and
half for overtime. We firmly believe
and have openly declared that no textile
worker, either man. woman boy or girl,
should be expected to work within the
-FOUR walls of textile mill more than
eight hours per day or forty-eight hours
per week. And the reason we demand
time and half for overtime is mainly
to put penalty on overtime, SO that Il
won't be put into operation, only when
necessity calls for It and then we be-
lieve these workers who are called upon
10 perform overtime work under these
circumstances should be recompensed for
this overexertion on their part.
The United Textile Workers of Amer.
lea have never indorsed any action OF
It's members in refusing to work over
ume when II could be shown that neces.
sity called for II. and proposes to follow
out the same policy when the shorter
workday is established.
THE United Textile Workers of Amer.
lea have also fully made up their minds
that to attempt to secure the eight-houi
day by either State or Federal legisia.
tion Is simply waste of time and en-
ergy. We hold the opinion that to at,
tempt to put any one State on an eight.
hour day and allow other States to work
up to sixty hours per week Is an unfair
and unjust proposition, both to the EN-
ployers and to those employed In Other
| States.
Hint From Manufacturers
| "The textile manufacturers in tn,
New England States and in Other
northern States have for years beer
| noWiinR lot something TO De done tC
place all the States in the Union or
an equal basis so far as the hours o.
labor were concerned. The United
Textile Workers of America hav,
started out to bring this about. ant
in what they believe to be a practica
and impartial manner. We shall nov
watch with deep interest to see wha
attitude the textile manufacturers o
these States referred to will take II
meeting this issue. They need hav
no misgivings about the United Tex
tile Workers Of America letting UP II
it's work until they have brough
about the eight-hour day or the forty
eight-hour work week In every textil
community. North, South, East an
West.
80 far as the question OF wages !
concerned. It was the unanimous opinlo.
of the delegates TO our recent conVen
ton that this issue should not be IN
jected at this time into the main issu
of the shorter workday. feeling absc
lutely assured that the question of wage
would take care of itself. once tn
. shorter workday was established.
ION behalf of the United Textil
, Workers of America"