New-York tribune., 1919-10-11

ing cost of living. Women doing
work equal with that of men under
the same conditions should receive
the same rates of pay and be accord
ed the same opportunities for train
ing and advancement
Hours of Work
The standard of the work schedule
should be the week. varying as the
peculiar requirements Of individual
industries may demand Overtime
should, as far as possible. be avoid
ed, and one day of rest in seven
should be provided.
Settlement of Disputes
Each establishment should provide
adequate means for the discussion of
all questions and the just and
prompt settlement of all disputes,
but there should be no improper
limitation or impairment of the ex-
ercise by management of its essen
tlal function of judgment and direc-
tion.
Right to Associate
The association of men, whether
of employers, employees or others, for
collective action or dealing confers
no authority and involves no right of
compulsion over those who do not
desire to act or deal with them as an
association. Arbitrary use of such
collective power to coerce or control
others without their consent is an
infringement of personal liberty and
Il menace to the institutions of free
people.
Responsibility of Associations
Every association, whether of en-
ployers or employees, must be equally
subject to public authority and
legally answerable for its own con-
duct or that Of its agents.
Freedom of Contract
With the right to associate recog-
nized, the fundamental principle Of
individual freedom demands that
every person must be free to engage
in any lawful occupation or enter
into any lawful contract as an en-
ployer or an cmploye, and be secure
in the continuity and rewards of his
effort.
The Open Shop
The principles of individual liberty
and freedom Of contract upon which
our institutions are fundamentally
based require that there should be no
interference with the "open shop"
While fair argument and persuasion
are permissible, coercive methods
aimed at turning the open shop
into a CLOSED union shop" or CLOSED
non-union shop" should not be
tolerated. No employer should be
required to deal with men or groups
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chosen by and from among them.
Right to Strike or Lock Out
In the statement of the principle
that should govern as to the right to
strike or lock out, a sharp distinction
should be drawn between the en-
ployment relations in the field (al Of
the private industry, OBJ of the pub
lie utility service, and (c) of govern
ment employment, federal, state or
municipal
In private industry the strike o,
the lockout is to be deplored; but
the right to strike or lock out should
not be denied as an ultimate resort
after all possible means of adjust.
ment have been exhausted. Both en-
ployers and employees should recog-
nize the seriousness of such action
and should be held to high respon-
sibility for the same. The sympathet-
ic strike is indefensble, anti-socia,
and immoral The same may be said
of the blacklist, the boycott, and also
of the sympathetic lockout.
In public utility service the public
interest and welfare must be the
paramount and controlling considera-
ton. The state should, therefore
impose such regulations as viii as
sure continuous operation, at the
same time providing adequate means
for the prompt hearing and adjust
ment OF complaints and disputes.
strike of government employees
is an attempt to prevent the opera
tion Of government until the demands
of such employees are granted, and
cannot the tolerated. The right OF
government employees to be heard
and to secure just redress should be
amply safeguarded.
Training
Practical plans should be inau-
gurated m industry and outside of il
for the training and upgrading OF
industrial workers, their proper
placement in industry, the adoption
and adaptation OF apprenticeship
systems, the extension of vocationa
education and such other adjustments
of our educational system to the
needs OF industry as Will prepare the
worker for more effective and profit
able service to society and to himself
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