Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-28
EXCEPTION TAKEN
BY UNION MEN TO
HERALD EDITORIAL

The editorial to which exception is
taken in the Appended resolutions ap-
peared in The Herald Of Sunday morn
ing, and is repeated. as is customary.
in the afternoon editions of today. 1t
is devoted chiefly to a. discussion OF
unsettled labor conditions through
out the country and special reference
is made to the Grand Forks situation
in the following lines:
Something Of this effect has
Forks this spring. Several local
labor disagreements have oc-
Cured, and certain individuals
and interests have used every ef-
fort to foment and agEravate
these, and to spread abroad at
least the menace Of a general
strike. That there will be a gen.
eral strike in Grand Forks Of a
sympathetic nature we do not for
that the wage gamers of his
3 city are too clear-minded, too
level-headed. and too strongly in
clined toward fairness and JUS
,tice to indulge in that most vicious
and unjustifiable form of labor
welfare, the sympathetic strike. ~
Nevertheless, the eRttation which
has occurred. and which Is now
in progress, has injected an ele-
ment of uncertainty into the
whole situation. and individuals
who have contemplated the
building of homes or the erection
of business structures find them
selves confronted with prices
which they do mott feel that they
can afford to pay, which prospec-
tive prices are based solely upon
the uncertain conditions"
The reader is invited to compare
these lines with the account Of the
labor meeting of Sunday night. given
in the next column. and with the res.
olutions prepared by the committee
Editor.
The Resolutions.
Grand Forks. N. D.. April 81, 1919
To the Editor Of the Herald.
At a mass meeting Of union mer
and women of Grand Forks, held
Sunday evening, April 81. the follow
ing resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Resolved by the members of organ
lied labor in mass meeting assembled
this 9th day of April, 1919. that ",
hereby emphatically protest agains
the obvious intent Of an editorial, ap
pearing in the Grand Forks Herald
Of Sunday morning. April 81. headed
Industry and the Labor Situation,
to create sentiment against the mem
bers of the Stationary Ffremen's Loca
Union No. 81. now on strike, ant
against any editorial OF news story, II
any newspaper that attempts to ere
ate d~issension among the people o
this city, and be it also
Resolved, that we hereby deny tina
any effort or threat Of a general o
sympathetic strike is being or ha
been attempted or eve discussed b.
any local union affiliated with tn
American Federation Of Labor in thi
city. and be 1t
Resolved. that we call the %attentio
Of the editor Of the Herald to the fac
that the various locals Of the buildin
trades Of Grand FORKS have signe
agreements with the contractors 9
this city for one veal or more, tha
the average scale of wages is abou
65 cents per hour. which we do nc
consider exorbitant in view of tn
high cost of living now existing: ths
the employers will receive. accordin
to the contracts 80 days notice of an
change in the scale Of wages at til
expiration Of the present agreement
and that we believe that collectiv
bargaining stabilizes conditions an
protects the employer AZ we'll rs tn
employe. rather than makes uncel
tain said conditions. as alleged In II
editorial in question. and be 1t furthd
Resolved. that this resolution I
published In the Grand Forks .Heral
the Grand Forks American and Il
Labor Leader. Signed:
"A. LanKseth..
Nv. J.. lTannahill,
M, j.. German, II
H. O. Gaylord,
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