The sun., 1919-09-21
SANITY RETURNING
TO BRITISH LABOR
WOrkingman Realizes His
Destiny Is Linked With
Welfare Of Empire.
PRODUCTION HIS SLOGAN
Rolls-Royce President Sees
Sound Business Conditions
at Home.

The saner element in British labor Is
resuming control. according to Mr. Clyde
Johnson, president Of the great Rolls
Royce firm, who 10 in New York on a
ten day visit
Labor at home." he said in the Van
derbilt Hotel yesterday, rs coming to
the realisation that it is tied up with
the destinies Of England as a whole
and that England's destines depend
upon one thing above all others-pro-
duction. During the war British labor,
I'm common with labor all over the con-
tinent came to realization Of its
power. For time there was a tendency
among certain radical elements to be-
lleve that they could get along alone,
without the aid of capital. The wiser
elements are beginning to see that it's
not possible.
This change has come but recently.
We are by no means settled on a peace
basis as yet, any more than you are
here. or any place else. But we are
coming to it in very satisfying way,
Labor during the war realised the
abuses under which It had lived. It got
grip on the power to remedy those
abuses And the abuses were very real.
But we're in way to remedy them, and
labor is beginning to be satisfied that
1t will get its just deserts. Also and
this is the most important thing of all.
labor is realizing that unless It pro-
duces there will be nothing for II to
get deserts, just or otherwise, out Of"
There is one thing about which Mr..
johnson Is inexpressibly proud. That Ia
tho part played by the Rolls-Royce en-
CINE In British aviation.
us your company keeping up its avia-
ton activities in peace times?" he was
asked.
1.-THE London-Paris service" he replied.
''is completely powered by Rolls-Royce
and 1t runs with the regularity Of a train.
sometimes one and sometimes two planes
| each way a day with mail, light freight
and passengers. We are specializing on
the goods apd mail. however and letting
the passenger business develop OF itself"
Mr.. Johnson evinced great interest in
the progress of the Lawson air liner
which has just started on It's transcon-
tinental trip from Roosevelt Field with
its first stop in Washington.
The directing head of one of Eng
| confident of the generally sound condi-
ton of business in England.
Capital Is ready to invest" he said.
ANY man who'll get out a decent pros
pectus can get all the money he wants"
He expressed no surprise at the re-
ports that Lloyd George might be found
, at the head, OF the radical and labor ele-
ments in a new party. but evinced the
belief that such a party would find con-
ditions too settled to upset the business
OF the country.
THE British workman" he said. us a
pretty sane thinking fellow as rule.
He's started thinking again and he's
rapidly coming TO the conclusion tina;
production is the first thing he must at
tend to il his ills are to be remedied."
Mr.. Johnson sails on the Cedric on
Wednesday after ten days consultation
with the business representatives of the
Rolls oyce people in New York. In
connection with his visit 1t had been
rumored that the Rolls-Royce is to enter
extensively into American business. This
report Mr.. johnson refused to discuss.