Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-29

recommendation for the establish ment of machinery to prevent or re- tard labor conflicts in private industry |
 were announced today by the presi- dents industrial conference with a | view to obtaining constructive criti- clsm before a final plan is adopted. The plan as outlined now contem plates the creation of a National h. |
 dustrial Tribunal and Regional ! Boards of Inquiry and Adjustment, l which would move to the settlement 1 of disputes before there was any | stoppage of production. Decisions | would have the full force and effect of | a trade agreement between the parties |
 to the dispute. l Remarking that some public utili- ! | tices, such as railroads, are essential ] to the very existence of the people, | 1 the conferences tentative statement 1 expressed the opinion that the inter ruption in such essential public utili- | ties is intolerable. But states that | further consideration is required of 1 the problem whether some method can
 be arrived at that will avert all danger | of intrruption to service" 1 Government employees, the third
 class into which the wage earning pub
 lie are divided, should have the right Ito associate for mutual protection, the 1 statement declared, but mo interfer
 ence by any group with the continu- l ous operation of government functions 1 through concerted cessation of work i or threats thereof can be permitted. | When the conference reconvenes on | January F, public bearings will be | held to obtain expert advice as to the Il drafting of the final recommendations in the light of such criticism of the l tentative report as may be received.
 II While stating that at this time it was believed more essential to advise machinery for ayerting conflicts than
 to undertake discussion of the causes | of unrest, the conference indicated clearly the general principles on which it has based it's recommendations. | "Our modern industrial organiza- tion," the tentative report said, If 1t is not to become a failure, must yield to
 the individual a larger satisfaction with life Not only must the theory that labor is a commodity be abandoned. but the concept of lead ershiD must be substituted for that Of mastership > @ Human fellow ship in industry must either be an empty phrase or a living. fact.
 Pending the growth Of better re-
 lationship between employers and ern-
 i ployes, the practical approach to the
 | problem is to devise a method of pre- , venting or retarding conflicts by pro- viding machinery for the adjustment of differences. To be successful such 2 tribunals must be so organized as to ! operate promptly as well as impartial
 ly. + The plain fact is that the public has long been uneasy about the I'll power of great employers; it is becon1- . ing uneasy about the power of great
 labor organizations. The community l-c11rpd ooojnSf 6OnpID9 tJnn 7. by either.
 f "The plan which follows does not ;. propose 10 do away with the ultimate | right to strike, to discharge. or to @ maintain the closed or the open shop. The National Industrial Tribunal 5, | suggested by the conference. would | consist of nine members appointed by 5. the president. three each representing :. the employers, employees and the pub
 lie. The Tribunal would. in general, be l,l a board of appeal, whose decisions f must he unanimous, but provision was 2 made for public majority and minori- l. ty reports in cases where no agree = ment was possible.
 Industrial regions, probably twelve
 in number conforming to the fedora
 reserve system, would be outlined anG ; a regional chairman appointed fol
 each by the president. Vice chairmer - would be named by the Tribunal i e the work in any region required it. e Panels of employers and employe! s, for each region wouldd be prepared by U the secretary of commerce and tn, secretary of labor, respectively, afte IS conferences with the employees ant ' workers of that region Each panel oI approved by the president, would b. II classified by industries among the em
 ployers and by industries, with sub :: classification into crafts. among tn .s employees. Lots would be case to de termine the order of names in eacl '5 panel.
 'o When a dispute arose in any re Y zion, the chairman would request eacl "a side to submit it to Regional Boar x, of Adjustment consisting of the chair man, one representative chisen by
 each side, and two unchallenged mem
 bers of each panel. Appointment o F representatives of both sides to an dispute would constitute an agreernen
 to continue the status that exsite ,o when the trouble arose. Decisions c ,s such regional boards would have to b s3 unanimous or the question would of referred by unanimous vote to an um o,, Dire. whose decision would be final, C c- to the National Tribunal.
 f. Refusal by any side to a controver Is sy to submit to adjustment would re at suit in the constitution of a Region;
 Board of Inquiry, consisting of th
 chairmen, two members of each pan
 and the representative of either sid IA that agreed to adjustment. If tf
 other side consented to adjustmen lis before the inquiry was completed, u ,i- Board of Inquiry would become ", Board of Adjustment by appointmel n- of the remaining member. Otherwis op tie Board of Inquiry would investiga n- the dispute and make public findint es for the benefit of the public.
 we 'In the presentation of evidence" u ,r- preliminary statement declared, "eat
 side shall have the right to prese1 = it's position through representatives
 it's own choosing"
 = All the properly constituted boart
 would have the right to subpoena wi
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