Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-10
MEETINGS ARE
DELAYED UNTIL
!. next / J I TUESDAY
Committee to Be Given
- Time to Consider Pro
:. posals Of Capital.
coMPERs ATTACKS
PARTS OF PRESS
Collective Bargaining Also
Opposed by. Capital
s Representatives.

washfneton Oct. 10.-After the
group representing capital had pre-
sented its principles declaring opposi-
tion to the closed shop and collective
bargaining. the national lndnstriaI
conference adjourned today until next
Tuesday ITO give the committee of
fifteen time to. consider the various
proposals advanced and formulate
report. :
Suggestion fro mthe public group
that the chairmen OF the three
groups be constituted a committee. TO
izens over the country were strongly
disapproved by the labor representa-
tives whe insisted upon ripid enforce
nlent of the rules requiring that all
matters considered by and approved
by the group presenting them
In speaking against the suggestlG,n, es on
sSn Samuel o portona
of the press for what he character
lied as extremely unfart" attitude to
labor in the conference.
Twelve Principles.
Opposition to collective bargaining
and the closed shop were among
twelve fundamental principles out
: lined by the group representing cap
itaf. and presented today to the ma
fiona, Industrial conference here.
Sympathetic strikes, blacklists and
boycotts were declared to be inde-
fensible, 4 and ,; -anti-social: and ini-'
moral" ~ ~ -. = 81: ss
Whine dgp,oring strikes and lock-
, o,,ts the. nrinoiples set -forth Sthat the
right Of strike Or fd6kout, ''situufd
bs.denied as an ultimate resort after
a}fs poAyiblS I1aeaIis, Of ~ adjustm etit
/. have been exhkust4d. This right;
iioiwR,eveh should apply only to- priv
ate Industry.
To Settle Trouble. q
In public utility service it was pro-
posed. that the state impose such reg
ulations as would assume continuous
operation, at the same time providing
adequate means for the prompt hear
ing and adjustment Of complaints
adils disputes. Opposition to strikes
81 government 'employes also was ex.
pressed, the principles stating that
the right of such employees to- be
heard = and to secure just redress
should be ",amply safeguarded." %@
:, For the settlement of disputes In
private industry, it was proposed
that each establishment be regarded
as an industrial: unit with adequate
machinery for adjustment of misun-
;derstandings between employees and
the management Other Of the prin-
ciples dealt with coalitions and hours
OF work, wages and the right to as
sociate and it was declared that every
association. whether of either en-
= ployes or employers, must be
equally subject to public authority
and legally, answerable. kor its own
conduct or that, of its agents.
After an hour. recess today, the Ma
tional industrial conference decided
To- adjourn until next Tuesday. Mean
time the general committee of fifteen
: will consider the proposals presented
BY the three sgroups-capital. labor
and the public.
The Proposals.
Proposals OF all three groups in
the conference-capital, labor, and
the public-have now been presented
ali matters are first referred under
the conference rules will now be able
to begin work
The twelve principles as enunciated
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