Evening journal., 1919-06-02

be properly compensated for their
work and the employer should get a
fair return on his money investment
and on his ability to manage and Sc
cure work for the employees.
Il believe. however, that some read
iustmets must be made in the relations
between employer and empioye to avert
a period Of disastrous strife for both
and as Tie FIRST step in this readiust-
ment both employer and employe
must concede 10 the other their mo-
tives are just and then they must firm
ly resolve-one with the other-that
there viii be no strife or fighting be-
tween them, but that they VIII coop
crate for their mutual benefit. I believe
this cooperation can best be brought
about by organization and by this III
mean that the employees Of every plant |
or business establishment should Or
ganize into a cooperative society and /
that this society should be only com 4
posed OF men and women working IN |
mat particular establishment-that
they should select from among their
number a shop committee 10 represent
hem in frequent meetings with their
Employer.
by shop committee, ! do not mean
he same thing as the trade union un-
Ierstands by shop committee. / cannot
oncede that shop committee has the
light to dictate who should work in a
liant, how much work should be done.
r have jurisdiction over the liberty OF
he individual workmen.
~ think with this as a starter OF get
ing the employer and employees into
he habit Of meeting together and CO
perating one with the other, they viii
radually enlarge their SCOPE OF aclivi-
es as each side sees the advantage Of
his cooperation. / do not believe that
ne present industrial structure is built
n such a. shaky foundation that we ,
eed or dare tear the whole thing down
nd set up an entirely new order In
ther words we do not need recon-
ructicn but rather readjustment as
'ch side is educated up TO the new or
er. q
Il know my labor union friends will /.
OF be in sympathy with the sugges- v
ons have made. But I want TO say
them frankly that believe trade un- v
)nsim is doomed for the reason that a
heir principle demands, whenever
lade, are for more money and shorter II
ours and they never urge Increased I,
hclency. Furthermore, my proposi- Il
ion Is for the organization of individual n
hops in order that the parties directly o,
n interest might work out their own
'roblems together without the inter \,
erence OF any third party. This hits M
ne business agent Of a union and hel
laturally would oppose It because he r,
ives not want 10 give up his Job and r,
20 back to work. Furthermore INV d
not only give the skilled =,
abor representation but the unskined
IS well. '''''0U
! cannot agree that labor because Of
IS numerical strength should dominate 4,
BUSINESS. Labor has not been trained n
o management and when IL ESSAYS t--->.
manage without training. we have con- e
Iiu0ns as in Russia today. ! do not N
'eueNe That business can be run with
ther than one responsible head. but I :
'elieve the head can and should take
uggesuons, because, after all whether
mploye or employer they are both
len having the same natures and the
anne impulses"
Prior to the speaking, Chairman Rev.
v A. Nrooman. announced that this
leeting ended the series for the present
nd that future meetings would be un-
er the direction Of the following com
ittee, which was read by Superinten- a
mt Barrow B. Lyons. Of the Delaware
ospital: Rev w. A. Vrooman. Samuel
lnnon, Frederick Stierle. Robert s
Her, Walter d. Baldsefer. Mary L. o
'ok. F. W. Barker. Harold Keats, Bar O
w B. Lyons and Mrs. Albert Robin. o
n the Want Ads business PROPOSE
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