The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-10
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that It be universally recognized. for
the primary interest of the public is in
peace.
The denial OF organization is
denial of the only means of peaceable
settlement tht the wage earners have.
Calling attention to- the present
prominence of labor organizations of
a revolutionary or 1awIess type the sec
rotary declared that the responsibility
for them must fall upon the employer
who opposes the organization of law
full trade unions. More and more do
Industrial disputes menace the public
as well as employer and employee, the
secretary said. adding that the right
to strike should be a means of defense
and not weapon of offense.
The right Of any man to cease
working for another for any reason
that is sufficient to himself is the
basic element of human liberty" he
said. THE right of any person to re-
fuse to operate his plant at any time
he desires to do so is the exercise of a
property right guaranteed by the con-
stitution. It does not follow that be-
cause these rights exist it is necessary
, to exercise them. They must never
theless be safeguarded"
Turning to the question of the
high cost of living the secretary said in
creased wages did not always bring
the desired relief. Increased produc-
tivity, making more material available
for wages and taking the means of in
creased compensation out of the pro-
fits of the employer was the only way
in which the standard of living of the
wage Garner could be improved, he
declared
! Reviewing the activities of the var
ious bureaus of the department, the
report said 254,273 aliens came to
American shores during the fiscal year
ending June 80. and that 245,647 Of
them We're admitted and 1926 ex-
cluded. The number admitted the
the year before was 211,853. Aliens de-
parting during the last fiscal year
numbered 216,231 as against 1926 the
year before. During the last years
the Bureau of immigration estimated
that Sc aliens left the country for every
100 admitted
Aliens admitted during the past year
were in possession of sums of money
Iaggregating 1881 PAT an average of
$L12 per person.
Aliens expelled under departmental
process during the year numbered 3.o6s
compared with 1869 in 1918. The total
number of aliens deported. including
those refused admission and "a Chinese
deported under the exclusion laws, was
t11,728 as against 8, 916 in 1918.
1.-The number of admissions to citf-
zenship during the past year was
larger than any preceding year.
amounting to 211.35S." the report said.
Leaving out of consideration the year
1913 this was a far greater number
than was admitted in any two years
during Federal supervision. Military
statistics show 12S,335 aliens who ac-
auired citizenship after they assumed
. the uniform of the United States"
The United States Employment Ser
vice at the end of the war had $50 Of
fees with a personnel of 100 and an
administrative force at Washington OF
800. During the eleven war months OF
1918 the service placed 2,69S,S87 per-
sons in employment out of a registra-
ton of 3.s75s5S.
Persons directly affected by labor
disputes brought to the attention of the
department during he year numbered
1 oil ,96S, while he number Indirectly
affected was 1888 ,072. During the year
the department assigned commission
ers of Cancellation to 1850 cases, in
Guiding SGT strikes, Lib disputes and
threatened strikes, SO Iockouts and IT
walkouts. OF these ,229 were adjusted.
exclusive of 2I9 referred to the Nat
ional War Labor Board. The COM
missioners failed to make settlements
in III cases.
Strong .recomm endations for the re-
viving and continuing of the Work
ing Conditions Service, which was in
stituted during the war to investigate
working conditions and to recommend
standards for their improvement, were
made by the secretary.
He also urged legislation for the con-