Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-24
APPROVE COURSE
OF GARY AFTER HE
ASSAUS PARLEY
Steel Institute Indorses His
Stand; Criticises Makeup
of the Conference
Bu Associated Press

New York, Oct 24.-More than
1900 members of the American Iron
and Steel Institute at a meeting here
to-day unanimously adopted a reso-
luton endorsing the stand taken by
Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the
board of directors of the United
States Steel Corporation, at the Ma
tional Industrial Conference az
Washington. The resolution was
Gary and its adoption was marked
with an ovation to the speaker
which lasted for several minutes.
Criticiscs Makeup
In his speech Judge Gary critt-
ciscd the makeup of the Industrial
Conference. He said that in the en-
ployers' group there were several,
some of whom Mt least should have
been with the labor group" In re-
gard to the public group, he said
that thousands of vocations, profess
sions and other lines of industry had
been overlooked. "all of which are
more or less affected by the cost of
production, the expense of living
and, therefore, the control and con-
ditions of both labor and capital.
UnorganiZed Labor
In regard to the labor group, the
head of the steel corporation OBJ
resentation of unorganiZed labor.
The same mistake seems to have
been made, he commented, by
uarge portion of the public that was
made throughout the war, namely,
that organized labor really repre-
sents workmen or wage-earners,
generally, notwithstanding that, as
a matter of fact, at least eighty-five
per cent. of the total are non-union
Of ,Innr Df tt1fn nr
ganization."
Stamp Out BoIshevism
Referring to radical agitation,
Judge Gary said that much had been
made public lately about the at
tempt to spread the doctrine of Boil
shevism IN this country.
"All of us have known for some
time" he added. that this dis
ease is persistent and that there has
been some inocculation in the best
of countries. Still we deny that |
there is danger of serious trouble.
There is only one way to treat this
disease, and that is to stamp it out,
to meet it boldly wherever it can be
found, to expose it and give it no
chance for development. In this free
country there is no room except in
the prisons for the anarchists. the |
Bolshevists or other individuals who |
seek 10 substitute Ine rule OF IOrCe |
for the rule of law and reason"
The Resolution
The text of the resolution adopted |
follows:
Whereas, Elbert H. Gary, presi- |
dent of the American Iron and Steel |
Institute, has rendered to the Amer |
lean people and the American Iron |
and Steel Industry, = service of in |
estimable value by his course as a |
representative of the public in the |
Industrial Conference at Washing |
ton; therefore be it
Resolved, That the American |
Iron and Steel Institute assembled !
in its semi-annual meeting hereby |
records its unqualified approval of |
Mr.. Gary's firm stand against any |
infringement of the right of the in |
dividual in labor or in business, a |
right fundamental to American in |
dustrial supremacy as we'll as to |
American librety;
That it admires the vision and |
courage enabling him to discern and |
effectively oppose the radicalism in |
iected into trade unionism by un- !
scrupulous leaders, an element es- |
pecially dangerous under present |
conditions when worldwide unrest |
has created an opportunity for agi- |
tation aimed at the perpetuity of |
the institutions under which our in |
dustries attained their efficiency and |
Drosperitvn