El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-24
PUBLIC GROUP
WANTS TOT QUIT
Committee r ecomm ends
Adjournment Of Indus
trial Conference.

ence last night issued the following
statement.
The adjournment OF the national
. Industrial conference as originally
constituted brings up sharply the
question OF whether the weeks OF con-
troversy over one phase only Of in
eustrial relations leaves the situation
without a single gain. The employers
group, so5erly reviewing the work Of
the conference, discovers three def
mite gains;
First. Il has demonstrated that
failure Is inevitable where prelim-
mary organization OF the elements
composing such a conference Is absent
and where no preparation is made for
the orderly presentation OF a program
which shah include all OF the known
factors upon which industrial rela-
tons are based
Second. collective bargaining, ar
accepted and desirable policy in in
dustry, has brought more prominently
before the country and viii influence
a sincere effort on the part OF innu-
merable manufacturers 10 find an ac-
ceptable medium through which this
collective relationship may be secured
and maintained in the Industrial es-
tablishment
Third collective Bargaining as a
policy or principle, can not be safely
used in the broad and general sense
with which the public has been ac-
customed TO express il. but must be
defined clearly as 20 its applicability
TO the varying conditions o. industry
and the varying relations that exist
oetween wage Garner and the en-
ployer.
Employers Have Responsibility.
Fundamental 10 the whole ques-
ttnn Of collective bargaining Is the re-
sponslbllity Of those who bargain, and
this is directed quite as much at the
2 = = = q Hrl1H HrH he
organization OF which the wage earn
er is a member. Only where there is
definite dual responsibility lived Up
10 as scrupulously as is required in
other contractus. relations can col
lecLiFe bargaining In any form or IN
der any Interpretation be successful
Then il must be remem 3ered that
the industrial life OF the country IN
its employment relations, divides
definitely along certain lines. No one
VIII deny the right OF the individual
wage Garner and his employer TO ne
gotiate terms Of employment for in
dustrial relations acceptable TO both,
but aside from this there Is the deal
ing between employer and his en-
ployes by means Of the shop indus
trial council. dealing through a trade
or labor union. and all Of these meth
DDS are acknowledged and practiced
by employers
1T may be charged that the en-
ployers' group IN defeating the Com
pers resolution. denied the right Of
organization and Of collective bar
gaining. But the conference learned
definitely that the right OF organi-
cation and collective bargaiuinE are
Interpreted by the labor group IN one
way and one way only. organizing
and bargaining through trade and
labor unions. It would be unfair TO
make any announcement these two
important principles which would
convey as the belief Of this confer
ence such an Interpretation.
Carries Double Meaning.
The purpose OF the resolution
through cunning phrases coined TO
carry double meaning was 10 commit
the conference 70 support the only
brand OF collective bargaining ever
offered by the group presenting it
ana the employers were bound to re-
sist 10 the end.
The employers group could not
deny the right that il 50 freely and
fully conceded in its own substitute
resolution which the conference de- I
teated and it stands today with the Z
Adjournment Of the conferences upon
The record Of Its substitute and It's In Z
confident that the so5er Z
Judgment Of the American people viii I
some 70 understand that the position 4
.aken was IN the defence Of the open ]
shop, an American Institution thar 4
shall be undermined and destroyed by /
my organized combination seeking to 4
threaten its life. Our social and in /
iustrial fabric Is not IN danger. En- I
lloyer and wage Garner wiz live and /
work together but the conference has I
demonstrated that the right Of the I
,mployer TO deny representation IN 4
Forthily sought shall not be abridged, J
Tor shall the right Of the wage Garner !
TO place before his own /
Employer his needs and his aspira-
Ions and his interest in the estab-
ishment be abridged
we are leaving upon the record Of !
he conference this declaration OF
rue American principles and upon
MS declaration the employers group I
nd the employers OF the nation viii
tand in fair dealing with the wage
amer through the critical days Of re-
djustment just ahead"