The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-10-24
JUDGE GAHy's POSITION

w nUIeVtT IeSOIhElOUS may ~ dBIGcu
to in the industrial conference al
Washington canESDnly be advisory
They cannot bdETlegally binding OF
even morally persuasive. However
they may give III congress and the
country some idea OF the trend OF
bile opinion az expressed by three
groups of gentletnen ostensibly rep
resenting three groups of society
employers, employees and the public
AS was fOres8en, the question Of
collective bargaining" is the stumb-
ling block to agreement upon a set
of resOlutionsa# Such agreement
would avoid a somplete failure of
the entire conference as was the
case in CanadaA industrial confer
ence Failure to agree will be de-
plOred, since the public have been led
to believe that some common ground
or which to stand can be found.
Since the steel strike is most c0nspi-
cuOusly before the country and is
seized upon by the employees group
as test case, Jndge Gary, head of
the United States Steel Corporation,
appears as the leader of the meplOv-
ers' group opposed to collective bar
gaining as intaFpreted by the lead
ers OF Organize6sIabor Judge Gary
has been assailNs as unfriendly to
labor and hoStileAO the advancement
of the interests e4jaDor Surely that
charge cannot bassilstainod. On Mon
day for the first time he spoke in
the conference 4I1Xplalnjng his po-
itiou, ne said: E@
Il am Of the fixed opinion that there
should be maintained The open shoD
as understand HE-namely, that ev-
cry M32. Whether$Ae does or does not
belong to iaboEAuniOn. shall have
we opportunity tasengage in anv lire
OF legitimate en1plcymant on terms
29c conditions 2gReed upon between
emp'oEe and emplsaser | am opposed
10 q policy or pfaFticc which unne.
GO sariy limits pfHtluction. increases
costs ,dtDriVeS thaM0rkmen from re
oaiyi2g the highesN wage rate result
tnG from voluntary and reasonable
EFFORT, binders pr11fptiol or advance
me't in a"cOrdanga with merit or
.tH'f"ise interfefaa with the free
tom Ct individual faction. It is the
obligation, and ought TO be the pleas
ule ,of employers at all times and in
every respect to treat justly and lib
orally all employees, Whether unorgani,
zed or organized"
Judge Gary's position reflects the
basic principles of Americanism. How
men can Judge GaEg be accused of
blocking the progress of the emplov.
ed masses or failing TO sympathize
win their welfare?E He stands on
the fundamental riglu of every Am.
eFlcan to obtain work and pursue it
uhmolested. AS Interpreted by the
group of employees ias the conference
collective bargaining means the
right of an organized group of work.
men. through cOmnittee inside or
outside the institutiOn; in question, to
make employment baSgains for all.
~ the conference aajOurns without
sreement on this point it's labors
will not have been ID vain. judge
Cary has made it clear to the mem.
uerN OF the CONFERENCE.-THE the public
that the group he represents favor
IN Industrial policy which will give
every man the right to work if he
wants work, without requiring him to
join any organization and has announ.
ced the adherence o. those he repre-
sents To a policy OF reward for faith
ful service determined by loyalty to
the institution in which the service
IS given.-New York Herald.