The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-09
BUSINESS MEN
TABLE AN OPEN
SHOP RESOLUTION
Committee Will Investi-
gate Present Labor
Troubles

Members ~ tho business Mems Co
operative association last night Ia
blcd a motion declaring Tor an open
shop. after a heated discussion IN
which the sentiment seemed strong
for the motion.
The motion to liable the resolution
was offered by Frank strong after
George Kaseman had made a plea
that the dime was not ripe for such
"a movement and that the association
should first appoint a committee to
investigate h present labor diff
Culties and nee " some way could
not be found to avoid an open shop
fight. II the committee fails TO reach
u common ground with the labor
unions then ID Ia time To consider an
open shop resolution, Ne maintained
To NR1a' Committee
The meeting then adopted q mo-
ton inAtructing I'D. Chase. president,
To appoint q committee 81 not less
than seven nor more than eleven
members 10 investigate present la
Dor troubles In an effort To adjust
grievances and inequalities and re-
port back their findings,
A resolution was also adopted
pledging the support OF the associa-
ton to the Contractors association
In It's opposition TO the demands Of
b painters union Tor "a 80 a day
wage scale,
The meeting. which was held In
Taft hail at the Aivarado, was at
tended hy about 80 business men.
y. ~ prichnrd At the opening of
the meeting WAS called upon 10 \
plain the contractors position. He
told Of the troubles they had en-
rDuntercd and said he believed the
time had come to declare for an
pen shop
Carl e. Magee. the next speaker.
said that while he was friendly 20
union labor he knew that u had
grown arrogant through too much
puUer. Later Ia the meeting when
IL seemed as though an open shop
resolution might he put through he
arose 90 say that he would not be
bound hy any acton taken by thu
meeting unless he knew that the city
was ready Tor an open shop fight
lie said he feared b members might
act In their enthusiasm aud then go
home and forget about the fight.
lie said he would huve to he shown
that they were organized aud ready
for such "a tight bcfugc he would
Eo into h and that ne did not pro-
pose ~ support the move and be put
Out on a limb and was beginning To
there.
Urges Negotiations
Francis T. wood advocated fuT-
Their efforts at reaching q common
ground before going into an open
shop fight. saying he was not con
victcd that the business men uf the
city were ready for e. "a move or
that the people wpuld be for II. at
least at the present time. Hc said
AN ~ffort should be made first To- cor
rect the present evils through the
unions themselves
T.. g. Bennett told Of the rNp,r-
irucC> ~ the Springer transfer COM
puny iu maintaining H open shop
and said tho company had been put
nut IN q limb ad was beginning To
like the limb.
". a. Springer and \ 49, MrMillen
were othcrs who advocated tho open
shop and they argued that IA" time
tu act b. now. Robert MoC1ughun
and Frank Wilson said they doubted
n the dino was ripe tu open "a fight
Others who spoke during the curse
~ tho evening were ". e. Hcsscl-
den. Kenneth RalGrldEc. " r. Me
Million, the latter making 1901 tmpas-
stoned appeal against starting q
nrht.
several speakers during the cours"
~ M" evening C-mphuglzcd the
building program that II iu pruspcc;
iu the CITY and said II would br hest
10 try and get along with the unions
and Keep business going .1th"r than
bring on industrial sttgnHtiuu as thoN
predicted an open shop fight would