Arizona republican., 1920-11-18
Ind Re.oraaniza.Ion of Labor

The He-orGanizatIon ot Labor
 The calling of Herbert Hoover into the tive council of the American Federation of Labor is an event of far greater significance than appears on the surface It appears that the Federation has come to a point at which it the necessity of the adoption of poIiciess that the between capital and labor which has hitherto regarded an '1rrepressible conflict" necessary hostility of classes must be brought end if organized labor is survive in an effective form.
 The contest has taken the shape of fight tween the "open shop" and the closed shop. If it is allowed to go to the end it will either that the country win become a closed shop else that organized labor will so weakened and dis credited. that cannot maintain closed shop any where, but must yield at every point to so-called industrial freedom" which labor will be the individual freedom of the worker.
 The open shop within the last two years made remarkable progress. It is a symptom of the reaction against the attitude of organized labor within years, buttressed by the national admin stration and congress which first yielded to labor in the enactment the Adamson law thereafter during early days of the United States railroad administration never denied any demand that had the backing of the Federation.
 Then, in the war period and the year that fol- lowed the war there were strikes than had ever occurred within any ten-year period. notwith standing wages much higher than they had
 
 This phase of the conflict began with the attack under the sanction of MT. Gompers upon the citadel &f the open shop. the U s. Steel Corporation. 1here was little concealment of the object of that ssrke and in the event of the success of it. of Attention carry the battle into industry and &Fery shop in the country.
 M There had been important meeting at Atlantic |slty where great employers labor voiced senti- # ent concession labor beyond any that had ben indicated Industrial peace seemed within light. The principle of collective bargaining was lily recognized: the doctrine labor that labor is 1pt commodity accepted. There recog- #ltion by employers of the human eIement.7 The Concessions, however. stopped short of the closed shop" Labor made response to the sentiment at that meeting. and the strike
 Since then, i city by city, the open shop prin- cipe prevailed and within the last three months great factories. after another their forces aIarmingly. with the understanding that tivity would be resumed under the open shop and with a lower wage scale. Labor become alarmed at the great and growing volume of unemployment.
 A few days ago received a private letter from gentleman. not member but friend of organized labor whose business carries him into every part the country west of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio river He is brought into contact with large employers of labor in various lines and has been close student the industrial situation. writes.
 
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 Then the open shop is coming, Every big fac tory the country preparing for it. and every big manufacturer in country will have the open shop within less than two years"
 We do think that the country at large wants to see this battle fought a finish because it is unnecessary. It would either the crushing or the ascendancy organized labor either condi- tion would be a bad We believe 1t be averted and the counsels of MT Hoover. if cepted by the American Federation will atop wal which can be prosecuted only at enormous cost and the victory which would not compensate either party for the loss it would have suffered.
 The attitude of labor has been that of blame Iessness for the causes of the conflict Mir Hoover frankly points out that blameess and that it own faults must be cured.
 The radical wing of labor which wants no in dustriai peace. of course, cannot be brought into settlement. But it may be regarded negligible. will be enough if the American Federation an or eanization will recognize it's past errors and witt clean hands ask of public support of it's reason able demands.