New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-30
Fair Play Is
Wood Cure for
Labor Unrest
Remember, Workers Are
Not Chattels or Commodi-
ties,'' He Says, Stating
Views OH Capital'sAttitude
Enters Vermont Contest
General Gives Assent to
the Placing of His Name
ON the Official Ballot

Representative Norman j. Gould and
Colonel Thomas w. Miller, Eastern
managers of the Leonard Wood cam
pagn, made public yesterday state
ment by General Wood on labor and
capital which the general will use this
week in Michigan, where he is cam
paigning. Since Michigan is battle
ground for the Wood, Johnson and
Lowden supporters, and since the rela-
tions of capital and labor arc regarded
as equally important with the league
of nations as an issue, the Eastern
managers say that General Woods
views on capital and labor are of I'M
usual Importance. General Wood says:
81 have been asked many times dur
ing my recent visits to various states
as to my attitude toward the problems
of industrial relations.
81 have only one answer, only one
convicSion-the obvious solution to any
vexed question between the two parties
in industry is better understanding
and closer co02eration.
Simple Honesty Demanded
"The primary factor in this situation
is that of honesty, and nothing more.
The employer to be honest must pay
fair wages, establish hours that will
not exhaust his employees, give them
clean, healthful workplaces, treat thcm
as human beings and seek neither to
exploit nor capitalize them for profits
or his own personal prosperity. He
must, in word, recognize the fact that
exacting conditions and unfair treat
ment are not honesty. The working
man is most valuable asset in in
dustry and must be treated accord
ingly.
"The worker must not leave to the
employer all the responsibility for fair
dealing. He must be honest and fair
himself. He must give full return for
the wages paid. He must be satisfied
with fair wage. He must present any
ter working conditions without thrca>
of force or violence.
Gull production at this time will
60 far to reduce the cost of living
and abatc unrest. But there cannot
be full production without that spirit
Of cooperation Of which l have spoken.
The war apparently has produced men,
tai, moral and physical inertia in some
quarters. 1t has produced extrava
gance. 1t has produced waste. The
conservation of time IS our greatest
need. But time is being wasted and
all because there is lacking in many
instances understanding and co0pera-
tfon.
Fair Play Standard
Remove the irritants. Set up the
standard of fair play. Remember that
labor is not chattel, or a commodity;
and will agree. Let none but men of
fair play have voice in the councils.
That is the solution. There is no
other"
The necessary papers containing
General Woods assent to the placing
of his name on the Vermont officicl
ballot were forwarded to Vermont yes
terday. Colonel Miller said that the
reports from Vermont indicated that
General Wood would have eight votes
from that state, the same as he has
from New Hampshire and Maine.
General Wood" said Colonel Mil
Ter. NOW has the largest number of
pledged delegates ever instructed for
an aspirant for the Republican nom
nation so far in advance of the con-
vention. The people wan. General
Wood nominated and the delegates
are being istructed accordingly. 1t is
particularly gratifying to note that
General Woods sevcnty-nine in
structcd delegates have been con-
tributed by various small states in diff
ferent sections of the country, rather
than from one or two large states
This is abundant proof Of the nation
wide appeal as an executive. admin
istrator and statesman, General Wood
makes to the average man and
woman"
The Eastern managers received
telegram saying that William IRE,
Acting Mayor Of Omaha, Neb., during
the riot in that city last September,
is running as candidate for delegate
to the Chicago convention, and has
pledged himself unqualifedy to Cen
eral Wood. His admiration for the
he says, is based on the mas
terly way in which the general handled
the strike situation in Omaha following
the riots there.