The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-12-13
DENIES LOCKOUT
BEE N PLANNED
Bandler Declares Clothing Man
ufacturers viii Tnaugurate
New System.
COUNTERsTATEMENTMADE
Union Officials Declare Their
Object is Democratic
Control of Industry.
(sy Associated p,sss.,

NEW YORK. Tee. Ia Manufactur-
ers In the clothing trade do not intend
To lend themselves to the establish
ment of sovietism IN their industry.
declared William Bandler. president OF
The Clothing Manufacturers Associa-
tlon. In = statement issued here To-
nlghf. lie ei's.'-,e,sffsdga s,ssf as "humbug,
charge that sas~~.-- -.--s--ss..sss.sa~a.~ have
Anaugurated a lock out" and plan 10
return TO sweat shop conditions
'Thls viii be evidenced the state'
ment added, By the fact that the en-
ployers are about To put into opUra-
tion a plan OF work whereby employ
ment will De given 10 the thousands of
workers who for long time have been
idle because of the inability Of tbs
manufacturers to compete aud secure
business. Aud the workers viii be in
vited 20 work, but IL il feared that
they will he prevented from SO DOING
hy the unions direction that they
strike. sweat shop conditions today
are a matter of the remote past and
are inconceivable and impossible
through the safeguards and protec-
ton Afforded workers by our present
labor laws"
Mr.. Randier asserted complete
change Ia the fundamentals controll-
ing the local labor market Is impera-
tive 60 resore the Industry 10 "a basis
of business efficiency and eradicate
the evil practices in which the indus
Try Is stepped and the perils which
threaten H. This iH necessary. he de-
clared, In order 10 meet the public .
demand for "a reduction Of clothing
prices, 20 save New York city tho
clothing market with its annual out
put OF s2oo 600 600 and give employ
ment to about ee.000 workers.
Mr.. Bandler cited numerous confer
encea with the union, which. he said.
led 90 nothing and the unions position
that irrespective Of merit and ~ eN-
listing economic conditions. IL would
not recede from what Il had secured
during war times. After the union re-
Iected the proposal that workers be
held individually responsible for n
daily standard Of production to be
agreed upon and manufacturers bo
permitted 10 discharge incompetent
help. NV BandleT said:
There remained no other course
open 20 the manufacturers than TO
publicly announce the s9F@anc OF
relations between the association and
the union and 70 proceed to put into
effect a plan Of work whereby each
worker would be paid for what he
produces and on a basis which would
permit the New York manufacturers
10 secure business In competition with
the other clothing markets where the
wages are very substantially lower. 7"
Union officials took exception 20 Dir.
lsandler's charge of sovietism In their
industry and declared their object Is
the democratic eontrolsof industry"
eOur constitution has not been
changed in any material respect for
SIX years" a statement by the Anal
gammted officials said. The manufac-
iurers have made contracts with ua
during that time and not one sf those
contracts has ever been violated by
the union. We believe tho worker has
more invested IN the industry than
any one who may have made a tenn
porary money investment. The work
or has put his life. his skin into the
material he ~ engaged IN producing"