The labor world., 1920-10-16
HARDING VOTED =.
AGAINST LABOR Z.
ON TEST BILLS
Republican Candidate for PresI.
dent Has Typical Reaction
ary Public Record.
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extended debate. in which the success
full working Of "he present system
was clearly explained. Harding, on
March IS, 1918. voted against the,
Sheppard resolution &C. r., 3547),
thus favoring compulsory lengthening
of the working day.
Against Vacations.
Third, on July 1s, 1916, an amend
ment to the naval appropriation bill
was offered granting navy yard and
arsenal employees 80 days annual
leave without loss of pay. It was
sought to throw out the amendment
on point of order. which was over
ruled by the chairman. Harding was
one of the II senator's who voted
against sustaining the chair &C. r.,
1870. This having failed. he voted
to kill the amendment by committing
it to the committee on Naval Affairs
both votes the proposal for 30 days
vacation.
For "Stop Watch System.
Fourth, the army and navy appro-
priation bills have for years carried
provisions prohibiting the use Of
stop-watoh time-measuring devices
and bonus systems in arsenals. and
navy yards. Labor has objected to-
these deficiency" arrangements on
the ground that they were designed
primarily as labor-driving devices.
The question has come to vote at
least six times during Harding's
0vo h@ 4 +>N
to strike out the prohibition &C, r.
GAL, 1929, 1868, 1854; $50, 6907,
6908: SOL, 1647) thus favoring the
installation Of the devices opposed by
labor.
Against Employment Service. -
Fifth, a matter Of great significance
and importance was the proposal for
an appropriation Of 100000 to es-
tablish an employment bureau In the
department Of labor. This measure
was favored by labor and scientific
opposed chiefly by employing interests
that preferred chaotic employment
conditions. On Sept. 25. 1917, Hard
ing voted against this appropriation
&C. r., 7409).
Sixth, ON Sept. 1S, 1918, following
the lead: of Senator Lodge, Harding
voted for a minimum wage law for
the District of Columbia &C. r.,
102S5); but in the last days of the
session <of congress- when Senator
Kenyon and other friends of a, mini
mum wage law. for federal employees
were trying desperately to get: action
hot 1,1 @A Il
| majority voting to displace it,>by the
bill raising the pay of postal employees
| &C. R.; 5000. ;! It. is estimated that
! $4,000 federal employees still get less
than the three-dollar minimum pro-
posed by the slaughtered measure.
Against Soldiers Pay.
Seventh, on Sept. Z. 1917, Senator
| Harding proposed an amendment to
the revenue act raising the pay of
soldiers serving abroad by $50 q
month. HI Ming voted nay &C. r.,
| 6740).
Eighth, Harding voted <Dec. s,
1879 to amend the proposed civil
service retirement law by requiring
employees to contribute from to. 8
per cent Of their salaries to the Gre
alton of a pension fund, instead of
putting the entire cost on the gov
ernment &C. r. 143).
Ninth, on May 27, 1918. he voted
against the conference report provid-
ing district rent administrator to
prevent rent profiteering In the Dis
! trict of Columbia &C. R., 1926.
The point of view represented by
these votes is that Of the ordinary
small employer, who has been un-
touched by the movement of labor
during the present century, and es-
pec1ally since the beginning of the
war,
Shifty on Suffrage.
Harding's suffrage record is Pc