Arizona republican., 1920-03-12
LABOR IN INDUSTRY ONE GREAT SUBJECT
 OF TODAY HARDING
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

CHICAGO, March 1.-The covenant ternationaI relationships shrink into nothingness compared with the rela- tion, present and prospective of the government to labor in industry, was the statement made tonight by Senator A. B. Cummins of Iowa before the na- tional petroleum congress at its annual banquet.
 ''The relation of the government to- ward industry involves the most serious institutions, which are now engaging the thought of students in public af fairs" said Senator Cummins. Unless the people of the United States who work for a living are well disposed to- wards American institutions, unless they are enabled through the compen- sation for their labor to become good citizens, devoted to their country and willing to defend it, our foreign rela- tions will speedily disappear. l venture the prediction that the issue of the on- coming political campaign, the issue which will chiefly determine political affiliations will concern the relations of the government to labor. This is as 1t ought to be. for the attitude of voters upon this subject while alone can solve this -supremely important problem.
 ne Lay OI StiNCS TdSt
 Events like the coal strike have born in me q biding conviction that the day of the strike in the agencies of trans portation and in the basic industries of thecountry has passed and passed for ever. This is not said with, any want of sympathy in the great cause for which labor is fighting. In my opinion labor has never received and is not now receiving it's just share in the di- vision between capital and labor, but there must be in the very nature of things some better way to determine the division than through the strike.
 Difficult, therefore, as the duty is, it seems to me that the government must undertake. with respect to trans portation and certain basic industries, the task of compelling justice to wage workers and of adjudicating in a fair tribunal the disputes which arise from time to time between employers and employees. It must declare, when the occasion arises, what wages shall be paid and the working conditions which shall exist. But this is not all. In these cases in which the public interest, welfare and protection require gov
 ernniental Jurisdiction. the govern Inent must not only adjudicate the con- troversy but it must enforce it's decis ion. When the government speaks in behalf of all the people, it's voice must be needed and it's commands respected The employer must pay according to its judgment and the employe must not enter into a conspiracy to nullify its decree.
 Labor Doesn't Understand
 "You will understand, am sure, that am not advocating this rule, which would create a new relation between the government and industry, for all industries. It should be applied only to those activities which by reason of our development and the distribution of our people must be regular, continu- ous and adequate.
 No one can be more conscious than am Of the bitter hostility with which organized labor views the suggestion have just made and no one can regret that hostility more than I do. When, however the truth becomes clear to me. follow it without regard to former friendships or personal consequences