The daily Alaska citizen., 1920-01-16
AUTHORIZED AGENTS
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS REPORT

The latest bulletins received from the national headquarters of the American Mining Congress contain a resume of the work done at the national convention in St. Louis and copies of the resolutions passed by that body. Among those received is a declaration of principles drawn up by a special committee on industrial relations, adopted later by the general conference, placing the American Mining Congress on record ill support of the government in its effort to stamp out radicalism in this cOun- try and urging a campaign of education for the purpose of bringing capital and la bor into a better understanding of their mutual interests.
 The report follows:
 We affirm that Public Welfare is paramount to the claims of any interest or class and that no action detrimental to that welfare can be tolerated. All the relations between man and man, between employers and employe must be subjected to the acid test of Right, and that no relation which does not recognize Right can obtain the support of the public at large;
 I've deplore the differences arising between capital and labor, resulting in strikes, lockouts and curtailment of pro- duction, when an increased production is necessary to the welfare of the nation and the rehabilitation of the stricken nations of Europe;
 We believe that, with as little delay as possible, plans should be formulated suggesting a common ground for such an understanding between capital and labor as will be most effective in the several in- dustries and localities and best designed to secure maximum production and effici- ency;
 "We believe that fundamentally, the interests of capital and labor are one and the same, and that no condition detrimental to either can exist without being detri- mental to the other We believe that every dispute can be settled by conference, if both parties undertake sincerely to be just and fair in their demands
 We believe that the present unrest in our industrial world is being fostered and encouraged by agltators who are antagon- lstic to the sound principle of our govern ment and to true Americanism, and that the agitation Is in furtherance of we'll laid plans to warp the minds of our people and Is calculated to incite and encourage class hatred even to the extent of revolution;
 "We have an abiding faith in the American people and their fidelity to the American principles of liberty and justice, and we believe that they will ultimately choose the right path in this crisis, as they have always done on every great question of principle which they have been called upon to decide; but we believe that we all need to be shown the danger of listening to the revolutionary theories which are now being so extensively promulgated;
 i've believe that all citizens, whether the employers or the employed, stand equal before the law and before the bar of judg- ment of the people; that the freedom and liberty which is vouchsafed to all does not mean lawlessness and license; and that no action, individual or collective, can be con- doned or allowed, which is against Public Welfare, or which strikes at the life and property of the people, or at any of the principles of our Constitution, which all true Americans hold dear;
 ''We insist upon prompt, impartial and energetic enforcement of the laws of theI United States, the several states, and muni- cipaities, for the protection of life and