Evening star., 1921-11-06
INDUSTRIAL STRIFE
AROUS|NG PUBLIC
Mr.. Hoover Tells of Vital In
terest in Coal and Trans
portation.
Ey the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, November 1.-THE
growing concern Of the public over in
dustrial disputes between employers and
their workers was emphasized last night
by Secretary of Commerce Hoover, In
an address at the annual dinner OF the
Academy of Political Science. He said
that one idea he believed to be stead
ily developing in the community was a
demand for differentiation between the
basis Of settlement Of conflict between
employers and employees in two different
oategories OF industry.
First, the category of industries"
: he continued, such as transportation
and the coal industry, where the con-
tinuous operation is vital to the life and
safety of the community, where there
is no alternative to some substitute
service, and second, the category Oh
industries from the continuous opera
ton of which there is alternative sup
ply without importing the life of tn
community. The pubic takes but a
secondary interest in the conflicts tI1a
arise i'll The last group 1t is !mpatien.
10 find solution Of conflict in the frs
group"
Stoppagc Brings Peril
Secretary hoover asserted there was
a rising tide of feeling in the matter
i'ecause of the growing centra .izat!on O
reputation in limited areas dependen
upon transportation and coal for tn
clockwork movement OF economic lif,
-\ny stoppage, he added, brought i'm
mediate suffering and every uItinla,
peril to the community.
I'VE have seem" he said. "the
growth Of organization. on the par.
of both employers on one side ana
efnDt0VPS hay
nave reached national basis, an.
their very discussion now sends eco
nomic shivers through the whole
community, even though they have no
intent to engage IN battle.
The public is coming to believe
whether juStifiedly or not. that in thi
mobilization on both sides. there may
yet be tendency on the part o
these organizations to come to terms
On such a basis as will pass then
mutual charges on to the public
Puolic Taking Interest.
The arm of the public, in tonse-
quence. was being gradually extend
ed to these disputes, the secretar.
said. through both administrative an,
leg .slatiNe action, the primary in
stinct of the public being self-preser
"stion first and last. He advised
however, that the entrance of tn.
third party into the disputes should
be in such form that it would not
increase i'll will and would secure
Justice.
Secretary Hoover said the two prob
lems uppermost in the mind of the
country today were limitation
armament and both international and
domestic industrial relations.
The march of civilization, he added
would proceed only SO fast as tran
uuillity could be found in both these
directions
Secretary Hoover said It was idl.
wholly to deny the existence of con
i,ictins interests between employers
and employees.
But there are wide areas Of activ-
'ity in which their interests coincide
lie added. 1t is the part of states
1nanship to organize identity of in
tereSt where 1t exists in order to re-
duce the area of conflict"
Gnemp,oyment B4ings lN-Wnl.
Unemployment. Mr.. Hoover said
was one of the causes of ill-will tha
weighed he; Willy on the community
aud he believed it would be solved.
MANY American industries ar,
themselves finding solutions" he said
There is solution somewhere and
its working out will be the creates.
blessing yet given to- our economi.
system, both to the employer and tn.
employee"
Lack of standardization in tn.
printing industry is costing the Amer
can public S100,000,000 extra in print
ing bills, Matthew Woll, vice presi-
dent of the American Federation Oh
Labor ,Snd president of the Interna-
Iional Photo Engravers' UnioR de
dared today in an address before the
academy.
Mr. Woll asserted that there were
800 different kinds of printing ma ,
hines, 5000 different kinds of paper
II sizes of booklets and d wide vari
ution in The sizes of newspapers an.
,u;gazInes. all of which contribute tL
Inc present high cost of printing.