The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-04-22
Same Arguments Being Used AS
Were Put Forward l3 Years Ago
Against the 48-HOur Week

minutes of the meeting Of September
18, 1919, shows:
Mr.. Kalkhoff-This resolution was
passed at the meeting of the closed
shop branch of the United Typothetae
of America on September Is:
Whereas, The National Joint Con-
ference Council, composed on the one
hand OF the United Typothetae OF
America, closed shop branch, the
Printers League of America, the In
ternational Association Of Employing
Electrotypers, and on the other hand
of the presidents of the international
Typographical Union, the Internation-
al Printing Pressmen and Assistants
Union. the International Stereotypers
and Electrotypers' Union and the In
ternational Bookbinders' Union, at a
meeting held in Chicago, April %,
1919, mutually agreed to recommend
to their various bodies the adoption
Of the 44-hour week on May l, 1921;
Resolved by the closed shop branch
of the United Typothetae of America,
in annual convention assembled in
New York, on September Is, 1919, in
accordance N5ei. tic int6at expressed
by TIE National Joint Conference
Council, That we hereby agree to the
introduction OF the 44-hour week in
the closed shop branch on May /,
1921.
"This, Mr.. Chairman, was unani-
,nously adopted by that body"
By the fall of 1920 the "open shop
element had launched a campaign
against the national agreement, and
an effort was made to get the United
Typothetae, closed shop branch, to
abrogate IS agreement. This effort
failed, and that body at its conven-
ton in st. Louis, September Is, 1920.
reaffirmed its agreement to the A
hour week. An attempt was MADE to
Council to reconsider the agreement.
and employers of the southeastern
states succeeded in getting meeting
of the council at Atlanta, Ga, Decem-
ber Ia, 1920. The council, after
thorough discussion, reaffrmed its
stand, and adopted the following reso-
luton:
Whereas. There exists the Inter
national Joint Conference Council
composed of the organized sections of
the commercial and periodical branch
cf the printing industry. with repre-
sentativcs of the closed shop branch
of the United Typothetae of America
the Printers League of America, and
the International Association of En-
ploying Electrotypers for the en-
employers group and the representa-
tives of four organizations of labor in
the printing industry, namely: The
international Typographical Union
the International Printing Pressmer
and Assistants Union, the Interna.
tional Stereotypers' and Electrotypers
Union, and the International Broth
erhood of Bookbinders and,
Whereas, This joint conference
council at a meeting held in Chicago
April 81, 1919, adopted as method
of peaceful settlement, through con
citation and arbitration of industrial
disputes, the following preamble to its
constitution:
"Only through joint conference il
the spirit of mutual helpfulness be.
tween employees and employers car
the foundation be laid for stable anC
prosperous conditions within the
printing industry. To promote the
spirit of cooperation and to deal with
the problems of the industry in a way
to insure the protection Of the inter
ests of all concerned, the establish
ment of an International Joint Con
ference Council, made up of represen
tatives Of employers and employees
which shall be thoroughly informed
as to conditions and interests of al
parties in the industry and in posi-
tion to suggest for ratification reg
ulations which shall eventually be
come the law of the industry, is con
sidered essential.
Compulsory arbitration by law i
deemed impractical as a means Of aG
justing controversies between employ
lers and employees. Controversies be