The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-02
NATIONAL FOUNDERS HEAD SEES RED" IN ANTI-UNION BLEAT Wants Open Shop on All Railroads
 and Public Tribunal to
 Handle Labor.

New York, Dec. 2.-Creation of open shop conditions among railroad workers and prohibition of rail strikes by Federal legislation were urged in a resolution adopted by the National Founders As sociation at the concluding session of its 18th annual convention here. Copies of the resolution were sent to members of Congress.
 The resolution urged creation of a tribunal, representing the public eXclu- sively which would have tlnal jurisdic- tion III deciding all disputes between rail roads and their employees that threatened to result in tieup of rail service.
 One of the things that led the aSsO- citation to adopt a resolution calling for the establishment of a public tribunal with power to settle all disputes between the railroads and their employees was a speech by William H. Barr, president. He said that last July the Founders Association had sought to present to the Railroad Labor Board a question of vital public interest and that the board had declined hear the petition. He also spoke of the open shop, which the as sociation favors, at least with respect to the railroads.
 "UniOnism having degenerated, in many cases, into radicaliSm for revenue only, the time has arrived when bodies pos SesSing such dangerous power should be made amenable to the laws" he said. Trades unions should be incorporated. Surely there can be no objection to any organization bringing itself defnately within the law and assuming both moral and financial responsibility. The diff culty seems to be that militant unionism desires to set itself up as an independent organization, immune to the breaking of all laws and wholly without recog- milton of its patriotic duty to the nation which tolerateS its activities"
 MT. Barr commended the Harding Ad- ministration and pledged the association's s support. He chided Congress for having given only political answers to economic questions and referred to the agricul- tural bloc in the Senate-condemning its activities
 President Harding long ago took cog nizance of this bloc in Congress-" he said, and there is no doubt that he is opposed to the injection into the Con- gress of such attempts to promote class interest. In previous sessions we had the dominating union labor body. In this Congress the agricultural bloc has sought to inject itself into all legislation and has interfered materially with the development of the plans of the Admin istration, complicated tS they are by almost insuperable obstacles.
 Congress will have the support of all business men just as long as 1t at ternpts to do right. Should we become convinced that Congress is submitting to the dictation of some particular class, then 1t will be our duty to actively cor rect that situation. If we cannot sue cessfully maintain fundamental rights by argument, we will make a vigorous effort to eliminate from Congress those who are unfaithful to their oath of of flee i'll the sense that they are not legis- lating for all our people.
 Nothing has been more useful in in dicating the American people the real purpose and unalloyed selfishness of the unions than the recent threat of a rail road strike. It was obvious at once that 1t was nothing more than gesture. The threatened strike was only another man. ifestation of the humoring of railroad unionists by politicians during the last eight years"