The New York herald., 1921-06-10
MUST END STRIKES,
SAYS LABOR LEADER
John H. Donlin Opposes Cessa-
ton of Work and Insists
on Arbitration.
SPEAKS AT CONVENTION
John w. Hays Urges American
Federation to Start $780,
600 Publicity Drive.

DENVER. June 9.-The organized build
ing craftsmen of the country must free
the building industry of interunion strife,
craft jurisdictional disputes and other
unnecessary and burdensome restric-
tions. John Fl. Donlin, president of the
building trades department of the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor, told delegates
to the departments annual convention
tonight in an address in which he also
urged capital and labor to cooperate to
reduce the cost of living.
Every organization must guarantee to
arbitrate all questions arising in the in
dustry, the labor leader asserted, and
provision must be made to prevent any
cessation of work pending the adjust
ment of any controversy.
I'VE must once and for all stop tying
up building operations upon which none
but union men are employed" he added.
declaring that the cessation Of work in
flicted injury ION ourselves and injustice
upon the investor and hurt the general
morale and well being Of the COM
munity."
Mr.. Donlin said he believed jurisdic-
tional strikes are the result Of dema-
gogues and aspirants for Office, or they
emanate from class of workers which
1t is impossible to satisfy, or for rea-
sons that will not stand the magnifying
glass"
Capital and labor should cooperate to
reduce the cost Of living, he declared,
adding:
Capital and management must start
UP all industries, labor agreeing to
maximum output per individual, thus
keeping wages up and the cost of living
down. Capital and management should
also bear the burden of readjustrnent
Give to the masses what they consume
at the cost of production plus a fair
profit
Urging that a campaign of home
building be inaugurated at once, he said {:
ut can be done more expediently and
cheaper now than in the recent past or
in the near future"
He predicted that building operations
will resume soon with a rush.
The American Federation of Labor
was urged to conduct publicity
campaign involving the expenditure
Of nearly s2,5OO,000 by John w.
Hays. president Of the union label trades
department Of the federation, in an ad-
dress to-day before the department 8
convention. He said sucn a campaign
was necessary at this time to gain public
support for the trades union movement.
The campaign outlined by Mr.. Hays
calls for the expenditure Of $2.212,546,
covering advertisements in BAG news
paper and S1S7,S00 covering advertis-
ing is eight national magazines.
Five cents month from each member
Of the federation, he said, would cover
the cost of the campaign.
Mr.. Hays, who is secretary-treasurer
of the International Typographical Union,
declared that the fight for the forty-four
hour week in the printing industry was
being combated by very small per-
centage Of the employing printers of
their own initiative.
The speaker declared that the asso-
ciated employers OF Indianapolis and
other alleged opponents Of organized
labor not only desired to prevent forty
four hour week, but expected to increase
the basic work week probably to fifty
four or sixty hours. He quoted publicity
and documents issued by alleged anti
union interests purporting to substan-
tiate his charges.