Evening star., 1921-09-20
SECURITY IN JOBS
URGED FOR UNREST
Employment Subject Discuss.
ed at Conference of Catho.
lie Charities.
By the Associa ted Press.

By the Ass0cia ted Press.
MILWAUKEE,, Wis. September 90
The obvious remedy for self-imposed
restrictions on labor output Is a guar
anteed minimum of employment to
every worker. declared the Rev. John
A. Ryan of the Catholic University,
Washington, d. c.. addressing the ma
tional conference of Catholic chari-
ties last night.
restricted production by labor
unions was classed with poor indus
tflaI management by the speaker as
source of economic loss which could
De prevented. He declared. however,
that labor could not be censured for
It's efforts. although faulty, to; make
employment go around, while no effort
was being made to end the causes
which led to such steps,
Restrictions ON Work.
While rates and materials have in
creased throughout the United States,
ne said, production has also increased
to such an extent that it is very
marked in certain localities. In almost
every industry where labor is organ
ized leaders seek to restrict the
amount OF work done by each man.
The dread of unemployment is SO
pronounced that employees engaged in
seasonabie enterprises frequently re-
strict production in order to make
work last longer. Some workers,
moreover, through consideration of
their fellow employees, limit produc-
ton to provide work for them, a prac-
ice Whlch results in economic loss.
When we turn from the subject of
deliberate restriction of production to
that OF waste. we find that labor is
much less responsible than industria |
management. In the report of the
american engineers we find that waste
in six great industries is charged
against management as 6S per cent,
while only Is per cent is attributed to
labor.
For several Of the restrictive meas
ures employed by unions there is a
considerable measure of extenuation
II not Of justification. No abuses can
be remedied by mere denunciation.
Causes can be removed only by com
prehensive measures which will give
the workers security in their Jobs and
interest in their work"
That much of the literature of sex
education Is not for general reading
was the assertion of Rev. John NJ
Washington. d. c.. who addressed the
conference here yesterday.
Warning ON Sex Literature.
while sex psychology and sex
education owe a heavy debt to the
f'reudian school. superficial dabbling
iE the Freudian literature is fraught
with grave perils. and much if not
most of the Freudian literature, tech
nical or popular. is emphatically not
for general reading"
He said that many movies pose as
educational. but are merely sex in
formation commersialized. Sex edu-
cation. he believes. should be pro-
portionate to the age of the child.
Among other speakers were DIR.
Anne Nicholson of the National Coun-
Gil Of Catholic Women of Washington,
d. C.; Rev. Thomas v. Moore. c. S. p,
p. S. D.. NJ. D., Catholic University.
Washington. d. G.; Rev. John A. Ryan.
D. D.. Catholic University. Washing
ton. d. c., and Bernard Pagan, chief
probation officer. childrens court, New
York city.
message from the Pope received
at the conference read as follows:
The sovereign pontiff, recognizing
your filial devotion, prays that the
Catholic conference will arouse the
spirit of Catholic charity throughout
the United States"