The New York herald., 1921-02-04
ARBITRATION, LOREE
SAYS, ISAF FAILURE
Attacks Industrial Report to
State Chamber of Com
merce.
OFFERS A SUBSTITUTE
Urges Public Regulation Of All
Organizations Having Con-
, troll Of Wages or Labor.

Arbitration as Il relates to the settle
nent Of Industrial disputes between en-
ployer and employee has definitely
broken down, L. F. Loree. president Of
the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Com
pany declared yesterday in opposing
report on industrial disputes presented
10 the Chamber Of Commerce of the
State Of New York by r. Fulton Cutting
on behalf of the committee on Industrial
problems and relations.
The report dwelt at length on the need
for Some legislation setting up machinery
for the settlement OF industrial disputes,
but Mr.. Loree, after attacking various
features OF the report. succeeded in hav-
ing 1t sent back TO committee for further
consideration by means of offering i
substitute resolution for that recon-
nended in the report.
The resolution embodied in the COM
mittee report would have the State
Chamber of Commerce appeal to Con-
gress and to the State Legislature TO
enact legislation TO put into operation a
plan for the settlement Of industrial dis
putes in the nation and In the State by
the following means:
Providing that industrial disputes
occurring between employers and en-
ployed In the public service and public
service corporations should be referred
for settlement to some portion OF the
judicial machinery OF the nation and
State now existing or TO be created FOR
that especial purpose.
providing legislation to carry out
plan similar to that recommended Tor
the nation by the Presidents industrial
conference in IT'S report of March 7,
1920"
Legislation under the substitute plan
offered by Mr.. Loree would accomplish
the following:
IL. Declare all organizations having
for their purpose control of wages or
conditions Of employment by joint action
on the part OF employer or employee to
be charged with a public interest and
hence properly and necessarily subject
to public supervision and regulation.
80 Provide that all such organiza-
tions shall have the capacity to hold
property and sue and be sued in their
corporate names in all respects as
though they were individuals.
"3. Provide for supervision OF the acts
and records Of such organizations. In
cluding insurance funds and similar
dCtlVllleS, III tfie bdiHc way thIe tAS s~~~S
of street railway and similar corpora
tions are supervised.
-. Provide for supervision OF every
vote on the question of ordering strike,
including the following: no such vote
be taken until after a summary Inquiry
by public authorities concerning the mat
ters in dispute every person voting to be
furnished with q statement by public
authority of the results Of such inquiry ;
every such vote to be taken by secret
ballot: honest count and freedom from
harmful influences to be guarded by
public authorities"
The committee report presented by Mr..
Cutting declared that Industrial disputes
fall into two general classes. namely,
those having to do with public service
and public service corporations and the
second all other Industrial disputes.
Your committee is OF the opinion,
the report says, that the time has come
for the State to interfere TO protect
the public from the disastrous effects OF
strikes and industrial disputes so far as
they relate to those engaged in public
service and In the employ of public SER
vice corporations"