The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1921-10-22
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Majority Report Of Committee on
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ference Opposed BY Labor. I

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 20-An
expression of minority opinion on the
measures proposed by the: Committee
on Manufactures OF the Preside ent's
Unemployment Conference was pre-
sented to the Conference on the final
day of it's session here over the sigma
lures of Samuel Gompers, President
Of the American Fedration of Labor;
Sara A. Conboy. Secretary of the
United Textile Workers of America:
and Roy Dickinson, Associate Editor.
of Printers Ink, New York City.
Inasmuch as only unanimous COM
mittee reports were taken up by the
Conference for action, this minority
report, as we'll as the majority report
from which it dissented, was merely.
presidented to the Conference and not
acted upon. This was the case with
a number Of other reports which
came to the Conference without unani-
nous committee support. r.
Artful Majority Report
The report signed by Mr.: Gompers.
Mrs. Conboy and Mr.. Dickinson de-
clares that the majority report was
artfully and adroitly drawn in the
business interests. 1t holds that the
basis eight-hour day on the railroads
was conceded by the roads through
negotiations with the unions long be.
fore the supreme court had upheld the
validity Of, the Adamson law. There
fore, it's repeal by Congress could not
effect the situation. -
The majority advised the abolition
Of the railroad labor board. the only
responsible governn1 entail board to
which the railroad workers can take
th1er claims relating to wages and
conditions on employment. The lnsE-,
ority protests against again making
labor a commodity. 1t protests against ,
and reduction in the earning power
of the workers, which would also re-
duce consumption and bring harder.
times to all. the people.
: The minority report endorsed the
accommodation of w: S. Carter, presi-
txant Of the B. of l.. F. & E., to the ef-
fect. that tha roads should. hesHstnl-
PEELED use the $50o,o0o.t coo they are
asking of the government for the en-
ployment of labor and the purchase
of material to rehabilitate the rail-
roads. It suggested further that If
any road failed to abide by any deci-
sion of the railroad labor board it shall
not participate in the big grant. =
The majority report of the commit.
tee on manufactures, summarized,
would provide for the repeal OF the
Adamson act, the abolition of the tail
road labor board. Sthe granting. Of.
money to the railroads, and for the
toiling masses the lengthening. Of tiielr>
workday and the. reduction of their
wages
"And this, says the minority re-
port. "has been seriously proposed ty
a majority of the committee as "a
remedy for present and future -em-'
ployment." The minority report
placed before the conference, the tol-
lowing recommendations
T. Il: There must be adopted 20
policy Of wage reduction. On the con-
trary, there must be a policy calling
for the highest possible rate Of wage.
in every industry. In terms of in:
dustrial well-being this means ..le
adoption Of a policy of placing in: the
hands that there may be the great-
est possible consumption Of comnio-
dities and the greatest possible con-
(Cnnfin11o1