New-York tribune., 1921-04-19
Gary Calls for
i. S. Curb ON
Labor Unions
Advocates Reasonable Con.
troll of Both Capital
and Wage Farmers; Chal-
lcnges Mem to Disband
Upholds Open Shop Plan
Brands Workers. Leaders
as Self Seeking; Says
They Threaten u. S. Decay

Ebert II. Gary, chairman of the
board Of directors Of the United States
Steel Corporation, read to stockholders
at the annual meeting at Hoboken yes-
terday a statement in which he de-
clared that complete unonization of
the industries of the country would
be the beginning of Industrial decay.
He outlined a plan by which both
capital and labor would be supervised d
by an impartial government commits
sion and challenged labor to accept his
proposal.
He said that whatever grounds there
we're for the organization of labor in
the past this necessity no longer ex-
listed, and that those who are leading
the movement to organize workmen arc
really engaged only in advancing their
own personal, selfish interests against
the interests Of the employers, the en-
ployees and the public. In advocating
new laws for putting capital and labor
on an equal footing in the adjustment
OF their disputes before Federal COM
mission Judge Gary said:
Fayors Reasonable Z. S. Control
~ do not believe in socialism, in
governmental management or opera
ton. / do advocate publicity, regula-
ton and reasonable control through
government agencies"
He expressed the belief that labor
would not accept his challenge, as
their leaders have heretofore asked and
received discriminatory exemptions.
Judge Gary argued in favor of the
open shop and detailed his reason for
refusing to deal with representative
of labor unions who were not actually
employed by the Steel Corporation. He
said the company's own system of col
lective bargaining with It's employees
had stood the test SO far, and that, in
his opinion, no better method had been
presented
"As stated, and repeated publicly, we
do not combat, though we do not con-
tracc or deal with, labor unions as
sonally, believe they may have been
justified in the long past, for | think
the workmen were not always treated
justly; that because of their lack of ex-
perence or otherwise they were un-
able to protect themselves, and there
fore needed the assistance of outsiders
In order to secure their rights.
Holds Unions Archaic
But whatever may have been the con-
ditions Of employment in the long past
and whatever may have been the re-
suits of unionism, concerning which
there is at least mucl, uncertainty
there is at present, in the opinion OF
the large majority of both employers
and employees, no necessity for labor
unions, and no benefit or advantage
through them will accrue to any one
except the union leaders.
ALSO workmen do not voluntarily
join the unions, Go not seek the oppor-
tunlty, do not search for leaders to
form and maintain organizations; and
on the contrary, the self-appointed
leaders who expect to receive pecuniarv
profit have been and are constantly and
perslstently soliciting the workmen to
become members. These leaders create
and maintain the organizations at the
expense of those who are actually
workmen and join through intimida-
ton, overpersuasion, false promises
misrepresentation or because Of the
CONTINUED pauo three)