The New York herald., 1922-02-25
new BILL OF RIGHTS
PUTS END TO ABUSES
NDUnDINCNDUSTRY
Labor Chiefs Consent to En-
try of Decree in U. s.
Court Here.
ALL NATION AFFECTED
4 Basic Principles Adopted
Will Wipe Out vicious
Practices
RENTPAYERS TO BENEFIT
Union Leaders Of InternatiOn-
al Body Help Daugherty and
Hayward End Evils.
Special Dispatch to THE NEW York HERALp.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c., Feb. "a.

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New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. c.. Feb. "a.
A consent decree is to be entered ia
the United States Court for the South
ern District Of New York to end
vicious practices in building opera
tions in New York city.
Announcement of the decree and
TIE form it is to take was made by
Attorney General DaugEerty to-day
following conference with United
States Attorney Hayward and officials
of the international Organization o!
Bricklayers. Masons and Plasterers
1t follows the Investigations made by
the Lockwood committee and by the
District Attorney. as we'll as court
actions of civil and criminal nature
The decree is proclaimed as new
bill Of rights for the home builder. the
manufacturer and the business man
1t brings independence to the en-
ployer and to the builder, and pro-
Eibits the labor unions from restrict
ing the amount of work to be done by
an individual.
Result of Long Inquiry.
Agreement as to the decree to be en-
tered was announced In the following
official statement:
"The conference was the elimination
of an investigation conducted by Col
Hayward and his staff of special assist
ants covering period OF several
months work in conjunction with tho
Department of Justice In the investiga-
tion of building trades and the housing
situation. which has resulted In the re
cent indictment and conviction of large
numbers os manufacturers and dealers
in building materials. many of whom
have paid large fines and some Of whom
are now serving sentences in jail.
"As a result of this conference the ex'
ecutive heads of the union have signed
and executed consent to the entry OF =
court decree in the United States Dis
trict Court for the Southern District oi
New York affecting the entire nationa
organization and all its local unions
The decree directs that 1t be published
by the labor organization and read to al
of the local unions at their next regular
meeting and be incorporated as part ot
the constitution or the internationa
union and appended thereto In the mex
constitution to be adopted.
Four Basic Principles.
1.-THE decree lays down and adopts
four basic principles:
"First-There Is to be no limit to tho
D, oductive capacity of the individual
workman within the working day oi
any other given time.
"Second-There is to be no limit upor
the right of the employer to purchase
his materials wherever and whenever
and from whomever he may choose
whether those materials be union mad,
OF otherwise.
"Third-There is to be no favoritisn
shown by organized labor toward EN-
ployers or trade associations or con.
tractors associations, and no discrim
'ira tions are to be indulged In agains
the independent employer who may no
be n member of such an association.
"Fourth--The labor organization Is no
to be used or permit Itself to be usec
by material men or contractors or sub
collection of debts or enforcement o.
the payment of alleged claims.
"The first of these principles Is di
rected against a vicious practice which
Is more or less an outgrowth of the cos
plus system which prevailed during tn,
war period. Various local unions o
this and other labor organizations hav,
from time to time tacitly and Otter
openly limited their men in the guam
tity Of the work to be performed b,
them within a given time. Some local.
have enforced the rule that a bricklaye
must lay only SO many bricks an hour
or a mason set only a certain quantit,
of stone day, and 80 on down the line
"it is gratifying to note that tn,
executive heads of this national labo
organization have for many years con
demned this practice. IT Is a heritag
Of the war period when unscrupuiou
contractors operating under the cos
plus system. were perfectly content I,
have fifty men on n job where half o
one-quarter OF the number could do th'
work. Labor has for years contende,
that It is not commodity and not {,
be regarded as n commodity. That prin
ciple has now been Incorporated In oui
basic law, and is recognized and ex
pressed in the first sentence of the Clay
ton act.
Restrictions Are Removed.
THE second is directed against tn,
various Determinations which have beer
INDUCED In by labor organizations err
gagged in the building trades whereby tho,
sought to restrict "A builder from pur
chasing and importing the finished ma
terials from the sources Of their pro
duction BY wayeof example. for man,
years rule has prevailed that ston'
would not be set by members OF thi'
union II an employer or builder bought
stone finished and dressed at the quar-,
and imported II to the place where 4
was 20 be used In construction work
In other words. In case ~ construction
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