Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-06-12
A. E. l. REPORTS YEAR
OF MUCH STRIFE TO
CONVENTION TO-DAY
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shall dght with n greater confidence
because OF the record that has been
made"
The report declared that In the d.
rect labor held workers In number
Of industries have been compelled TO
resort to cessation OF work. because
employers" were "unwill-
Ing TO meet workers in conference for
negotiation" The most important
instance OF this policy was declared 10
be the cause OF the existing coal mine
strike, although troubles In tho textile.
garment, printing granite and packing
house Industries also were cited.
The decisions OF the Railroad La
Dor Board have given satefaction
neither to the workers or the manage
ment," the report remarked In consid-
ering the compulsory arbitration sub
feet as demonstrated In transporta-
ton fields. They have tended toward
a mere general Generalization OF mo-
ralc OF mechanical forces. Tho Esch-
Cummins law. through the Board. has
practically destroyed the concept OF
voluntary agreements between EN-"
DlONeTH anu WI dtlo sbc CeSJN>N
OF compensation for services has be"
come a constant source of litigation
and irritation"
Returning 10 direct labor matters.
organized labor scored victory. the
report said. against organized cam
paigns for the esta ablkhment OF the
so-called open shop"
Chambers OF Commerce throughout
the country. with certain notable ex-
ceptione. have lent themselves TO this
dlsruptive propaganda" the report
stated. THE United States Chamber
OF Commerce Ia about to begin con-
struction OF n $4,000. 900 headquarters
building in Washington on the open
shop basis. The experiment to be
tried in the capital OF the nation on
so pretentious scale will undoubt-
edly be watched with great interest
by the workers and employers alike.
The organized mine owners rcpud-
lated their agreement with the United
Mine Workers OF America" the report
said. compelling the mine workers to
cease work. Packing house employers
were likewise guilty Of violation OF
agreement. The contest going on
among employers and the printing
trades union involves a contemptuous
disregard and fragrant violation OF Ar
agreement by employers and their as.
sociations.
I'VE have recrded only these vio-
lations of agreement by employerv
which are of national importance. We
know Of no similar period of time
in which there have been so many
wanton violations of contract on the
part OF great organizations OF EN-.
| ployers. We submit that It is a vita
essential that there be return o
good faith in industry. a return tC
standards of morality which will re-
store the pledges of men to their tru,
and proper meaning. II It is impossihl,
TO have faith in pledges given. ther
the entire industrial structure will b.
undermined"
Turning next 10 courts. the execu
tive council protested most empha e.
cally against such unjust and inhu
name decisions" as the Supreme Cour
voiding the act intended to abolish
child labor in the United States. Con
gress by this decision, must keep 81
hands OF when the health and life an,
well being OF the nations children ar
concerned" the report asserted, add
ing that tho supreme Court OF toda,
is far more legalistic and less human
in its attitude and tempera ment thai
was the Supreme Court of 1915"
The year Is marked PARTICULAR,
with an increasing hostility OF tn
] judiciary toward the effort of wag
: earners to prevent deterioration o
their standards OF life and labor," tb
report continued, "and we recommend
ed that an appeal be made TO tha
: higher court OF public judgment. an
; that the public conscience be arouse
, TO the great and grave menace wInic
: confronts the perpetuity Of the con
. stitu,ionsl rights and libertie. OF a
our people and as originally conceive
by the founders OF our republic"
E A period Of declining prices havin
set in, the theory Of cost Of living
! as argument for wage increases in
E terested the Federation greatly, tn
= report said. Studies initiated for de
= velopment of new formula wer
described, and a tentative propose
= advanced in the statement that ID
r rule should now be: In every industr
and gainful occupation a wage base
I upon human needs and aspirations
!. Some criticism was implied of
a wage based greater and greater sui
9 fering and injustice"
The idea seems TO prevail that tn
4. outcome of the 1920 elections NEAR
that every liberty of the people can /
taken away provided some individu:
A or group Of individuals representa-
the privileged few desire IL for the
benefit" the report continued. "Tt
statement is often made that II II
United States capitol could be tram
ported to the England of the ffteen'
century. half the members of Congre
would be TO the manner born"
State Legislative bodies also we
V taken to task in some cases, chief
- in tho matter Of compulsory arnlitrt
y ton laws. The Kansas industri
Il court was described as "an utter fai
ure" and similar legislation in Col
: rado was said 10 be equally as a