Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-02-17
LAWSON SPEAKS
HERE ON UNIONS
STATE FEDERATION SECRETARY
SAYS LABOR ASKS ONLY
FOR FAIR PLAY

"All AL tt that It, the !ab9r 20 unions ] want is
tary Of the Minnesota Federati ton of
Labor. said in an address before a
at the Odd Fellows hall Wednesday
evening. Mr.. Lawson called attention
to one of the main objects. OF these
correct information as to the situation
as concerning the unionized working
men. He charged the metropolitan
dailies with garbling the facts in
their reports, of various matters affect
ing union labor to such an extent that
in numerous instances, the general
public gets an entirely different view.
ese Boot and shos WORK
ers' Union, also addressed the gather
ing.
Mr. Lawson first pointed out the ne
| ions taking a more active interest in
the work Of their organization. He
then went on to explain why there is
opposition to unions and he stated
! deal with the individuals, recognizing
that in unity there is strength. He
charged the United States Chamber of
eeev tbs
Of the employers and added that con-
| seouently. if the working men and
W9mea N;9na; are going to be given any s,s,rs cor
organization: The necessity of or
ganization, he said. is no longer de-
batable question as it has been clear
! ly demonstrated that organization Is
necessary for success in any undertak-,
ing.
! Mr.. Lawson refuted the charge that
unions create the closed shop lie said
! that no man or woman is any way
prevented from securing work in un-
! ing expected to affiliate with the un-
ions and help bear their share Of the
| work of retaining the conditions that
| were brought about by the unions, to
help make the place better for those
! who come after. Touching ON the mine
workers situation and the threatened
miners strike MI Laws2n ca1led aled at at
| through the presidents commission
Hduring the war. whereby mine owners
differences. In spite OF this agreement,
! the mine owners have refused to meet
the employees around the table and
they have given notice to the govern
tices of wage reductions Of 80 per
cent and that they are going to fight
it out with the employees. MI. awson
said he did not believe that this is
what the public wants.
This: unfortunate thing in this So
called fight between capital and labor
Mr.. Lawson said, is that it causes the
workers to lose confidence in their en-
ployers. When the day comes, that the
workers lose confidence in their en-
| ployers, there will be serit troNhle.
he said, illustrating this with an in
dividual example to show that it will
create antagonsm. lessen production
and otherwise seriously menace indus
! tiy. NO one wants this to come and
! organized labor believes in and desires
the orderly process Of adjusting diff
! ferences around the table.
Miss johnson spoke briefly on the
! use of the union label on goods man
for toiH oh S1N> id
| that this label means much to- the
women of this country as it signifies
! that the goods were produced in sani-
! tary shops under favorable moral con-
! ditio1:s and that no child labor was
! employed in their manufacture. She
urged the women to buy union made
goods and thus help in the work OF
elm: mating child labor and the sweat
! ShOO