New Britain herald., 1922-12-22
SERVICE EXTENSION
 HAS BEEN PROPOSED
Secretary of Labor James J.
 Davis, Makes Recommendations

| gXtenSlon or the conciliation serv- leo of the department of labor to avert or settle such great industrial conflicts as those in the coal. railroad and textile industry during the last year was proposed by Secretary of Labor James J. Davis in the recom- mendations accompanying his an- nual report just made public. The secretary suggested m appropriation of approximately, million dollars a year to provide federal organization that could by peace- making efforts avert disastrous suspensions of work in industry. He pointed out agree ments under which industrial peace had been maintained for years in the packing house industry. the California Gil industry and the copper industry as instances of the success of fed eral conciliation program. Under these agreements, reached after med iation by labor department concilia- tors, representatives of the depart ment were accepted as interpreters of the agreements by workers and em- ployers.
 Report of Davis
 The secretary, after reviewing the work of the conciliation service, said:
 ''The limitations of appropriations have made 1t impossible for me to work out some plans which I hope I may have the opportunity to work out during my term of office. I believe with the creation of an organization such as I have in mind and with an appropriation of approximately sl.- 0oO,000 per year. this gradually to be increased with the growth of industry, practically every labor controversy can be adjusted and nearly every strike can be avoided.
 Great disputes between capita, and labor, like all other great Am erican issues, ultimately are settled by public opinion. A correct public opin- ion of them can not be formed whom the public has not all the essential facts necessary to form an opinion The public knows that often alleged facts are presented in public speech or announcement which are not the true facts. and therefore the public often hesitates in reaching conclu- sion. With the proper sort of organi- zatiol in the department of labor 1t would be possible not only to bring contending elements together before a break in most cases, but also in every instance to give the public the true facts from unpretudiced sources which would bring about speedy specialization of public opinion as to m ffc nf ,fa fact that the contenders realized that the public would get tho true facts would make them hesitate to come to a break
 Must Have Funds
 Provided with sufficient funds, our experience demonstrates that through this service machinery can be set up in various industries that will reduce to minimum interrup- lions due to strikes and lockouts. With cooperation from employers and em- ployees, conciliation points the way to industrial peace. As outstanding ex- Anples of what has been accom- plished along these lines it is but nec- essary to refer briefly to the practical achievement in the copper, oil and meat packing industries.
 When the conciiation service be- gan it's work, 70 per cent of the dis putes in which its intervention was sought had already reached the strike stage. Recently conditions have so improved and the service of the de. partment have been so generally rec ognized that less than 80 per cent of the eases before the service have reached the point where work was x xxx
 Builds Up Stan
 The department of labor has. in he nearly 10 years of existence, built ID staff of conciliators especially qualified for their delicate task. Many of the commissioners have been draft ad from business professional and i'm 1ustrial life. Some have been man. lgers Of large corporations, some have been government officials. and some have been leaders In organized ahor. x xx''
 The conciliation work of the de- partment has gradually become more md more a recognized factor in Am