Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-01-04
FIGURES
OUT SYSTEM TO
AVOID STRIKES
Secretary of Labor Urges
Efficiency Board OF
COnciliatOrs.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 Prevention Of
strikes and the correction of industrial
ills through highly trained men acting as
conciliators in the key industries of the
country is being sought by Secretary Of
Labor James J. Davis.
1T is impossible to deal with these
industrial ills and not be impressed by
the fact that many of us must be mis-
handling certain fundamental economic
principles to be producing these costly
and wasteful disturbances" said Secrs-
tary Davis. The disturbances are COM
paratiyely few, / know, in relation to the
whole of industry" he pointed out, yet
no matter what small percentage of in
dustry continues in a state of turmoil We
are promoting waste of time and pro-
ductiOn and measure of social irritation
that should not be
SOME INDUSTRIES s
ESPECIALLY LIABLE.
According to the Labor Secretary =
few of the big industries of the country
are especially liable 10 la Dor disturbances.
In these industries controversy has be-
come more or less chronic. a fair and
lasting settlement of disputes in these in
dustries is hard TO arrive at because of
the highly technical and complicated
our lack of the technical knowledge neces-
sary to just settlement" he said
Naturally the public is also without
that exact knowledge" he continued 1T
lacks clear Tdea of the merits of these
disputes, and the public is, after all, the
final court to decide these matters The
processes in a number of basic indus
tries are complicated to the last degree,
and we can not hope TO pass a fair judy
ment In any of the disputes in these
Industries, we can not have a united
public opinion to enforce any such fair
judgment until we know more exactly
what precise services are to be expected
from each employe or group of employees
in these industries, and what wages and
conditions the employees may reasonably
expect for their services.
DEPARTMENT
HAS NEW IDEA.
Now We have originated in the De-
partment of Labor a plan which anne
confident will bring us this much needed
exact knowledge. This plan calls for
the appointment of a highly trained tech
nical man, who shall also be a man of.
high intelligence and broad character.
to serve as eonciliator in each of these
basic industries Each man among the
number must know his special industry
inside out, from top TO bottom He must
know every technical process involved in
that industry. He must know what AZ
to be expected of every worker at each
step Of the process, from water boy TO
skilled machinist. He must recognize
the merits Of any organization among the
employees. But above all he must be
a man 10 command the respect and trust
Of both management and employees
Secretary Davis said that be believed
that down deep in his heart every Ameri-
can employer and every American work
man wanted TO get on in peace. when
we have industrial warfare he said, sit
is not from willfuI 'cussedness,'. it is ON
account Of some deep-eated misunder-(
standing. In nearly every case tn -
ring parties are only too glad to
and keep peace. The difficulty iy
in arriving at the necessary mutual 1l
Outstanding. Our special men will b
able to supply that needed comprehen
sion to the fullest measure and 1 eannofS
held thinking that they viii soon come
10 be welcome fixtures in our Industrial
system