The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-12
LABOR PROGRAM OF U. S.
DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED


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/ would have council before the
strike is called. ' T.. .
\ There is a close community of In
terest between the employer and the
worker in every industry. Unless OBJ
scured by passion and prejudice in
the heat of dispute, that community
uf interest will operate to adjust any
differences that may arise between
the two, to their common benefit.
This community of interest, to my
mind, is the secret of ending these
industrial ,contlicts.{ .-
!" '"There seems to be an unalterable
opposition on the part Of both en-
ployer and worker to the bringing
into any dispute of a third party
vested with any coerc-ve powers SUI
ficient to fore seti -ement. Our
people have rot endorse d any policy
of. compulsion in dealing with these
disputes. The principles Of enforced
arbitration, in any guise, is generally
rejected by both parties to these con-
troversies
.'.It has been the experience of the
Department of Labor that disinter-
ested, intelligent, practical concilia-
ton is capable of ending many of
these disputes. In the less than ten
years that the department. has been
in existence, the Cancellation Service,
hampered by limitations in personnel
and equipment, has accomplished
much in these disputes. It has hand
led thousands Of them, involving mil
lions of workers. It has had no arbl-
trary power, no coercive authority.
Its commissioners have been peace
makers in industry, seeking to as
certain and appreciate the differing
points of view of the two parties to
controversy and by earnest and pains
taking appeals to the innate fairness
and common interests OF both sides
to bring them to common ground
where an agreement can be reached
OF all the cases handled by this SER
vice more than 80 per cent OF the DIS
putes have been adjusted through
their efforts or with their co-opera-
ton. Furthermore, where 70 per cent
Of these disputes in which the ser
vice acted when it was organized
reached the stage Of strike or lock-
out, today less than 80 per cent OF
them become actual suspensions OF
work before they are adjusted.
. 1T seems to, me that before enact
ing any radical legislation or chang
ing. the administration scheme Tor
dealing with these strikes, we might
well, consider the perfecting and ex-
tension of the machinery whiih has
proved so effective in the past. have
no doubt that by improving and in
,creasing the facilities of the ,Concllla-
ton Service we can materially IN
Grease its. effectiveness in dealing
with the 10 per cent of industrial
disputes in which is apparently fails:
In. many. Of these cases of apparent
failure, however, the efforts OF con-
citation commissioner become the
Ultimate basis of settlement"
-, As to Unemployment the report
said - =. =,
~ "Here we have two problems to
meet-to prevent recurrence OF the
employment depression whiih threw
between five and six million men into
idleness and to reduce the number OF
our workingmen who are daily with
out means of livelihood. e.
eve have a powerful agency in
meeting both of these problem IN the
United States Employment Service,
which, fully organized and equipped,
would have its finger at ell times up
on the pulse of the labor supply and
demand of the country. The past
year this service, with it's cooperat-
ing agencies, proved its effective
ness. It listed between 100000
workers seeking employment, and
placed nearly 100000 Of them in
Jobs without expense to the worker
or, employer. It's usefulness and the
need for its development are plain.
"The causes of idleness among our
workmen call for instant remedy. In
dustrial strife and unemployment Of
fer opportunities to. the enemy of
government too favorable for US to
overlook them. Whenever worker
and employer clash and when men
are enforced idleness, here is the op-
portunity for the unscrupulous en-
ployer with his hired guard, his mer-
cenary plug-ugly. There, too, the
ultrc-red radical finds conditions ripe
for his efforts. Both threaten the sub
version of all government, as they
preaih. contempt for law and order,
and by stirring the passions and hate
of men bring to fruition their gospel
of violence and bloodshed. These
things are a menace to our whole ma
;tional existence. They threaten the
fundamentals Of our government. No
duty is more pressing upon US today
than that of safeguarding ourselves
from these dangers" i.:. =.
The report, explained the -Secre-
tsry's immigration and naturaliza-
ton proposals briefly as follows:
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