The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-12-20
OPEN SHOP IS
 ENDORSED BY MANUFACTURERS
$55,OOO Pledged at An nual Meeting of Asso- ciation - Opposed to Boycotts, Not to the Unions.

New Haven, Dec. 20.-Emphasizing the wide scope of the. service render ed to members by the association, Connecticut Manufacturers associa- tion, read his report at the annual gathering of the association held in this city yesterday.
 .Prece eeding the business session of the organization, which attracted sev- eral hundred members from all parts of the state. number of the com nittees of the organization held con- ferences on questions which had been handled by them during the year. R.
 L. French, of Bridgeport, presided at the session of the traffic committee and J. E. Otterson of this city at the industrial relations committee sessino. President Hubbard spoke partfcu- larly of the usefulness of the Con- necticut industrial council, a body composed of local industrial and com merciaI groups throughout the state, operating under the auspices of the | association. Through this organiza- tion the Manufacturers Association has been able to obtain a wealth of i information concerning industrial conditions and has enjoyed contact with organizations interested in state
 and civic betterment, thus enabling the association to work for the pro- m otton of the prosperity of the com munity in general as well as serve the individual members.
 lie OenleO that the dSSOCldllOn eA- 1 isted for the large manufacturers. Its policy being to serve each member to the limit of it's needs. He quoted figures to show that the majority of members were small manufacturers, and gave detailed and comparative statistics to show how completely the | association had rendered actual ser vice to individuals in traffic cases, legislative, fuel, employment and other beneficial aids. This aid is in creasing annually. Not Opposed to Unions. "The association has not been op- posed to organizations of labor,' he declared. ''but 1t has been unalter- ably opposed to boycotts. checklists. and other illegal and unfair acts or interference on the part of employers or employees. It has stood for the | open shop and 1t has exerted every 1 influence wherever and whenever Vlo- l lations of the true principles Of the | open shop have been detected. It has | been in entire sympathy with an az gressive campaign for the establish ment of the American plan of em- ployment in the state but it has re- | cognized the fact that as an organiza- | ton made up primarily of Inanu- | featuring concerns. no aggressVie program could be carried out. It has believed that such an organization, | to be effective, should include all em- | ployers of labor, contractors, builders printers, transp ortation agencies. etc. For this reason it has extended 1oV per cent. cooperation to the open shop conference of Connecticut. and | has given both moral and financial support It believes that with the personnel which makes up the mem bership of that body a most success 1 full campaign can De WaSeo TOT T4Shl | and justice.'
 By far the most important move Of the body was the assigning of $o,- | 900 from the organization treasury ! for the campaign being made to foster the open shop movement. speakers | who pointed out the lack of this sys- tenn in building and construction 1 trades, did much in creating the har- | mony which brought unanimous ap- proval of the measure.
 | Officers Elected. Besides reelection of President
 Goss of Waterbury and Secretary Treasurer R. c. Buell. of Hartford, 1 were reinstated in office.
 c. E. Bilton of Bridgeport; H. B. l Sargent of New Haven, and F. s. l Chase of Waterbury and c. B. Whit
 l tlesey of Hartford, were elected as | The annual meeting of the body ! was voted to take place in the months
 1 of October or November hereafter to
 l obviate bad weather.
 l The attitude of Connecticut manu- 1 facturers toward the many problems
 | and exigencies confronting shippers,
 l together with legislation and Inter-
 l state Commerce decisions pending
 1 which will affect home industry, Is
 | reflected in the report of its traffic
 1 committee for 1922.
 l Raymond L. French, chairman of
 the traffic committee and traffic man.
 1 ager of the Columbia Graphophone
 | company of Bridgeport presented
 l the report which Is in part as fol-
 l lows:
 | 'sDue 10 war conditions, governm ent
 1 control, labor unrest and other con-
 l ditions over which they had no con- | trol, the carriers have not kept up l with the growth of commerce ana Shls
 l has set us back to the condition which l prevailed a few years ago, that is a
 | l etarding of business due to embar- l soes car shortages, locomotive fail l ures I believe, however, that gen. orally speaking the carriers have done | all that could be expected under the l ,.tr-r-,,r,n "a riceS and that a vote Of