Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-06-09
DONL IN FAY0RS
TRIBUNALS FOR
SETTLE EMENT Of
LABOR TROUBLES
Establishment Of National
Agencies to Eliminate
Strikes and :. Other
Problems, ~
NATION IS -$SA OF
WALkQ'$h $hN0CKOUTS
"UnI0SS / /o9N Remedies
Its J IS We Must Ad-
nit industrial Court
Is Necessary" States,


Cincinnati, ohio, June S.-l2stab-
lishment of national agencies to
eliminate strikes and solve other
troubles of the building industry
was favored today by John Donlin.
president of the building trades de-
p&rtmcnt of tho American l'edera-
Ition of Labor, who told the depart
iment annual meeting here that the
i"WholC nation is tired of strikes and
loCkouts and disgustcd with such
institutions that make them posi-
Bile Unless the industry RENE
dies its troubles, he said, I've must
admit the industrial court is neces-
sary."
Board of Union Officials.
For solving the strike problems,
Mr.. Donlin advocated a board of
labor union officials vested with ali
responsibility for strikes, and he
compared its authority in strike
control with that of congress in
lmaking war. Tor other troubles OF
the industry, he favored periodical
meetings of the union chiefs to pro-
mote harmony among the various
crafts, and also the creation, under
supervision of q government de-
Ipartment, of a council Of all ele-
ments in any way connected with
the industry.
1.-The only way to minimize strikes
and lockouts is TO minimize such
lauthority as can order a lockout or
istrike," he said, adding that persons
Irresponsible for strikes in cities are
always in the minority and often
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Two other departments of the
Ifederatio.. also held their annual
meetings tho gathering OF the
metal trades union delegates being
marked by adoption Of a rasolu-
ition approving President James j.
| IO'Connells report complaining that
1.-THE government administration was
hostile to labor and adding that
President Harding had favored a
national board founded on the
principle of the Kansas industrial
court act.
Glass Distinction.
"In substance, President Hard
ling's recommendation" the resolu-
ition said, 'is that there should be
a federal board with power to de-
Itermine wage rates and terms of
employment" Such legislation,
the resolution added, would create
class distinction, and was criticized
as economically unsound,
President O'Conncll announced
that the naval wage board at
+; Washington had agreed to con-
tinue until next January I. the
wages of 10000 navy yard employees
that were fixed by an agreement
that expires next September -. No
adjustment in wages, he said, would
be effective between September IL
and January |.
The metal trades department
also went on record as favOring the
establishment of cost finding
agencies, both federal and state
declaring it was "a notorious fact
that in some staples the selling
price is 500 to 500 per cent more
than the combined items of labor
costs. and all overhead manufac'
turing expenses.
The meeting Of the union lahe
trades department was marked by
the presentation OF officers re
ports, President J. W. Hays declar'
ing that the year had been marked
by the "open shop movement
adopting a label, which action, he
said, was caused by tho nnior
movement for purchase only Of
union labeled wares The unior
label, he said, had not been sup
ported during the last year to the
extent that he said it should have
J been