The Connecticut labor news., 1923-01-19
OH! CONSISTENCY
 SURELY THOU ART
 PRICELESS JEWEL
What Manufacturers' Association Says and What Members Do Are
 Are Widely Separ ated.

The Open Shop argument seems to b. 1 possessed of as many contradictions a
 the proverbial cat has lives, and 1t Is O. ! interest to note that those who rant mos about the equalities bestowed upon the
 workman under the so-called Open Sho1
 or American Plan of shop operation art
 invariably the greatest violators of theil
 own much 1auded schemes for establish
 ing the freedom of labor in industry. l Only recently we were informed ] through the columns of the press tha l the Connecticut Manufacturers Associa
 tion has been in entire sympathy wit
 an aggressive campaign for the establish
 ment of the American plan of en-
 ployment, and further that ''the asso-
 ciation has not been opposed to organi-
 cations of labor, but 1t has been un-
 alterab1y opposed to boycotts, black
 lists and other illegal and unfair acts of or employees. It has stood for the ope'
 shop"
 This declaration of the Manufac- turers' Association is clear cut and most emphatic and no doubt expresses f
 sentiment of its affiliated membership because of the acceptance of the repor and the failure to date of the opposition
 if there be any, to record themselves 2
 opposed. We therefore assume that cer- ld1Il 1Ile11lDeIS OI lIllS dSSOC1dC1On are parading before the public and their fel- lows members garbed in the cloak O insincerity. As witness the followinc paragraph culled from the minutes of the N. Y, N. H. & H. Railroad Meclani- cal Department Association. The meet ing of which was held at Boston, Mass December 1o, 1922 being the same datc upon which the Connecticut Manufac- turers' Association n1-Jurdened them selves of the foregoing declarations, a contradictory coincident so to speak
 Resolution presented by J. Chilling ton. seconded by c. LaGois.
 Whereas: In August last, Genera Manager C. L. Bardo promised his full support to this association, intimatin" that it would be hard for those wh did not join us to retain their jobs, and
 Whereas, we have numbers of men working in the Mechanical Departmen who refuse to join with us, some of them openly opposing the idea and by their talk making little of our association
 Resolved, That this Association ask MT. C. L. Bardo to instruct all Superin- tendents, Master Mechanics and others in authority to cooperate with this General Board and to assist by making it plain to the men working at various points that membership in this associa- ton IS one Of the conditions Ot employ ment. Resolution carried.)
 This dear reader, is the work of the New Haven railroad company union. | fostered by the New Haven officials to replace the legitimate unions whoseI members withdrew from the services of l the New Haven on July first of last year and are still engaged in lockout, and | the officials of this railroad hold mem l bership in the Connecticut Manufac- ] turers' Association.
 Keeping in mind the declarations of he Manufacturers Association what l becomes of their arguments about the boycott and b1ack1ists when one of their own members is called upon to enforce this very act resulting from promises made to his pet union They stand for the open shop, yet this reso1u- ton calls upon them to enforce their own company union law "that member ship in this association is one of the conditions of employment" What a nockery of the truth and, sincerity purpose is expressed in the resolutions made in Boston and New Haven upo- he same dayi Of what value are tn promises of anyone whose conscience permit them to harbor such extremes of principal.
 Executive Committee Striking N. H
 Shopmen.