Evening star., 1925-12-27
BY WALTER X. McCALLUM.

L ployer with employe. There
ls an entirely new force in
American industrial life. the ramifica
lions of which are spreading into the
MOOT and fabric of working relations
until the prolonged strike or social
disturbance. whose length disrupted
me Nation economic structure. Is
last becoming but a memory.
Personal contact with the Secretary
OF Labor or one Of his designated Off,
cialS representing the Government.
bringing the employer and employe
together in conference. presenting to
mem the side OF the public in indus
trial disputes and literally urging by
persuasion the advent of the Golden
Rule into relations between men. is
the weapon in use TO bring about this
result. How successful il has been
in the past three wears can only be
told by the industrial history of the
last So months The present stlike
of workers In the anthracite fields is
he only rift in an otherwise bright
industrial situation, even though
there are today about 40 small and
widely scattered strikes before the
Labor Department for settlement
Never before has Government
actually stepped in between employer
and employe with the message that a
l.ule that applies to one must apply
q all. Even though mediation has
heen resorted to in many disputes be-
tween man and employer over an ex-
tended period of years the personal
Interpolation of a coercive force rep
1'eSenting the United States Govern
ment IS only a development of the
past three years.
InvOkes Golden Rule.
The whole idea is summed up in
the words of Secretary Davis. a firm
believer in the literal application of
the Golden Rule to business as we'll
as to personal relations He ey-
plains it this way: Men don't get
anywhere with militant ideas when
hey have divergent views on how a
business or industry is to be operated.
how much wages are to be paid. or
how long they will have to work.
They must cooperate. and the best
Way TO get the cooperation We want
and they want is based upon the
principle of the square deal for. en-
p!dNer and employe. This is ba sic
What applies TO one side applies
equally to the other
Mr.. Davis speaks metaphorically.
applying his mind to the present an
'hracite strike and his words TO the
general Industrial situation in Il threat.
ened strike. when he says I'VE can.
not settle a strike when the ware.
house is filed.
For from other sources il appears
that the country is satisfied with an
fhracite substitutes: that anthracite is
not one of the Nations prime necessi-
Ties, and that the shoe OF the anthra-
cite shortage has not yet pinched.
Al the beginning of the anthracite
strike 20 per cent of the Nations an
thracite requirements for the Winter
had been filled. Broadly, the shoe does
not pinch. and will not pinch in a ma
tional way. And for this reason. 1.-THE
warehouse being filled" public de-
mand has not settled the coal strike.
Pays to Go Slowly.
In his long and varied experiences
in personal contact with employer and
employe urging his text upon busi-
ness until its impress now spreads
throughout the land and new era
has actually been begun in industrial
relations. Mr.. Davis has found it pays
10 go slowly Quiet observation.
quiet pressure from within and with
out does the trick" he says. When
business, big and little; when men on