The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-16
GEORGE |. BERRY
STRIKEBRE AKER;
LOVES The BOSS
Proud of His Scabbing
Achievements
By The Federated Press.)

DETROIT (FP)- Prevalent no
tons that the American Federation Of
Labor confronts the most terrific bat
tie in its history In its announced in
tention to organize Henry Ford's auto
workers are discounted by Maj.
George L. Berry, president IntL
Printing Pressmen's Union.
'The idea that we've got to fight
our employers Is relic OF a bygone
day" Berry confded to The Fed
Grated Press, Il know there's a lot
Of talk here" he continued, waving
bis arm vaguely toward the other
delegates, "that we'll have to have a
knockdown battle with Ford IL we
are going to unionize his employees.
Help the Boss Says Berry.
But that's all reactionary talk.
The modern, the progressive way of
handling such situation is by coop.
GRAFTON, not conflict" The major,
who owes his title to service in the
supply department Of the army dur
ing the world war deprecates strikes
and direct indictments to workers to
unionize in favor OF more pacific
means.
For example, the thing to do hero
in Detroit is to send labor's efficiency
and production engineers into Fords
plants. There we can show him waste
in the human factor, perhaps waste
in the machine processes. We can
save him hundreds of thousands,
millions. thru our expert counsel.
Talk to Henry.
Then we can go in the tront door
not the back, mind you-sit down
with Henry Ford in his office and
prove to him IN dollars and cents that
co-operation with his employees is
more profitable than lack Of organ
ized relations. Instead Of SHOUTING
names at Ford under his factory win
dows, we can 80 into partnership with
him If this plan is followed"
Asked If he would propose this plan
to the convention he responded wear
ily Whats the use? They're not adj
vanced enuf."
Proud Of seabbina.
He referred with pride to his hand
ling of the New York pressmen's
strike few years ago. Going to New
York Immediately he told the publish
ers, he said:
This isn't your strike. I'll break
this strike. Well, brot in strike
breakers from all over the country
to man the presses, broke the strike
aud then got a IS increase. Just two
weeks ago went back to New York
on the expiration Of the contract. The
publishers came to see me at my ho-
tel. A week later they brot back an
offer Of $3.50 increase. That meets
my request for small raise, told
them, but now / want you to issue a
public statement that this raise is
given the pressmen because of their
policy Of cooperating with their en-
ployers, helping the technical advance
OF the industry and edding TO the eff
cheney of newspaper publication.
Owns Three Banks.
, WTlte yourSelI, GEORGE they
countered. W
That's the policy that wins. We
have three banks under our control
now and an experimental printing
shop at Pressmen's Home, Tenn,
where we spend s75O,OO0 year with
out producing one piece of CONNER
cial work. That money is the best
money our union spends, for 1t repre-
sents our contribution to the advance
Of the printing industry, to the crea-
ton of larger profits for employers
and consequently bigger wages for the
employees.
That's the new gospel of labor"
was Berry's benediction to the inter
viewer.