Evening star., 1926-10-06
SPEAKERS OPPOSE
.CLOSED-SHOP IDEA
National Association of Man.
ufacturers Listens to Host
of Topics.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK October 6.-Thn
closed shop in industrial circles was
opposed by speakers before the Ma
ti"nal Association Of Manufacturers
In convention at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel to-day
Dr. Charles r. King. chairman of
the associations committee on the
subject. submitted an adverse report
to such a policy. while John Henry
hammond of Brown Brothers e. Co.
bankers: John Lester Dryden, presi-
dent OF the Detroit Employers Asso
citation. and Dr. George r. Cutten.
president Of Colgate University. all OK
pressed the opinion that the public.
the employe and the employer would
be better off were the open shop uni.
verSally established
In his report nr. King declared the
closed shop To he a complete denial
OF the American ideal or individual
liberty" and said it promoted waste.
'neftlclency and higher costs To the
consumer.
Points to Coal Illustration.
The closed union shop in the coal
fields was declared responsible, for
higher production costs. limitation Of
output and constant interruptions
and strife" hy Mr.. Hammond
lf II were not for the non-union
mines. our coal costs would he ex-
"rbitant and last Winter many of us
might have frozen To death" he Saii
Building trades suffer in large cities
where the closed shop pred"mina ed.
he said. and higher taxes and renrs
result.
And far as the bankers reIa
ticn TO the question is concerned"
he added. 'he is interested in the
credit Of the borrower. II tie latter
is So we'll situated that he can over
come the handicap of the closed shop.
the credit will he granted. hut the
wise banker is bound to take into
consideration the added risk.
Mr.. Dryden told the convention
that only 10000 of the 700 900 workers
"f Detroit were employed in closed
shops. He attributed Detroit's rapid
expa nsion and prosperity to that fact.
Says Closed Shop Must Go.
Dr. Cutten said the closed shop
must go IL the capjtal-lab abor problem
was I" he settled and urged adoption
of the omen shop as the only solution.
'1f The open shop is the American
plan" he said. then the closed NON
union Sh"p is just as un-AmPrican aS
is the closed union shop"
HE urged the association to lead
the Nation hy annih:la inc the non
union shop and show the public that
YOU are not associated or ahilia ted
with any employers who conduct
closed shops Of either kind. union or
non-union.'
Big Foreign Trade.
Stanley q. F'lagg. reporting for tho
committee on foreign trade. said the
recent fiscal year was The greatest for
the export IF American manufactures
that this country has ever known. Ex
ports increased 10 per cent over the
previous year. he said. and were 60
per cent higher than four years he
fore.
The association. through it's presi-
dent. John f.. EdEerton. yesterday Of
fered to cooperate with the farmers
pf the country in helping to solve their
economic problems.
"As the chief producing classes" he
said addressing the convention
there are more ties Of economic in
terest between the farmer and the
manufa cturer than between any other
groups in society"
Pledges Farmers Aid.
Mr.. Edcerton declared the Manu-
faCturers' Association has no diSpu-
stion to intrude into the farm situa-
ton for publicity or other reasons not
sanctined by sense of fairdpalinc
and good taste"
But we are ready" he said 't"
contribute the facilities uf our organ
ization and of our individual sympa
thieS to cooperate with the farmers
in carrying ont any sound plan that is
compatible with The genius nf olr
political institutions and which they
themselves can agree upon"
Adequate water transportation is
one OF the greatest needs Of the coun-
try and il is the duty of the business
men of the Nation tO supply il. John
II. Small of North Carolina n former
member Of the rivers and hsrh"rs
committee. told the association
He urged the necessity of proper
water terminals and also said IL is
vitality necessary for the boat lines
to establish methods of prorating
with each other and with thefrail lines
just az the railroads have done.
Women In Industry.
Rear Admiral Charles =. PIunkett
comma ndant of the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. told the convention America
should have merchant marine
capable of carrying at least half this
country'S exports and imports.
Women in industry was the subject
Of tw" addresses before the conveu-
ton. Mrs. Clarence ". Smith. na
tional councillor Of the National
WOmen'S Party. declared the right of
woman to equal rights with mon
should he established by Constitu-
tiOnal amendment. She declared tho
only national right women have
gained since the first equal right =
convention in ls4S was the right To
vote.