Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-04-05

RA1J LIZ
tween automobile manufacturers and
their workers averted an Industrial
war which probably would have i'm.
perilled the entire recovery program
The bitter d~issension within the in.
dustry led to the brink Of a strike,
which would have spread to scores
Of accessories, plants and the steel
industry. affecting the railroads, lum-
Der. glass and textile industries par.
t%icularly.
The President, in announcing the
settlement, termed it THE frame.
work for a new structure of indus
trial relations Significantly, the
representatives OF both sides express
ed qualification for and appreciation
Of the service rendered by President
Roosevelt and General Johnson In er-
fecting the settlement.
The difficulty arose shortly after
the Recovery Act was passed. EN-
pl0yees in the automobile plants
formed unions and affiliated with
the A. F. OF I. AT the same time,
company unions sprang up. causing a
clash between the independent unions
and the company unions. Subse-
quently, charges were made that the
companies were instigating the com
pany unions and compelling EN-
ployees to join them and dropping
men who affiliated with the indie
pendent unions. When this charge
was leveled against the manufacture
ers, they asserted that the A. +. OF
T. was attempting a labor monopoly
The settlement, according to Will
liam Green, President of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, .guaran-
tees the workers the right to orga-
nize. to bargain collectively and to
be represented by men OF their own
choosing" Upon this, undoubtedly,
the general public Is agreed, however
much some employers may dislike
the principles involved.
However, while the public is in.
clined to be on the side of labor In
its fight to establish those principles
upon a firm basis, labor leaders
would do we'll to recognize that there
exists an apprehension On the part
of the public generally lest labor,
thus organized. use its power selfish
ly in disregard of the national vel
fare.
The President has called ON Con
$3.50. - CtnnJy fvpr1ny1rrn ruryx
lation legislation with teeth In it.
He wants a bill to require margins
50 high that speculation "as it ex
lists today would be drastically cur
tailed and that the government be
given such powers OF supervision as
may be necessary to correct abuses
which may arise in the future.
He called attention to the highly
organized drive against regulatory
legislation, saying that the letters
and kilograms bear all 'the a
marks" or a common origin. In his
letter, the Chief Executive insisted
that the people of this country are
fully aware that unregulated specula
ton In securities and commodities
are one OF the most important con-
trfbuting factors in the artificial ana
u~nwarranted boom which had SO
much to do with the terrible condi-
tions of the years following 1929"
Complete freedom for the Philip
pine Islands In 1916 or soon thereaf-
ter is provided in the Independence
Law recently enacted and which
Philippine leaders say will be &C
cepted by their legislature. In sign
ing the Law, President Roosevelt told
Manuel L. Qnezon, president OF the
Philippine Senate, that III invited he
would attend the inaugural cere-
monies of the new republic ten OF
twelve years hence
MAY LIST has been designated as
Acceptance Day" to honor the mem
DRY OF Admiral Dewey, who destroy
ed the Spanish armada and took Ma
nilla Bay In 1898. The new measures
provides for the withdrawal OF all
military bases after independence.
Twenty-three senators have reaf
firmd their demands for remonetiza
tion Of silver. They hope to form q
combination with agricultural stateg
In an effort to restore silver as a