Evening star., 1934-03-26
BY the Associate Press.

PRESIDENT Roosevelt Issued thl!
statement detailing settlement Of ths
automobile dispute:
After many days of comforting tr
regard to the principles of employ.
ment in the automobile industry ths
following statement covers the funda-
mentals:
l.. Reduced to plain language Sec
ton IA Of N. I. r. A. means
(a) Employees have the right to or
ganize into group or groups.
tb) When such group or groups arr
organized they can choose represen'
tatives by free choice and such
representatives must be received col
lectively and thereby seek to straighter
out disputes and improve conditions
of employment.
(c) Discrimination against en-
ployes because of their labor afiili-
ations. or for any other unfair or un-
Just reason is barred.
A settlement and statement Of pro.
cedure and principles is appended
hereto.
fr0Vldes SOuu0 hclatlOus.
1t has been offered by me to. and
has been accepted by, the representa-
tives of the employees and the en-
ployers. 1t lives up to the principles
of collective bargaining. I hope ano
believe that 1t opens up chance fol
square deal and fair treatment. II
gives promise of sound industrial re-
lationS. 1t provides further for 9
board Of three of which the chair
man will as a neutral represent the
Government.
In actual practice details and ma
chinery will, of course. have to be
worked out on the basis OF common
sense and justice, but the big point
is that this broad purpose can de-
velop with a tribunal which can han
die practically every problem in ar
equitable way.
Principles OF Settlement.
Settlement of the threatened auto
mobile strike is based on the following
principles:
/. The employers agree to bargain
collectively with the freely chosen rep
resentatives of groups and not to dis
criminate in any way against any EN-
ploye on the ground OF his unlor
labor Affiliations.
2 If there be more than one group
each bargaining committee shall have
total membership pro rata to tht
number of men each member repre-
sents
MIRA. to set up within "a hour:
a board. responsible to the President
of the United States. to sit in Detroi
to pass on all questions of representa-
ton. discharge and discrimination
Decision of the board shall be fina
and binding on employer and EN-
ployes. Such a board to have acceS!
to all pay rolls and to all lists o
claimed employe representation ant
such board will be composed OF,
(a) A labor representative. to) Al
industry representative. Co A neutral
Human Relationships First.
In cases where no lists of employe!
claiming to be represented have beer
disclosed to the employer, there shall
be no basis for a claim of discrlmina
ton. No such disclosure In a partlc
ular case shall be made withou
specific direction of the President.
A. The Government makes 1t clea,
that it favors no particular union Of
particular form of employe organiza
ton or representation. The Govern
ments only duty is to secure absolute
and uninfiuenced freedom OF choic'
without coercion, restraint, or intimi
dation from any source.
5. The industry understands that II
reduction or increases Of force, Sucl
human relationships as married MEL
with families shall come first and thei
seniority, individual skill and efticien
service. After these factors have beer
considered no greater proportion o
outside union employees similarly sit
uated shall be laid of than Of othe,
employees. BY outside union employe
is understood a paid-up member il
good standing, or any one legally OBJ
ligated to pay up. An appeal shal
lie in case Of dispute on principles O
paragraph to the board Of three.
In all the hectic experience o
N. r. A. I have not seen more earn
est and patriotic devotion than ha
| been shown by both employers ant
employees in the automotive industry
| They sat night and day for nearl
two weeks without a single falterinI
or impatience The result is one o
the most encouraging incidents of tn
recovery program. 1t is a complet
answer to those critics who have as
serted that managers and employe
cannot cooperate for the public goo'
without domination by selfish interest
In the settlement there is a frame
work for a new structure of indus
trial relationS-a new basis Of under
standing between employers and em