White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1935-08-22
ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER


AS was pointed out in these columns last week,
the numerous strikes throughout the nation, as
we'll as those threatened for the near future have
caused many people normally sympathetic with
the aims OF labor to wonder if things are not be-
ing carried too far 1t is apparent that the efforts
OF few to secure material gains at the expense
OF the many others have done much harm
This week, comes news of the formation of a
statewide organization, to be known as the Wash
ngton Industrial Council, whose aim is to elimin-
ate destructive forces from the industrial life of
Washington In such movement the organiza-
ton believes, call right thinking people, regard
less of political or social alignment, will be glad
to take part"
The organization is not opposed to labor as a
GLASS; to it's rights of collective bargaining In
fact, according to the declaration of purpose of
the group, it is DESTROYS of improving labor's con-
dition through the restoration of industrial activ-
lty and the creation of permanent payroll jobs.
Their attitude toward strikes is summed up in
the following assertion:
"While we acknowledge the right of labor to
strike, we also will as strongly uphold the right
OF every man and woman to work. In cases where
strikes are unavoidable the Washington Industrial
Council firmly believes that violence, intimida-
ton, and other law violations should be scrupu-
lousy avoided; and the Council will assist the
constituted authorities to maintain law and order
In the communities affected 1t will seek in every
way possible to protect the right of every man and
woman In Washington to work without unlawful
interference.
In pointing out that it is in no sense anti-union,
the organization says that all true Americans who
are members OF labor unions should welcome an
organized movement extending into every COM
munity of the state to uphold workers rights and
to provide such satisfactory wages and working
conditions as may be compatible with economic
conditions under which employer groups operate.
The state has had number of object lessons
during the past Is months which have brought
out the need for some organization which could
deal with the industrial disputes arising from time
to time in an impartial and equitable manner.
We have seen that when the right of collective
bargaining is abused, the farmers are the ones
who suffer most, for idle mills and factories de-
crease the potential market for fruits and vege-
tables to an alarming degree
The assertion has been made, by men who have
walked out on their jobs as we'll as by observers
OF the situation that the strikes have been caused
by few men who wish to gain control of the la
Dor unions and to dictate the terms under which
all men may work. If this condition is allowed to-
exist for any length of time, the privileges and
the rights which labor now enjoys will soon dis
appear For this reason, it is encouraging to know
that there is group willing to undertake the job
of wedding out all subversive elements from our
industrial life.
The state of Washington has great future as
an industrial and agricultural state. The two are
inseperable as industry prospers agriculture will
increase and as agricultural conditions improve,
there will be more demand for industrial plants
here. But to secure this condition, the farmer the
laborer and the employer must march together;
for what is detrimental to one is detrimental to
all.
Statistics show that IS per cent of the children
In Washington attending school this fall will be
hampered by some physical defect, be it strained
eyesight, infected tonsils or other more serious
and less easily adjusted handicaps.