Evening star., 1942-12-03

l. "CH, Siidi uidu, NdiOiidI otcci
Corp, Pittsburgh; Robert E. Wood.
chairman, Sears Roebuck IL Co.,
Chicago, and r. J. Wysor, president
Republic Steel Corp, Cleveland.
Under a regular system of success
sion in office, William p Witherow,
NAM president, became chairman
and his successor as president will
be chosen Friday.
Walter D. Fuller, present chair
man, becomes chairman Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee and H. w. Prem
tbs, jr., chairman Of the Executive
Committee, will become chairman of
the Finance Committee.
Many Hours Lost.
DR.. Victor G. Heiser said that des-
pite industry's effort to provide
healthful working conditions, latest
estimates showed American workers
in 1912 would lose enough man hours
to build at least 5000 Flying Fort
resses.
DR.. Heiser called on industry to
survey its plants in four all-im-
portsnt fields OF industrial health in
wartime-safety. healthful working
conditions, medical program and
nutrition education Of the worker
and his family.
The medical consultant of the
NAM Committee on Healthful Work
ing Conditions and author of "An
American Doctol% Odyssey" said:
All the top-notch machine
tools in the world for making guns,
ammunition, tanks, jeeps, ships and
planes are useless unless we have
the skilled, healthy workers to oper-
ate them-without interruption
In spite OF the precautions taken
by industry to guard against acci-
dents, there were $4,000 fatalities
among war production workers up
to November this year.
I'm spite of the effort made by
industry to provide healthful work.
ing conditions and adequate on-the-
job medical service, war workers will
have lost more than l2l SOC. 900 man.
days from vital production during
1912 alone, according to the latest
! and best estimates.
This amounts to 968 900 900 man
hours, and that is the time required
to build at least 5000 four-engined
Flying Fortresses.'"
Wants Labor Policy.
Wilfred Sykes, president of Inland
Steel Co., said the huge wartime
production called for "a definite ma
tlonal labor policy free from polite,
and not dependent upon admins
tration favoritism," and called fol
wide amendments to the Wagner
Labor Relations Act.
He attacked what he called tn,
share in Encouragement idea o.
C1O unions which he said must b,
rejected not because it is the ides
OF one labor group, but becaus,
management must remain manage
ment.
The ultimate responsibility 70
decisions in any given business j
an lndlvsible thing. To Sovietize i
by making every decision a subJec
OF debate and discussion will de
oeioy liiC "liolC SySUcHl Ol Tree ell
terprise because it will bring it to
point where management canno
function"
The Wagner Act, he said, must b,
changed SO it will be fair to EN-
ployer and employe alike; so that /
provides not weapon for the agi
tator and racketeer but ways tt
bring about greater co-opera ton be.
tween labor and Management and 81
that its administration will be pre-.
served free from prejudice or bias.
The convention adopted resolu.
ton urging Capitalization and sta
bilization Of Federal food contro
under a single administrator indie
pendent of all present governmental
agencies and in second resolution
opposed major revisions or exten.
Sions of the social security system
until the war has been won.
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