The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-27
Practice Golden
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pies and practice of private enterprise
as we have known it in the United
States of America, in so far as the
productive element of private enter
prise goes. May | again say, there has
been no criticism of that, no fault
finding, only with the conduct of these
groups towards one another.
In other words, ii is the inequitable
distribution of the fruits of private
enterprise that we find is not coming
up TO standard In that respect think
ii only fair to say that the captains of
industry are the ones to blame for at
least 50 per cent of the breakdown.
| They have made wonderful accom-
pIiShments in production. 1t has been
| said, and truly 80. that America is the
arsenal of democracy. 1t has been am
| ply demonstrated in this war. With
out America $ productivity there would
| be Il different situation in the world
war that is going on today i'm an eff
! fort 10 preserve democracy for human
kind. But the ownership of industry
and the personnel, dominant i'm private
! industry i'm our country, grew arrogant
over the years and they abused the
! privilege and miSllcd the tremendous
/ power which private enterprise
brought TO them. They have been i'll
considerate of the element without
which they could not have made these
accomplishments in production. | have
in mind the laboring element, the most
| Intelligent, the most highly skilled, the
| most ambitious, and the most patri-
Otic people who can be found anywhere
on the face of the earth. They have
made Il ma ior contribution to this
phenomenal gain in production, but
they have been the forgotten men
many times, and all too often by the
captains of industry.
Labor fought hard to keep out these
injusticcs. They fought at Il great dis
advantage but they never gave UP the
fight As the years went on and labor
unions gained strength and prestige,
and as they have become better under
stood, they acquired influence and
public favor. IT cannot be denied that
| labor beyond any other element or
group has been responsible for bring
ing about the regulation of industry.
Labor does not like too much regula
ton by industry. Labor realizes that
labor itself can be over-regulated by
impractical theorists and so-calIed
governmental experts, but as Il matter
of Self-deienSe labor was compelled to
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ately, in my opinion, labor is becom-
ing ovCr-rcgulated. The captains Of
industry have been definitely regulated
ia recent years and they are very,
very much dissatisfied. contend The
one and only practical way To solve
these problems is by sitting around the
conference table
There are just two, in my Judgment
who really understand industrial and
labor problems - employer and EN-.
pi0ycc. And where conferences have
been the basis for settling employer
employee questions in industry over
the years. there has been very littl"
industrial strife. Where that has not
been practiced there has been much
strife and discord and the common
propI" have been made to suffer. II is
Il problem facing us, there are no two
ways about it,
Personally, believe the conference
of the past two days is step in the
proper direction. hay" said some
critical things OF management. | can
say things equally of agriculture, and
! assure You | know ! can of labor.
Labor has not been lily whit" in these
things. 70 me the most UntortInal"
thing that has happened in tn" labor
movement is the division of labor. I'm
my Judgment the sam" element of
s"IliNhn"Ss and unrcaSonabl" personal
ambition which brought grief to lead
rrS of industry and diSr"pute 10 pri-
Vatc cnterpris" has brought about this
division of labor. 1t has resulted in
diSrnity and unqueSti"nabIy retarded
HE progress of our movement, rs well
aS deprived men and women of labor
OF many benefits which would have
come 10 them through II StrOngh and
unified labor organization.
There is an element Of human kind
that cannot bring themselves into ac-
luaI practic" of the things we like to
preach about, such rs abiding by the
rule of the ma iority sticking to demo
cratic principles which are inherent in
our American way of life. We du Il Io'
of preaching about these things, but
il Is hard, il seems to me, for us 10
! carry them out in practice
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