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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PEACE
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out the major sources of industrial
disputes. Strife Of any kind, and in
dustrial strife as we'll, can be prevent
ed only through the removal of its
cause. To attempt to outlaw disputes
by legal mandate is to ignore the real
problems that underlie disputes.
Labor cannot and will not forfeit
it's right to protest. It cannot and will
not surrender the right to strike. The
right to strike is part Of the free
enterprise system. By curbing this in
herent right we would take decisive
and irrevocable step toward far-reach-
ing RECOMMENDATION not only of labor
but of all industry. Unqualified recog-
milton of that right is indispensable
to the success of our task: to devise
sound and just procedures, openly
agreed to, which would make work
stoppages unnecessary except as last
resort, when all peaceful means of set
tlement have been completely and fin
ally exhausted"
In urging more scientific collective
bargaining, Mr.. Green called for free
and frank exchange of information at
the bargaining tables He added:
"In dealing with all issues, more at
tention has been given to the settle
ment of disputes that have already
arisen, and not enough to problems
which can be solved before they be-
come disputes. Agreement on disputes
which have already developed is more
painful and less lasting than the ad-
vance agreement on remedies"
On union-manag cooperation,
he said:
LET us devise ways and means to
extend the use of union-management
cooperation toward the basic objective
of increasing and improving produc-
tion, reducing unit costs, and thereby
assuring fair and better wage stand
ards, greater margin of earnings for
the enterprise, and lower selling prices
for the benefit of the consumer. These
cooperative procedures can and should
be used also to improve conservation
of materials, maintenance of equip
ment, improvement of quality, reduc-
tion of lost time, safety, and multi
tude of other factors of bargaining" I"
Mr.. Green concluded:
'Let me suggest that this conference
explore means of extending, improv-
| ing, and implementing the methods of
voluntary arbitration as part Of the
due process in the adjudication of the
issues in dispute.
voluntary arbitration is as effec-
tive method for the settlement of dis
putes as the procedures which are de-
signed to carry it out. To be effective,
arbitration must be voluntary and
democratic.
"Arbitration fails if it is based
upon compulsion. Compulsory arbitra-
tion has not worked in the past and
| will not work in the future. A compul-
sorry imposition upon either manage
management or labor of the unlimited
and the unaccepted judgment of a
third party can only bring more unrest
instead of promoting industrial peace.
Compulsory arbitration goes against
every precept, against the very grain,
of the democratic process. Labor and
management must resist with equal
strength any attempt to foist arbitrary
compulsion upon them"
The second day Of the conference
was taken up by open discussion of
various points in the agenda after the
conference committees went into ses-
sion in an attempt to reach agreement
on recommendations to present to the
full meeting.