The union times., 1946-11-09
AMERICAN OBJECTIvES

AuEn1AAIN ODJEN11NES
 That may seem revolutionary to some of you, and as mere plati- tudes to others. Personally regard them as healthy and constructive and American. l believe that they are conservative, and in the best interests of defending our capital istic system, and the representative system of a political and industrial democracy.
 If the American Federation of La Dor and I believe the overwhelming majority of wage-earners in the Unit ed States, are successful in their ef- forts the major aim of our American trade unions will be to secure and maintain industrial peace and expand the productivity of American trade and industry to the maximum bene- fit of the American people.
 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
 But prescriptions for securing and maintaining industrial peace are more easily concocted than compounded. The truth of that statement is unfor- tunate1y, too wel1-established by cur rent events all over the world to jus tify any resort to establishing anoth- CT fact-fnding board. You may of course say that what applies to na- tionS should not apply to employers and workers. The differences are ob- vious but one fundamental fact re- mains Workers and employers and nations are people-and people too often are governed by needs and de- sireS and emotion and prejudice more often than by intelligence and con sciences.
 If I were asked to prescribe a treatment to advance industrial peace, I would suggest as a begin ner that employers and workers recognize that they have obligations as well as rights. l would remind them that industrial peace is de- pendent upon mutual trust and confidence back home where the job is being done.
 PROVIDE MACHINERY
 I would recommend to begin with, that both parties make every effort to provide machinery for the orderly and peaceful settlement of disputes which cannot be settled between themselves by collective bargaining. l would rec ommend that parties to contract provide for conciliation and mediation within the terms of the contract. Whether or not such mediation and conci1iation should be supplemented by a decision in the form of arbitra- ton should depend on the voluntary consent of the parties. 1 would recom- mend that every contract including adequate machinery to finally deter mine any dispute arising within the contract at the point where the dis pute takes place.
 EMOTIONAL MATURITY"
 By accepting this responsibility in their own backyard, the parties to any contractua1 relationship would have reasonable prospect of maintaining peace. To do a decent job would re- quire a degree of mutual understand ing and more emotional maturity than many employers and workers have been willing or able to demonstrate.
 Both parties must recognize that production is the product of agree ment, not cOmpulsien. Mutual trust and confidence cannot be bought at the corner store. 1t must be earn ed by good will, tolerance and en- durance.
 If we can get back to a boss worker relationship without the inc terventiOn of the dO-gOOders and raise-me-uppers believe we can achieve a fair degree of industrial peace. We should be approaching a period of physical maturity, even if emotional maturity may still be more distant. I believe the pros poets are good, but not just around the corner. A period of difficulty may lie ahead during which we will have to get out from under the ef- fleets of the government blindly smashing the product of collective bargaining.
 Industrial relations must either be returned to the employer and worker
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