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TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1938

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PAGE 5

Governor Lauds Transit System

Governor Townsend addressed approximately 600

persons gathered yesterday for a new Indianapolis Railways, Inc., Washington St. for

car barns on W. the dedication of the City’s

trancit system, luncheon in the

the world.”

Photo by Voorhis.

modernized at a cost of $8,000.000. State, city and company officials attended the luncheon and heard the system praised as the “finest in

SWEDEN SOLVES Seymour Mills to Pay $2699 in

LABOR STRIFE IN Back Wages, NLRB Announces

PEACEFUL WAY

| |

Erplevers and Wi and Workers Are Always Willing to ‘Give and Take.’

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(Continued from Page One)

duty it is to encourage conciliation | and make their services available in all disputes. The conciliators have | no power to prevent strikes or lockouts. 3. A Labor Court, consisting of two representatives of capital, two ! of labor and three neutrals is ap- | pointed by the crown to enforce col- | lective bargaining agreements once | they have been made. The Court | can fine a union, a union member | or an em pis yer if it finds that an agreem has been violated. To that eytent the law is bilateral. The Court works with great speed, oft ten | 4 hearing a case and giving a verdict the same day. But much more important than | the “skeleton” of laws is the spirit between capital an nd labor. Broad- | ly, it is this: Capital recognizes the right of laborers to organize for the | purpose of obtaining better working | conditions and wages; labor, in turn, recognizes the right of capital to earn a fair profit. There is no minimum wage law in Sweden, and wages in different industr vary | lel} The general principle seems to be that an industrialist will pay as high wages as he can and still obtain a fair profit. Gen- | erally speaking, both sides stand | ready at all times to negotiate on | the issue of what is a fair wage and | a fair profit. But if it comes down to a fight between capital and labor—and it | sometimes does—both sides are re- | sourceful and well equipped. Labor in Sweden is a compact group, unweakened by such schisms as occurred in America when the C. I. O. and the A. F. of L. parted company. The Swedish Confederation of Trade | Unions, made up of 42 federations, | has a membership of 840,000. The total nu workers belonging to unions outside the confederation is only 60,000. The conf

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nber of

a reserve |

are equally thousand of

employers well organized. Five them have formed the Swedish Employers’ Federation, a sort of “union of capitalists.” Their weapon, in event of industrial strife, is the lockout. Members pledge that | they will lockout ordered by the Employers’ Federation and that they will not enter into any collective agreements workers unless the federation approves it

At present,

But

+1 the

join any

the federation has a “war chest” of about $6,000,000. | Any employer who violat the rules of the federation can be fined a maximum of $50 for each person in his employ. On the other | hand, if he is ordered to join a | lockout, he receives benefits from the federation—25 cents a day for each employee for the first month and 50 cents a day for each person in his employ for the second month. The federation refuses to aid one of its members, however, unless it is convinced his position is reasonable. It aims never to resort to lockouts unless there is sound, economic justification for them.

Both Sides Benefit Both labor and capital are fiercely jealous of their right to strike and call lockouts, and nothing in the Swedish law prevents them from doing so. Nor is there any compulsion for them to negotiate collective bargaining agreements. | They do so ocak they believe | both sides ill benefit from such agreements and because the Swedes are by nature an orderly folk. One other reason sometimes is advanced for the industrial peace in Sweden—that both capital and la- | bor are organized so strongly that each hesitates to start a confii ct with the other. It is another application of the principle of “balance of power,” meaning that two coalitions of nations about equally matched in strength will be re- | luctant to start a war.

Tomorrow—What a great Swedish industrialist thinks about Sweden's industrial system.

| addition,

| sociation”

| Chief

| vention

| —Attorneys | Inc.

| lieved

| William { ployee for 30 years, | back wages from the time a strike

| May, { when the National Labor Relations

| NLRB order,

THE LABOR

SITUATION

SEYMOUR and Huntington factories to reinstate workers. U. A. W. blocs move toward showdown in dispute. REMINGTON-RAND faces possible suits for $2,500,000. LABOR aiding in housing program, Straus reports, MAYTAG factory worked by “back-to-work” employees.

WASHINGTON, July 19

(U. P.).—The National Labor Board announced today that the Seymour Woolen Mills,

Seymour, Ind.,

had agreed to reinstate nine employees with back pay and to reimburse | four others laid off but later reinstated.

Back pay for the the 13 workers The Board said the company, in® has agreed to disestablish “Textile Employees Benefit Asas bargaining agency for more than 300 employees. The Board also announced today that the Schacht Rubber Manufacturing Co., Huntington, Ind., has agreed to reinstate two employees | with back pay and to reimburse four others for wages lost becouse of discharge. The Board, the company and the United Rubber Workers of Amer- | ica entered into a stipulation in | which the company agreed to post | notices that its employees are free | 0 join any union and that it will | abide by the Wagner act. An American Federation of | Labor flour and cereal workers | union was certified by the Board today as exclusive bargaining agency for 46 employees at the Terminal Flour Mills, Portland, Ore. |

U. A.W. Showdown Expected Soon

DETROIT, July 19 (U. P.).—The strife-torn United Automobile Workers Union, split into a half dozen | groups supporting two rival fac- | tions, drew closer to a showdown | today as significant moves were made by both sides. Supporters of an antiadministration bloc, who withheld payment of | dues to the international union Martin were

the

because Fresident Homer ousted five high officials,

| urged by their leaders to pay their

taxes “under protest.” It was pointed out that the payment would | | qualify the “Rebel” locals to partici- |

| pate in a special convention refer-

endum. On the other side, a delegation local union presidents friendly Mr. Martin headed for Washington. A conference with C. I. O. John L, Lewis was scheduled for tomorrow, at which time the Martin supporters will their stand. The suspended officers—Vice Presidents Richard Frankensteen, Walter Wells, Wyndham Mortimer and Ed | Hall and Secretary-Treasurer George Addes—urged locals friendly to their | cause to pay dues to the interna- | tional. It was the first sienificant! move to bring about a special con- | to seek Mr. Martin's reLocals listed as tax delin- | to participate referndum.

explain |

moval quent would be in the ccnvention

unable

| WASHINGTON. July 18 (U. P) — John L. Lewis’ office said today that | the C. I. O. chairman would meet | with a delegation opposed to C. I. O. Intervention in the United Automo- | bile Workers’ Union factional dispute at 1 p. m. (Indianapolis Time) | tomorrow. |

Rand Suit May Cost

‘Company $2,500,000

SYRACUSE, N. Y,, July 19 (U.P). for Remington-Rand, , prepared today to fight a test suit in Supreme Court here by the Remington-Rand Joint Protective Board, an A. F. of L. unior. council. which might involve $2,500,000. beto be the largest sum ever involved in labor litigation. The suit was filed in behalf of Thompson, a Rand emwho is seeking

was called against the company in 1936, or from March 17, 1937,

Board ordered reinstatement of all

| strikers, or from Feb. 14, 1938. when

the the

1938,

court sustained or from July 15, the deadline for reinstatement. Clifford H. Sear], protective board attorney, indicated that, if success- | ful, Mr, Thompson's suit would be ! followed by blanket action involving |

circuit

[1100 Syracuse strikers and approxi- | ! mately

3500 additional claims for | strikers in Tonawanda, Ilion, Nor-

{In a labor { union,

{each gate, | across the street

| turedly.

| mended

43 | Indianapolis,

totaled $2699.19. wood, O., Total claims involve a sum estimated at $2,500,000.

‘Labor Aids U. S.

Housing Program

BALTIMORE, July 19 (U. P).—

U. S. Housing Administrator Nathan | Straus said today that labor is co- | in the | through

operating with his agency drive to spur recovery heavy housing construction. Speaking at Baltimore Housing Authority, Mr. Straus said labor has taken positive steps toward guaranteeing unin-

terrupted construction of projects |

in USHA’s program.

Maytag Factory Works Despite Strike

NEWTON, Iowa, July 19 (U. —The Maytag Washington Machine Co., involved for the past 10 weeks dispute with a C. I. O. continued operations today as the National Labor Relations Board inquired into charges that the company had violated the Wag(ner Labor Relations Act in connection with the controversy.

“Back-to-work” employees tered the plant again this morning | without Th Frank

Moorhead and

Relations

en- |

and Middletown, Conn. |

a luncheon of the |

P). |

interference from union |

Charles Croghan, special agents as- |

signed to the plant by Governor

Kraschel, said they checked in 478!

workers, about 50 more than entered at the same time yesterday when the factory was reopened for the first time since May 9.

Three pickets were stationed at but they made no atstop the workers. Ap100 union men stood They shouted at some of the back-to-workers and the latter waved back good na-

tempt to proximately

Woodrow, that between 25

Francis leader, claimed

of America, a C. I. O. affiliate, were among those who went to work. Union officials insisted, however, | that their members still stood 100 per cent against returning to work under a 10 per cent wage reduction

( the union refused to accept May 9.

The arbitration board had recomthat the company reopen

back-to-work |

{ and 50 members of the United Elec- | | trical, Radio and Machine Workers |

its plant without wage reductions |

during a 60-day negotiation period | Compa ny officials had rejected the proposal, which was accepted by union employee ees.

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