Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 92, Number 107, 5 May 1922 — Page 12

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND., FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1922.

HUNDREDS OF VETS WILL ATTEND STATE CONVENTION IN CITY

Industrial Code for Coal Industry By FREDERIC J. HASKIN

- The first Indiana encampment of

the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held In Richmond May 11, 12 and13.

at which time many hundreds of delegates from various posts over the state will be present Much work has been done by the local post In making preparations for the convention, and

everything Is ready for the Opening.! which takes place Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at the- Coliseum. The convention will end with a dance in the Coliseum Saturday night. Along with the regular business of the . organization, a program of fun, and entertainment as well, has been prepared by the program committee. The first of this program will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock, when eereral boxing contests will be staged. These bouts are In charge of the state headquarters, which has arranged the matches. " r A bie narado of all delegates will

be staged Saturday morning. The!

WASHINGTON, D. C, Slay 5. An Industrial code to govern all relations between coal operators and miners, and all adjustments of those relations, may be the basis of the settlement of the controversy that has threatened the fuel supply of the country since April 1. Such a code Is the distinctive feature of the Kenyon Bill, now

road Labor Board went a etep further toward the establishment of a code for the transportation industry. The Board promulgated 16 cardinal principles which it decreed should be mandatory upon the negotiation of agreements between the workers and the individual railroads and upon the

adjustment of the grievances arising

pending in the Senate, which was the t under such agreements. These prin-

last contribution of the former Sena

tor from Iowa toward the solution of strike problems. Senator Kenyon introduced this bill In February shortly after the commit

tee of which he was chairman had concluded its investigation of the West Virginia coal troubles. Senator Borah, of Idaho, succeeded the Iowan as the head of the committee that considers labor legislation, and it is understood that he is preparing to expedite action on the Kenyon Bill, or on some similar measure which will embody its essential provisions. It is also stated that President Harding is

favorably disposed toward the bill,

line of march will take the men

through the heart of the city. Several bands, including the American Legion band, also will march In the parade. Many of the posts have their own bands and they will accompany fhe delegates here for the meeting. ' No Business Session T Thursday, the first day of the meeting, no business session will be held. Visitors will be permitted to get acquainted with the city. The delegates will be taken on an inspection tour of

the city in the afternoon, and that ilight a-general assembly of the jets and the citizens will be held in the Coliseum at 7: SO o'clock C The address of the evening will be made by Arthur R. Robinson, judge of the Marlon county superior court. Mr. Robinson Is a member of the organization. The address of welcome will be delivered by Mayor Handley. Frank Strayer will serve as chairman

of the evening. , The first business session of the conTention will be held in the Coliseum, Friday morning from 9 o'clock until jl:30 o'clock. All delegates are expected to attend this meeting. At noon the official picture of all delegates will be taken. The business session will continue in the afternoon until 5 o'clock. Meeting of Officers. ; Friday night at 7 o'clock there will be a meeting of all the department

officers and post commanders in thei post rooms of the Veterans. Friday night at 10 o'clock there will be the V. F. W. quarterly ceremonial initiation in the Eagles' hall. The final business session of the organization will be held Saturday afternoon from the hours of 1:30 o'clock until 5 o'clock in the Coliseum. At this time the election and instalation of officers will take place. - Saturday morning will be devoted entirely to the parade in which every delegate present will take part. The parade will be formed on North A street between Eleventh and Fifteenth streets. The parade will start from Fifteenth and A streets at 10:45 o'clock and march down Main street to West Third street. The program will close Saturday night in the Coliseum with a dance given by the V. F. W. The dance will start at 8:45 o'clock.

but of course no one Is authorized to

speak for the White House in such matters and as yet the President has gone no further than to express his aDDroval of the general industrial

code idea in one of his messages to

Congress

The idea back of the proposed code is that there are certain fundamental nrinciDles which should be the bases

of all agreements between the operators and miners as to wage and

working conditions and also govern all settlements of disputes In the coal

industry which cannot be adjusted by

agreement between the parties directly in interest. At the same time, it is argued, these basic principles, if applied, will safeguard the interests of the nublic which Is indirectly but

vitally concerned in every clash between the mine workers and the operators. In fact a code of this character may

be looked upon as a bill of rights for those who participate directly in the coal industry and for the public which the industry serves. The rights which it defines may be likened to the constitutional guarantees of freedom of person, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, et cetera. Precedent in Railroad Law

Precedent for establishing 6uch a code in the coal industry is found in

the Transportation Act of 1920 under

which the railroads were returned to

private operation. The labor provisions of that Act, after creating the Railroad Labor Board and defining its Dowers and 'duties, laid down certain

rules or principles which should be

taken into consideration by the lioara in fixing wages for railroad employees. That Is to say, 'the Board should fix wages that were Just and reasonable and in deciding what are "just and reasonable" wages should con

sider (1) the scale of wages paid for;

similar work in other industries, (4) the ration between wages and the cost of living, (3) the hazards of the work done, (4) the training and ekill required, (5) the responsibility resting upon the workers, (6) the character and regularity of employment and (7) any inequalities resulting from previous wage adjustments. In its . decision in the National Agreement Case, the second big controversy brought before it, the Rall-

ciples included among other thing3

the obligation resting upon workers to render faithful service, the right

of employees to organize and to bar

gain collectively through such organ

ization as they elected to form, the

eight hour day, seniority rights, the

classification of the workers, and pro

tection of the workers against being

disciplined without a hearing.

The Kenyon. proposal for the coal

industry proceeds along similar lines.

After providing for the creation of a board to hear and adjust controversies it lays down the general principle that 'all the decisions of the Labor Board with respect to wages and working conditions of employees shall establish rates of wages and standards of working conditions which. In

the opinion of the Board, are just and reasonable. The bill then provides that in determining the Justness and reasonableness of such wages or working conditions the board, in addition to other relevant principles, standards, and facts, shall take into consideration and be guided by 11 fundamental

principles. These basic principles, which comprise what may be termed the coal code, are as follows: Eleven Fundamentals 1. Coal is a public necessity, and in its" production and distribution the public Interest is predominant. 2. Human standards should be the

constraining Influence in fixing the wages and working conditions of mine workers.

3. Capital prudently and honestly invested in the coal industry should have an adequate return. - " 4. The right of operators and miners to organize Is recognized and affirmed. This right shall not be denied, abridged, or interfered with in any

manner whatsoever, nor shall coercive measures of any kind be used

by employers or employees, or by

their agents or representatives to compel or to induce employers or employees to exercise or to refrain from exercising this right , 5. The right of operators and of

miners to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing is recognized and affirmed. 6. The miners who are not mem

bers of a union have the right to work

without being harassed by fellow workers who may belong to unions.

The men who belong to a union have the right to work without being harassed by operators. The organizations have a right to go into non-union fields and bjr peaceable methods try to persuade men to Join the unions, but they have no right to try to induce employees to violate contracts 'which they have entered Into with their employers, and the operators on the other hand have the right by peaceable means to try to persuade

men to refrain from joining the unions. 7. The right of every unskilled or common laborer to earn a living wage sufficient to maintain a normal family in health and reasonable comfort and to afford an opportunity for savings against unemployment, old

age, ana otner contingencies is nereby declared and affirmed. Above this basic wage for unskilled workers, dif

ferentials in rates of pay for other mine workers shall be. established

for skill, experience, hazards of em ployment and productive efficiency.

8. The right of women to engage

In industrial occupations is recognized and affirmed; their rates of pay shall be the same as those of male workers

for the same or equivalent service performed; they shall be accorded all the rights and guarantees granted to

male workers and the conditions of their employment shall surround them

with every safeguard of their health

and strength and guarantee them thej full measure of protection which is th debt of society to mothers and to potential mothers. 9. Children under the age of 16 years shall not be employed in the mines. ,10. Six days shall be the standard

work week In the Industry with ono day's rest in seven. The standard work day shall not exceed eight hours a day. 1L Punitive overtime shall be paid for hours worked each day In excess of the standard work pay.

MAKE RESERVATIONS

FOR SERVICE BANQUET Reservations are coming In fast for

the annual banquet of the Richmond

Community Service, which Is to be held In St. Mary's Community hall,

Monday night at 6:30 o'clock. The reservations should be made by this evening. They can be made through Mrs. Paul Ross or at the Community Service rooms. William Dudley Foulke, of this city, and F. E. R. Miller, of Chicago, one of the leaders in the organization, will

be the principal speakers of the evening. The annual reports for the first year of the organization here will bo given at this meeting.

500 RECRUITS ADDED TO N. Y.' POLICE FORCE I (By Associated Preas.j NEW YORK, May 6 -Five hundred ! recruits were added to the police force ' of New York city today when two! classes of 250 men each began to re-' ceive their instruction in the police department training school. The men will become full members of the force after six months of probationary pa-i trol duty.

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THE man who has been waiting for "conditions to improve" before building no longer has any excuse for delaying action. Under the stress of the present reaction building costs have feen hammered down to the lowest proportionate levels m many months It is the zero hour for home seekers. This condition may tmPur -I? and the PPrtunltv sJ?uld be seized befbre prices go up again. The man who lets his building contract now can. with a very small amount of capital, erect a beautiful home and acquire an enviable investment at one stroke. LABOR AND MATERIAL WITHIN REASON

In January there were more than 300,000 men unemployed in the building trades. This means not only more reasonable labor costs but what is more important these men are now ready to give a full day's work for a day's wages. While wages have dropped a little the noticeable increase in efficiency is the thing that is doing more than anything else to bring building costs down. The mills, lumber yards, brick yards and manufacturers of building supplies of all kinds are m a position to make immediate delivery

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