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...them is the simple fact that Bonar Law's illness is real and not simulated. The strain of the leadership of the House has proved too much for his impaired health. Again, the general opinion is that the Unionists do not desire a three-cornered election in which the Labor party would have a large chance of winning. A third element is that the Conservatives are willing to allow Lloyd George to struggle along with the Irish question since they have no better solution of the problem. From all angles it appears that no party is ready for a political...
...both principle and policy", said Mr. James A. Emery in a recent interview for the CRIMSON. Mr. Emery is General Counsel for the National Association of Manufacturers. "It cannot be settled by mere pious ejaculations nor passionate shibboleths. It is much more than differences of opinion between organized labor and employers. The controversy does not rest upon mere economic circumstance. It has essential social and political aspects of fundamental importance to the citizen individually and as a part of the public, with paramount interest in the principles at issue, as well as an economic stake in the effect of right...
...individually or collectively, agreements with all who are willing to make agreements with all who are willing to make agreements with him, subject only to equal, just and impartial restraint through a representative government, is among the most fundamental rights of the American citizen. Each man's labor, mental or physical, is the original treasury out of which he pays his way and supports himself and those dependent upon him. The moment he begins to exercise his liberty in accordance with his condition, judgement, ability and character, economic inequality is natural and inevitable. These differences, upon which much emphasis...
...shop is an efficient shop. The restrictions on apprenticeship of former times were due to a necessity for maintaining a high quality of output. With modern introduction of machinery, these restrictions are rapidly disappearing. The charge that closed shop men "slack" on the job can be applied to all labor. The open shop drive system does more to injure industrial efficiency than...
...modern problem of labor has been engendered under the open shop. This shop is not a solution of the problem but the cause of it. The number of strikes increasing each year shows that labor eventually must be satisfied in the only way possible. The growth of the A. F. of L. shows how the movement has spread. The workers are no longer content under the open shop system with its bad working conditions, payment of lower than a standard of living wage, and its ineffective collective bargaining...