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...carry out the settlement are actuated by the same broadgauged statesmanship which motivated Mr. Roosevelt, then there will be cause for rejoicing, indeed, for the President has regained much of the ground lost since the NRA began its one-sided handling of the labor problem several months ago. Today the Government of the United States has restored the balance as between employers and employees and the Government is again the umpire, the neutral force that causes both sides to respond and obey...
...Settlement of the controversy between manufacturers and laborers in the automobile industry brings into bold relief two guiding principles for future industrial relations: it outlines a method for choosing the representatives through whom the NRA entitles labor to bargain collectively, and it demonstrates convincingly the logic of the conference rather than the strike method of procedure...
...right of collective bargaining through representatives of its own choosing, but failed to indicate a method of selecting those representatives. In many plants representation was given through committees elected by company unions, while outside labor unions also claimed the membership of a majority of the men. The present settlement will determine which representatives are the real choice of the laborers through a free election, held if necessary under the supervision of the National Labor Board. Minority groups will be granted proportional representation on the bargaining committees. A board representing laborers, employers, and the government will be empowered to pass...
...United States has had to deal with industrial strife in the last half century or more, but in every case confidence in the fairness and even-handed justice of the Government of the United States has played a part in the conciliatory steps that have led to settlement...
...after the Philippine Legislature declined to accept its provisions. President Roosevelt would give the Filipinos until October to accept a second offer of freedom. Only important change suggested by the President was that the U. S. agree to withdraw from its Philippine Army bases, and negotiate a settlement about Naval bases...