' PAGE EIGHT Profs Debate Labor-Management Probl em Workers Buck Bill To Restrict Unions By ARTHUR H. REEDE Associate Professor of Economics Contrary to prevailing notions, the record of labor strife was good in World War 11. Whatever may be said of those who did strike —and I shall not defend them —the fact remains that the amount of time lost as a result of strikes was consistently very low, much lower than in World War I. The lull of the war years has ended, for over half a million workers are currently on strike. Why has this come about, and does it require action? Wage rates remain at war-time i levels, but ‘'take-home" pay in most mass production plants has I declined up to 30 per cent because of the ending of over-time em ployment. Workers feel this keenly because prices not only have not fallen but are still rising. During the war they gave up the right to strike and were allowed to ne gotiate for only limited raises in pay. Living costs are now about 33 per cent higher than on Jan uary 1, 1942. Few workers were granted wage increases during this period that amounted to more than half this rise, in liv ing costs. While production was at war-time levels, over-time pay helped to make uu the difference. Now this is no longer true. The President thinks that long and costly strikes would hamper reconversion and encourage in flation. Accordingly he asks a “cooling off” period during which a fact-finding commission would study and report on the issues. (Union spokesmen oppose this CLASSIFIEDS LOST —1 Norristown High School publications award key. Gold key, blue face, gold “N”. Call D. 'Ellis 4471. NO BEER will be served to tables consisting of minors at the Crossroads Restaurant, Boalsburg, Pa. WANTED—Ride to Washington, D. C. on Dec. 22nd. Contact Lt.' Talman, N.R.O.T.C. Unit, Phone 711, Ex. 160. LOST—GoId identification brace let with the name C. Robert Powell. Phone 2404. LOST—A Iblack Parker fountain pen. If found call 2129 and ask for Robb. Reward. WANTED—To rent by Penn State Engineer, small basement room with running water and electrical outlet, suitable for photography darkroom. Call Dickstein, 3997. DESIRE ride to Scranton or vicin- ity December 22. Contact Lieut. Commander J. R. Lenahan, 711 Ext. 160. FOR SALE—Remington Portable, price $21.00. Call 4227. WANTED 2 riders to Scranton, leaving Friday at. 2:30. Contact between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. today. Jim Feeney, 405 Old Main. D,'d e w JJlome 50/' C^lu'istmas.., THE & X u a § • I measure, arguing that strikes need not be long or costly if em ployers bargain in good faith. They believe that they should be as sured the right to negotiate wage increases in line with admitted rises in living costs. Employers complain that they cannot grant wage increases without corresponding adjust ments in prices. Union spokesmen disagree, arguing that, with oyer time and other war conditions ended, costs should be substantial ly lower. They challenge employ ers to prove from their books that wage increases would necessitate price increases. Employers allege that workers have often struck in violation of contracts, especially in recent months. They ask that the right to strike be restricted by appropriate safeguards that will bring irre sponsible union leaders and mem bers to book. In part unions op pose the President's bill for fear that it will be amended to meet employers’ demands. 'Some un ion spokesmen admit that union discipline is not what it should be, but they contend that measures so far suggested would not so much improve union discipline as lead to breaking up unions. CLASSIFIEDS CONTINUED WANTED Ride to 'Pittsburgh, on December 22. Please call 3102, and ask lor Gale. WANTED Steel filing cabinet and wooden chest or tool 'box, new or used. Call Sally, 54 Ath. THOSE traveling with Kate and Marion bring $6.00 to 40,1 Watts Monday afternoon. LOST Black Parker fountain pen, trimmed in gold. Finder please return to Student U.nion. PSCA— (Continued from page one)- Marorie. Reich and Richard Spence were appointed to head Commis sion Six —publicity. John Sigler is new co-chairman of public meet ings. He serves with CMary Jane Doemer. First Semester Club Officers Ruth Gilmore and Fred Smith are co-chairmen of the newly-for med First Semester Club, a per- THE NEW DORSEY'S "The Moment I Met Yow" CHOPIN'S FOLIO "A Song To Remember " 203 E BEAVER AVE PHONE 2311 STATE COLLEGE THE COLLEGIAN Industry Agreeable To Cooperation By CLARENCE E. BULLINGER Professor of Industrial Engineering The present labor-management situation is an aftermath of -four years of war restrictions for la bor and management Management is willing to pay high wages. It believes that a re turn, to the peace-time work week of 40 hours at current hourly rates, might permit it to produce its product and sell it at the pres ent ceiling prices and make a fair return on its investment, if the volume of production is greater than pre-war. It is even willing to pay labor for a postwar working week of 40 hours, the war-pay for a working week of 48 hours which is the equivalent of 52 hours at the current basic hourly rates when overtime payment is included. If it does grant this increase, man agement believes that it should be allowed to increase its selling price beyond the present ceiling prices as set by OPA. Granted the increase in selling prices it believes that the volume of pro duction will be such as not to re sult in increased profits beyond that necessary to provide the stim ulus te stay in business. Management cannot get along without labor, nor can labor get along without management. It, therefore, believes that labor has a stake'in the continued operation of the industry and should of its own free will take more respon sibility to develop greater control of the actions of its membersi It believes that where there is clear understanding as to the rights, responsibilities and au thorities of both labor and man agement. that there should be no interruptions in the normal flow from day to day activity. This ap plies particularly to the belief that an improvement in the coordina tion of management and labor would result were labor to insist that its members live up to its agreements and discover means for the clearance or removal of juris dictional disputes between rival unions. Management believes that the process of collective bargaining should mean what it implies, namely, that agreements are the result of sincere compromise be tween the viewpoints and judg ments of labor and management. It feels that as the labor relation ship grows older and more exper- manent merger of Women’s Fresh man Forum and Men’s Freshman Council. Nancy Barnes and Mark Del Vecchio are vice-chair men. Women’s secretary-treas urer is Patricia Kinkead. John Ashbrook and Clifford Koelle are secretary and treasurer, respect ively, for the men. Second Semester Club Executives Officers of the Second Semes ter Club include: Wilbur Kray bill and Joan Wolfe, co-chairmen; Erla Mae Johnston and William Shoemaker, vice-chairmen; and Patricia Woods, secretary-xreas" ureiv Upperclass Club Mike Rosenberger, Vera Eby, and Shirley Bremier are president, vice-president, and secretary treasurer of the Upperclass Club. Fireside Hour An hour of music, poetry and fellowship will be held at the fire side in the Hugh Beaver Room at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. \ ANCHORAGE COFFEE SHOP 210 W. College Ave. STEAKS ... CHOPS . . . SEAFOOD . .<\ SANDWICHES ... CATERING TO BANQUETS AND PRIVATE PARTIES ienced, that better understandings will develop and more areas for bargaining will appear. It emphatically believes that certain areas of industrial life are the specific and exclusive right of management to manage in so far as they are managed in accordance with the laws of the land, proprie ty, good common sense and in many cases with an enlightened sense of stewardship. Management also believes that the present standards of living in the United States cannot even con tinue or get better unless capital flows freely to it and is accorded a fair return. It is my personal belief, that as lab on and management grow to gether they will realize that after all, they are the trustees or stewards of this thing called in dustry, that trust and belief in each other will grow to such an extent that the team of labor and management will be unbeatable. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1945 - Spagnolo Joins Art Department A new associate professor of the • department of architecture, Jos eph E. Spagnolo, arrived at the/ College recently from the Naval/ Ordnance Laboratory in Wash- / ington, D. C. He had been em-f ployed there as architectural) consultant since April 1944. During this time Spagnolo; worked on projects involving ,i depth ' charges and mines. Later he was technical and design con- . sultant for a new $ 15,000,000,.re-;: search plant at White Oaks, Mdi r Traveling abroad to study firte arts, Spagnolo received his Bach elor of Fine Arts degree from the Royal Academy in Rome ini 1922. During his four years of study at the Academy he spent some sum-., mers traveling' in Africa and on the Greek mainland, ■visiting; remains of ancient Egyptian and Greek civilizations. After receiving his B. F. A. de gree. Spagnolo returned to the United States where he enrolled in the University of Pennsylvania to study architecture and was graduated in 1934 with a Bache lor of Architecture degree. In September 1938, Spagnolo re-' ceived his M. S. degree in-arch itectural engineering at the Vir-' ginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., where he was: a member of the architectural en gineering department. -V •: Before this he was employed; in the Home Owners Loan Cor poration in Columbus, Ohio as asp; sistant reconditioning supervisor;; JR&_lWp*[ EVER YOU GO HE HOLIDAYS TRIP BEGINS ..YOUR BAGGAG SEND IT BY RAILWAY EXPRESS IR SERVICE
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