Word: strife
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...world is full of efforts towards industrial legislation which have failed and which have failed for reasons easily discoverable. There has come into the age a demand for a remedy for industrial strife a remedy which will place the subject under the proper regulation of government. A very instructive course in industrial relations could be created at Harvard which would given the University a vital leadership as the established of the remedy...
Although considerable strife and distress may be caused, few strikes can succeed without the backing of public opinion. As soon as popular sentiment has crystallized one way or the other, the strike is won or lost. Consequently, not only the most expedient but the faired dissaray of eliminating strikes would be by the creation of a government board of experts with full power to investigate industrial disputes and publish broadcast its findings. If this board consisted of experts of unimpeachable fairness--men like the late Henry D. Endicott--trusted by capital and labor alike, its recommendations would decide the issue...
...prohibit strikes by law would be un-American; to continue with no agency for promoting industrial peace is suicidal. Only through the creation of a board with compulsory powers of investigation will the germs that breed industrial strife be destroyed. And with such a board functioning, the menace of strikes based on ignorance, misrepresentation, and falsehood would be removed; and industrial justice, one of the great promises of American life, would be measurably nearer fulfillment...
...indicated by Professor Lord's course, if followed up here and at other colleges, will bring out facts about Russia which may help the nation to adopt an intelligent and effective policy towards that country during the next few years; years which are sure to be full of strife in the Russian situation...