FIGHTING UNIONISM.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 78, 2 April 1923, Page 5

FIGHTING UNIONISM.

THE OPEN SHOP SYSTEMPRESIDENT MAY SUPPORT IT. ■I* C.ilile.-Pre-» A—,.ciation. -C..pjri s l.t.> XEW YORK. April 1. The Xew York "Times" co.r.-p.mdcnt ai St. Augustin. Florida, learns from those close to Mr. Harding, whose va.ation there end- shortly, that the Pre-'----dent ha- been approached by nu ill'portant group of !.,,--,■ employer- ~;" labour, who asked him to en'.-r the ]'.)■> I political campaign u* # -i a policy pla*fonn advocating the so-called "upon shop." namely, to emphasise the right <■( employers to refuse to hire worker- w a h union' affiliations. The coiresp, mil, ml adds that Mr. Harding has virtually decided to pursue this com--.*, w liicii would probably be the most daring c\er decided upon "by a Presidential .andidate. It would mean abandoning political expediency, since it would mean n--would antagonise ihe members of the American Federation of ami 1.-se millions of voles of organised workers throughout the country. This stc,-. isttggcsted in view- of the great ('ai.it a I and Labour conflicts, which cosi the country many millions of dollars during Mr. Harding's term of office. It i- <•< nsidered unlikely the Republican leaderwill support this move, though several of the closest advisers of the Presidents ronr the idea.—(A. and N.Z. Cable'