New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1917, Page 5

" LABOR QUESTION IS BIG ONE IN BRITAIN Unions Expect Workman (0 Get Pre-War Jobs (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) London, Aug., 30.—A vast sphere of | work lies before the mnew British Minister of Reconstruction,” whose office has just been added to those included in the British cabinet. Premier Lloyd George is firmly con- vinced that the foundation for the complex work of reconstruction after the war ought to be bhegun at once, even if it is at first confined to matters of inquiry and investigation. The largest question before the new ministry will be the question of carrying out the government’s pledges to the labor unions that their pre- war position will be restored to them. Employers frequently have argued that this will be impossible. leaders insist that the government has given its pledge and must fulfill it. Discussing this phase of post-war conditions, Professor L. T. Hobhouse, head of the department of sociology in London University and one of the government’s advisers on labor, said today: “The business of the ministre of reconstruction is to think out the best methods by which th half- formulated, half-understood impulses of the masses of people can get them- selves expressed in a reasqnable man- ner. The first problem with which we shall be faced is that of reconstruct- ing trade union conditions. I say re- constructing advisedly, because if we were to speak ' of restoration there would be those who would hay at' once that it is imposssible in view of the total change in conditions which the war has brought about. “But this is a problem in which the good faith o fthe government is in- volved. Nothing could be more defi- nite than the pledge to trade union- ists that the alterations involved in dilution of labor and the suspension of ‘customs of the trade’ should hold only for the period of the war. If this pledge is not fulfilled it will be a fatal blow to the confidence oi the public in the good faith of governments., If it is shown that it cannot be ful- filled because circumstances have al- tered, the answer must be that we can only vary a pledge with the con- sent of the persons to whom the ‘Pledge was made. “If it is true that old labor condi- tions cannot be restored, then it will be for the trade unionists.to deter- mine what arrangements ey would accept as a substitute fob t8e old con- ditions. The Reconstruction commit- tee has already taken a step in this direction by suggesting the formation of industrial councils in which both employer and employed shall bé rep- resented and have considerable pow- | ers in shaping.the Tourse of each in-’ dustry. In such counclls it will be possible for trade unionists and em- ployers to discuss frankly and fully. the best methods of meeting the new situation, so as to secure a renewed progress of British industry with fair conditions for the worker. Any sys- tem to which the trade union mem- bers of- such- councils agree might, for that industry, be taken as the fair equivalent of that restoration of con- ditions which we pledged. “Much of the unrest in the labor world today, attributed to doubts as to the fulfillment of this pledge, might be overcome if such a method of redeeming the pledge were adopt- ed.” BRITISH KIND T0 PRISONERS OF WAR -German Delegate Says They Re- ceive Excellent Treatment Londen, August 15, (Correspond- ence)—Admission that the treatment of German war prisoners in ‘Great Britain was superior to the treatment received in any other country was made by the chief German delegate to the recent conference of British and Germans on war prisoners, according to a statement made by Baron New- ton, one of the British delegates, in the House of Coimmons. Virtually no complaint was made of the British methods of dealing with . Wwar prisoners, Lord Newton added. One impression he derived from his intercourse with the ' delegates was that, in spite of the German powers of centralization, Berlin headquarters did not know a great deal of what went on. That impression, he said, niore or less confirmed what James W. Gerard the late American Ambassa- dor at Berlin, used to tell him, that there was less centralization than was supposed and that'the control at Ber- lin over prisoners of war was nothing like so effective as in this country. He had a strong suspicion that a great deal went on in various German eamps of which the central German @dministration knew little. As they had twenty times as many prisoners as the British had, it would be surprising, he sald, if they did “know all that went on., Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 31.— According to experts, the lignite fields in the vicinity of one of the State coal mines near Brunssum, in the southern province of Limburg, are large enough to provide the entire country with fuel for twenty-five years. A concession for their working has been granted, and a mining company formed. T.ondon, August 15—A novel insti- tution called the “Official’ Matslmon- Union | | DIRECTS WORK OF RED CROSS IN THREE I EASTERN STATES < |[ETHAN ALLEN Ethan Allen, prominent woolen merchant of New York, recently was appointed manager of the Atlantc division of the American Red Cross. Mr. Allen will direct Red Cross activi- tles in the states of New York, Con- necticut and New Jersey. Like Henry P. Davison, Harvey D. Gibson and other big men in the Red Cross, Mr. Allen is giving his services without pay for the duration of the war, ial Bureau” has been created at Madgeburg, Germany, under the aus- pices®of the authorites n the Prov- ince of Saxony according to advices re- ceived here. At Madgeburg a central bureau keeps the records and arranges introductions for war-widows desirous of re-marrying and likely husbands among those whose wounds unfit them for further active service. ) The Joint Committee on Labor Prob- lems after the war is pressing for an immediate decision as to the govern- ment’s housing policy, declares that 1,000,000 houses ought to be complet- ed within four years from the declara- tion of peace. The cost s placed at £250,000,000 including a sinking fund to repay the whole debt within 60 years. Tokio, July 15.—Ten prima superintendents selected from : of Japan will sail from Yokohama September 19 for the United States. They are going to study the education- al conditions in leading cities of Amer- ica, especially ing attention to edu- calion in war time. Most of the teach- crs are head masters of schools. primary London, July 15.—The “tanks” are now a recognized unit of the British army, and an order issued an- nounced the formation of a “Tank Corps”. The personnel of the corps will be divided into technical and non- technical sections, the latter receiv- ing rates of pay given their respective ranks in the Royal Field Artillery. The government has appointed a Belglan Trade Committee to investi- gate the means of promoting trade and commerce between the British Xm- pire and Belgium. NEW‘ BfilTAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 1917. HONEST HOSPITALS WILL BE RECORDED " Connecticut Physicians to Help ' Establish Standards at Chicago Chicago, Aug. 31.—A conference of 0 surgeons elected by the Fellows of the American of Surgeons from the various states is to be held in | Chicago, October 19 and 20. The pur pose of the meeting is to lay out a practical and working plan for the standardization of the hospitals of this College continent. It is to define what right hospital standards are, moral scientific, and to determine how to put them more widely into effect. Connecticut surgeons elected to the conference are Dr. Joseph Marshall Flina, Dr. Arthur N. Alling, Dr. John Wqolman Churchman, New Haven:: Dr. David Chester Brown, Danbury: Dr. BEverett James McKnighf Hart ford; Dr. Seldon Overlock Pamfret. The aim of the standardization is for the better welfare of patients. These are questions to be answered: How can the profession of medicine pro- vide through hospitals the best scien- tific care to patients at a' minimum cost? In what hospitals is competent and honest service provided far all patients? The investigation will extend over a period of at least ten years. It wil' deal with such practical problems a- the unnecessary surgfcal operation, the incompetent surgical operation, thc division of. fees, the training of nurses and of interns, the equipment and use of clinical laboratories, and the keeping of case recards. As ‘the Investigation proceeds, the college will publish from time to time veports of its work for wide dlstribu- tion. It will also publish lists of hos- pitals which are entitled to the con- fidence and good will of the public. Hospitals which are placed upon these lists are those in which all patients are given thorough, competent, and honest service. The investigation is backed by more than $500,000 contributed by the Fellows. and Burden During the past year a general sur- vey of existing conditions in hospitals has been made. In this survey two significant facts developed: First, most hospitals are striving to meet their deficiencies. The purpose of the college now’ is not to injure this pro- gress. It is rather to present each hospital and its community the clear- est practical conclusians ' which a nation-wide inestigation may develop. It is to save lifc, to prolong life; to make for human happine TE s ‘o make all hospitals first-cla. Hospital ociations, medical socioties, and hospital trustees have' met the pro- ject with hearty co-operation. The responsibility of the investiga- tion rests with the following regents and ofticers of the college: Dr. George lle, Cleveland; Dr. Rudolpt Mates, New Orleany; Dr. Robert G. LeConte and Dr. Edward Martin, Philadelphia; Dr. Robert E. McKech- | nie, Vanconuver; Dr. George K. Brewer, New York;; Dr. William D. Haggard, Nashville Dr. Charles F. Stokes, Warwigk; Dr. George E. Arm- strong and Dr. Herbert S. Birkett, Montreal; ;Dr. Frederic J. Cotton, Boston; Dr. Frank F. Simpson, Pitts- burgh; Dr. Charles H. Maya, Roches- ter; Dr. Harry M. Sherman, San Fran- cisco; Dr. J. M. T. Finneey, Baltimore; Dr. Franklin H. 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