ROCKEFELLER SAYS ARBITRATION* IN LABOR DISPUTES MAKES DOLLARS & SENSE
Battle Creek, Michigan (JFK+50) On October 20, 1922, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.** said "employers should arrange to meet their employees on an equal basis in any labor problem arising which might affect both parties."
Mr. Rockefeller expressed the belief that arbitration would "relieve the present mass of disgruntled workmen throughout the country."
He told reporters here in Battle Creek that in his experience labor disagreements were usually "thrashed out...to the satisfaction of everyone" when dollars and cents was the only motive.
*arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution that resolves disputes outside the judiciary courts.
**John David Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of JDR, Sr., co-founder of Standard Oil Company. JDR Jr. earned his B.A. at Brown University & was a developer of Rockefeller Center in NYC. He donated $500 million to various causes including Colonial Williamsburg, VA.
SOURCE
"Rockefeller Jr. Urges Dollar Labor Justice," The New York Tribune, October 21, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
