Management and labor problems were explored here today in light of the teachings of Judaism by more than 300 Jewish industrialists, labor representatives, consumers and 125 rabbis from all over the country at the opening session of a two-day meeting sponsored by the Commission on Justice and Peace of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, in cooperation with the Chicago Federation of Reform Synagogues.
Rabbi Julius Mark, of Nashville, who presided, warned that labor-management cooperation could not be secured through the passage of legislation. George F. Kohn, of Philadelphia, representing management, said that unless labor-management conflicts are resolved, the result will be governmental control, which in turn will lead to totalitarianism under which minorities such as Jews would not fare well. Jack Kroll, of Cincinnati, a top director of the CIO’s Political Action Committee, cited the growing disparity between wages and profits and said that “a Jew who does not fight for universal social justice has given up his heritage.”
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