PIERSON, FRANK C. Collective Bargaining Systems. Pp. x, 227. Washington : American Council on Public Affairs, 1942. Paperbound: $2.50; Clothbound: $3.25. TONER, JEROME L. The Closed Shop. Pp. x, 205. Washington: American Council on Public Affairs, 1942. Paperbound: $2.75; Clothbound: $3.25

DOI10.1177/000271624222400133
AuthorJ. Raymond Walsh
Published date01 November 1942
Date01 November 1942
Subject MatterArticles
197
example,
at
a
time
when
the
War
Man-
power
Commission
is
adopting
industry-
wide
anti-pirating
programs,
the
section
on
&dquo;Scouting&dquo;
(p.
134)
in
chapter
VI,
&dquo;Re-
cruitment
and
Sources,&dquo;
is
inadequate,
to
say
the
least.
Similarly,
in
the
discussion
of
the
application
blank
the
author
states
that
the
inclusion
of
the
item
&dquo;religious
preference&dquo;
is
a
practice
&dquo;of
doubtful
sig-
nificance.&dquo;
Actually,
the
current
emphasis
on
Fair
Employment
Practice
prohibits
dis-
crimination
on
a
religious
basis.
In
the
expanded
treatment
of
collective
bargaining,
the
reader
looks
in
vain
for
a
discussion
of
the
structures
and
procedures
for
handling
grievances.
Surely,
a
one-and-
one-half-page
treatment
of
this
important
subject in
a
chapter
on
&dquo;Interest
and
Mo-
rale&dquo;
is
entirely
insufficient.
The
same
criticism
applies
to
occasional
references
made
to
the
growing
influence
of
the
Gov-
ernment
through
the
War
Labor
Board
and
other
agencies.
The
reader
is
left
with
the
impression
that
the
general
attempts
to
bring
the sub-
ject
matter
up
to
date
are
of
a
makeshift
nature
which
contrasts
unfavorably
with
the
careful
preparation
of
the
major
text.
For
example,
despite
the
inclusion
of
such
new
headings
as
&dquo;the
counseling
function,&dquo;
&dquo;group
problems,&dquo;
and
&dquo;special
techniques
for
group
problems,&dquo;
one
notes
with
sur-
prise
that
such
valuable
work
as
that
of
Roethlisberger
and
Dickson
is
relegated
to
occasional
footnotes.
In
fairness,
it
must
be
admitted
that
no
textbook
could
keep
pace
with
the
rapid
changes
that
are
taking
place
in
the
field
of
personnel
management.
The
criticisms,
therefore,
should
merely
warn
the
reader
that
he
must
supply
his
own
appraisal
of
current
practice.
As
a
general
textbook,
as
background
material
and
a
statement
of
general
principles,
Personnel
Management
and
Industrial
Relations
ranks
among
the
best
of
its
kind.
PAUL
PIGORS
Massachusetts
Institute
of
Technology
PIERSON,
FRANK
C.
Collective
Bargaining
Systems.
Pp.
x,
227.
Washington :
American
Council
on
Public
Affairs,
1942.
Paperbound:
$2.50;
Clothbound:
$3.25.
TONER,
JEROME
L.
The
Closed
Shop.
Pp.
x,
205.
Washington:
American
Council
on
Public
Affairs,
1942.
Paperbound:
$2.75;
Clothbound:
$3.25.
Labor
unionism
is
a
natural
product
of
capitalism,
as
characteristic
as
the
corpora-
tion,
the
co-operative
movement,
and
credit
banking.
Its
ubiquity
bears
this
out.
Be-
fore
Hitler,
capitalism
was
established
in
at
least
fifty
of
the
seventy
sovereign
na-
tions
of
the
world.
In
each
of
the
fifty
there
was
a
labor
movement.
In
at
least
twenty
of
these,
capitalism
had
grown
strong
and
the
labor
movement
had
de-
veloped
a
corresponding
maturity
of
eco-
nomic
and
political
purpose,
if
not
actual
power.
In every
instance
where
the
principles
of
capitalism
are
accepted
by
the
labor
unions
(and
this
includes
most
cases),
they
function
in
terms
of
collective
bargaining
over
the
numerous
elements
of
the
employ-
ment
contract.
The
significance
of
this
collective
bargaining
is
frequently
over-
looked
in
the
heat
and
detail
of
conflict.
What
is
happening
is
that
a
pattern
of
in-
dustrial
law
is
being
created
for
a
field
of
social
relations
as
complicated
and
diffi-
cult
as
that
of
domestic
relations.
Indi-
vidual
caprice
gives
way
to
precedent,
uni-
lateral
power
to
law.
The
instruments
of
mutuality
replace
those
of
dictation.
What
the
Webbs
called
Industrial
Democracy
comes
into
existence.
The
growth
of
collective
bargaining
has
continued
in
the
United
States
for
many
years,
rising
crescendo
in
the
last
decade
with
the
great
increase
in
union
member-
ship.
The
difficulties
have
been
enormous,
the
strains
on
men’s
patience
intense.
The
challenge
to
deep-seated
habit
has
been
ringing.
The
progress,
in
the
opinion
of
both
of
the
authors
under
review,
has
been
material.
Both
of
the
above
books
deal
with
this
development
of
industrial
law
in
the
United
States.
Mr.
Pierson
ranges
widely
over
the
entire
field
of
the
industrial
contract,
while
Rev.
Toner
concentrates
on
one
im-
portant
aspect
of
industrial
law-the
closed
shop.
Each
writer
has
brought
good
schol-
arship,
clear
style,
admitted
sympathy,
and
balanced
judgment
to
his
task.
Mr.
Pierson
is
concerned
with
the
prob-
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