6 MAY 1922, Page 13

THE ENGINEERING DISPUTE.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You advise the engineering employers to " try to shift the dispute away from abstract propositions about managerial rights and . . . help the moderate Union leaders to devise a practical compromise." May I put a case for your considera- tion? You claim the right to decide what goes into the Spectator, but your compositors claim that any matter with which they are not in agreement shall not be printed unless sanctioned by their Trade Union. Thereupon an engineer intervenes, and advises you to try to shift the dispute away from abstract propositions about editorial rights and help the moderate Union leaders to devise a practical compromise. How does it strike you?—I am, Sir, &c., EMPLOYER.