Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-10
CONGRESS, DISPOSED TO EsTAs-
Llsh COMMISSION OR
BUREAU.
M'NAMARA CASE SHOWS
NEED OF CONTROLLING POWER
Labor LEADERS Think Commission Plan
Would Be Step in Right Direction,
While Government Officials Point
Out objsetiens-May Enlarge Scope
OF Present Bureau. IN p
[snecial Correspondencel

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 Out OF the
discussion of the proposed Ia
Dor commission and the proposed de-
partment OF. commerce and labor. there
is likely to come legislation OF import
ance to labor at this session OF con-
gress. 1t seems most likely to take the
form of an enlarged and strengthened
bureau Of labor into which shall De
concentrated all the activities OF the
government with respect to labor.
Recently, delegation headed by
Rabbi Wise called on President Tart
and urged that strong labor COM
mission should be appointed to In
vestigare relations between labor and
ca pttal and many important questions
with respect TO labor. The president
has this matter on his desk The dele
cation was moved to lay the matter
before the president largely as the
result Of the Mcnamara case, and the
confessions Of the McNamaras at Los
Angeles along with the state OF Things
these confessions revealed.
Sentiment For Labor Commission.
The Recommendation that sucn
commission be established has attract
ed wide. notice Leaders OF ORGANIZED
labor have given it attention ana In
general take the position that the com
mission would be step IN the Esn.
direction. something to be welcomed
as tending to shed light on LABOR PROB
lens, thorby no means going as iar as
is necessary.
Before the house committee on Ia
bor which is headed by Chairman
Wilson. of Pennsylvania. himself
former Official of the United NINE
Workers. there is pending a bill oy
Sulzer. of New York. for department
Of labor. Hobson, Of Alabama, also
has a bill before the committee Tor the
establishment of a commission to IN
yestigate industrial accidents 1t Is
exnected that some one will introduce
hill for a labor commission OF the
.ort asked by Rabbi Wise and other
socioloststs. The committee. Chair
man Wilson says, will soon take up
the bin for the department OF LABOR.
Doubtless in the same connection VIII
be considered the propositions for var
ious commissions
Objections to Commission Plan.
II is the opinion Of Mr.. Wilson tnat
there II objection to establishing com
missions to deal with labor problems
providing their work is going to be
duplication of work that can better De
performed by a government bureau
The sentiment against commissions Is
quite pronounced in congress rms
Is due to the fact that many OK the
commissions never get anywhere or. II
they do. their reports are given no at
tention but are tucked away IN pig
eonholes permanently. Nor is congress
ready as yet to go to the lengths OF
establishing. a department OF labor
This is what the labor leaders want
They say the importance OF labor
merits one representative In the CAD
| met and one department which con
Germs itself with labor questions. WINE
there is not much question that such
! = department will eventually be es'
tabqished 1T will not be Immediately
What il much more likely to NAPIER
is that the house labor committee
takes steps toward charging the scope
| and authority of the present bureau o.
labor 30 that 1t shall have more re-
sources for Investigation and will 81
able to study many labor problems tina
\ 1t is not able to study now. and 81
that every phase Of activity In behal
! OF labor on the part Of the government
shall be under the charge OF Till
bureau. The enlargement OF tn
1 scope Of the bureau. with enough
money given it 80 that 1t could max
investigations on more comprehen
sive scale than now. would probabl.
be the stepping stone to department
Of labor later on.