Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-11-09
69RD CONGRESS TO
HEAR REPORT OF
COMMISSION
Next Sitting OF National Lawmakers Will
Be Prepared TO Take Another Step To-
ward Regulation Of Employers and EN-
pIoyes When il Meets in December.
COMMISSION WILL TELL ONLY
WHAT IT HAS BEEN DOING
II Will Present Story Of Evidence Obtained
by il and OF Research Work il Has In
stituted in Many Fields Covering Year
Ending Last Month.

Correspondence of the Associated Prc~S.l
Washington. ID. C.. Nov. 9.-The Sixty
third Congress will be prepared to take
another step toward regulation Of the re-
lations of employers and employees, when
il convenes in December. a. ii will have he
tore IL for consideration a lengthy report
from the commission on Industrial rela-
tions created last year Ia investigate the
subject and recommend legislation.
The report will be merely n statement
of what the commission ha~ done; Of the
evidence presented 10 It and Of the re-
search work il ha~ conducted in many
fields covering the period fror. October -.
1913, when the appropriation became avail
able. until October -. 1914. Further
hearings will be held this winter IN New
York, Washington. Chicago and Atlanta,
and IN it, final report next year the com
mission will present the bills which II
hopes will result IN extensive reform of
industrial relations.
Every effort was made by the commits
sion 10 complete it, prcliminarc report IN
time for presentation 10 the last session
of Congress. The force at field ~hcadquart-
err IN Chicago was kept busy night and
day but II wa found impossible to com
plctc the task.
Over 800 witnesses have been heard by
the commission representatives IN Wash
ington. New York, Boston. Philadelphia,
Chicago. Paterson. y. j., Lead, :. d..
Seattle. Portland. san Francisco and Los
Angeles. In addition To this exhaustive
investigation must has been conducted in
dcpendcntly by the field fot..r under the
direction of Dr. Charles Mccarthy of the
legislative library Of Wisconsin. The
subjects considered were unemployment,
vocational training, violence in labor dis
putes, interstate employment and agri-
cultural labor. Among those who aided
in this task were Prof. George T.. Barnett.
Johns Hopkins university, who devoted
himself TO a study of economic conditions;
Miss Marie l.. Obcnouver of the bureau of
labor statistics, investigating woman and
child labor; Robert T.. %IIoxic, professor ~
political economy, University of Chicago:
William Lei>er>on. formerly superintendent
of employment agencies. Wisconsin: John
J.. Parkinson, an expert special agent If
the census bureau; Thomas |. Parkinson.
chief of the legislative drafting division.
Columbia university II. =. Warren. surgeon
Of the public health service. and ~. y.
Lauck of Washington. II. C.. formerly ,u-
pcrintcndent of industrial investigation.
United States bureau Of immigration.
Public hearings were held under the H.
rcction of u. VI. Manlcy. Washington. u.
e.. and Commissioner Walsh also paid par
tlcular attention 10 planning these hearing
- that every phase If the subject might
he gwen due attention. Among the WIi
ne,scs heard have been fcdral. state and
municipal officials. labor headers Ia all
parts Of the country. social worker and
philanihropi>ts. employers of labor Ia
many CLASSES and noted economists. sur
Seons and educators.
From each witness. III addition ~ cyi-
dence a. To labor conditions with which
he was personally familiar. Suggestions 49,
To remedial legislation was obtained. III
arriving ~ IT. conclusions and the final
expression of the commissioners uppu-i-
tion will he embodied IN bll~ H. bc drafted
only after u minute Inspection 81 ever,
similar law. state ~ federal. Expert as
~sistancc IN formulating bih~ Ill ~ ron
dcred by men who have made a life study
of that work and Il l. designed a. make
the measure proof against technical Oh
lection a.. finally presented.