Evening star., 1914-02-08
FEDERAL Commission
TO PROBE INDUSTRIES
Mining and Garment-Making to Be
Taken Up by Industrial
Relations Body.
Decided Upon Last Night After All
Week Session at Head
quarters Here.

First-hand Investigations 81 the re-
iations between employers and en-
ployes in two of the nattofl's largest
industries mining aud garment MAX
ing-will bc undertaken n once h.,
the federal commission cn industrial
relations
This step toward nndinS 10 causes
of Industrial unrest and proposing
remedies. with which tho conn,sSic0
Mas charged ~ tourross. Ms decided
upon last nirht aftsf an s,li-wcck ses-
sion at us hc...Iauart.rs Iurc
Public h"arinca Ii tn eora-lssion
or several of its ineiubrrs rrohabls
will be h,d ia Nsrious citi,s md u.
dustrial center, in addition e. THO dis
patching OF trained investigators II
the commission employ 4 repre-
sentative OF the commission alrcady
has loft for calumet and Hancock,
Mich 10 attend the hearings of the
House subcofnmittc" INVESTIGATING the
STRIKE Of copper miners. 10 avofG
duplication the commission abandoned
plan to send several Of Its mcnlbrrs
TO Ga lunet, and hopes TO get all the
infornla tion desired through tho bea-
ings Of the congressional committee
and tho report of its agent
Instead of considering esch strike
separately the commission viii atud>
&
of industrial unrest
Statement by Chairman.
Frank r Walsh of Kansas City.
I chairman Of the commission. made the
/ following statement.
THE act under which the commission
was named by the President conten-
plates an investigation that will ge,
down TO fundamental causes. Each par
| ticular situation VIII be considered
! from this broad angle. ff we fnd thai
the causes OF industrial strife arc conn
| psratiys,v few and often the same FOL
/ many varied industries In many local
| ities then we can make beginning
toward cataloguinS them and attack
1 ing them.
! we may find in somc instances ths'
! obstacles 10 Industrial peace IN par
i tict1lar industry or community have
/ been oyercon. by methods that might
easily be adopted in other localities o.
! other industries where conditions are
practically the same
! For instance, il is represented TO The
! commission that while employers IL
| the Michigan copper industry are al
( legged to consider tho Western Feders
tion of Miners . criminal organization
! and refuse 70 treat with them, in Butte
Mont 900 of the 5000 employees be-
! long 10 the Western Federation ano
! get along peaceably with the mining
( companies It will be our business to
/ find out ii this is true. and If so why
there should be this difference OF al
! titude.
IF employers and employees in one
/ industrial center are found TO have
/ solved the problem of harmonious deal
/ ines for themselves. we shall find ou
/ how they did II. and if it canot be
done in the same fashion. in other com
! munities-
Seasonal Employment Opposed.
/ Before the commission adjourned
Louis n. Brandeis of Boston appeared
before il and urged an investigation
looking toward the elimination OF sea
/ sonal employment He declared tina
many manufacturers who now lay off
their employees during a slack season
could equaliZe the operation OF thei,
i plants throughout the year by means
I of planning and cooperation
BY this means. Mr.. Brandeis declareG
I the evils Of unemployment could be
! largely reduced For industries where
seasonal labor is inevitable. he urged
a central bureau or agency for direct
i ing the movements of migratory
! workers.
! Members who attended the meetings
We're: Chairman Walsh of Kansas
City. Prof. John X. Commons of Madi-
! son. Wis: Frederic s. Delano of Chi
cago, Harris Wcinstoc1 of Sacramento.
/ cal: :. Thurston Ballard of Louisville
] Ky; John b. Lennon of Chicago, James
i oConnel of Washington and A. 3