The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-06
EICHT-HOUR LAW
 BOARD CONSISTS |. OF REPUBLICANS
GOethals, Clark and Rublee Are Named by
 President.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 6.-President Wilson made formal announcement here last night of his appointments to the commission to investigate the op- eration of the Adamson bill, providing an eight-hour day for railroad em- ployes. His appointees are:
 George w. Goethals, major general, U. S. A., governor of the Panama Canal Zone and builder of the Pana- ma Canal, chairman, Republican.
 Edgar B. Clark, Interstate Com merce Commissioner, member of the commission which settled the an- thracite coal strike and six stimes president of the Order of Railway Conductors, Repub,lcan.
 George Rublee, Acting Federal Trade Commissioner, Progressive Re- publican.
 The President gave detailed con sideration to the selection of the men for this commission and administra- ton officials believe he has collected a board which will conduct the in- vestigation with absolute fairness to the public, the employes and the railways. The commission is con- sidered non-partisan and the Presi- dents selections could almost be said to be without personal politics.
 Tried to Block Rublee Appointment
 The President appointed MT. Rublee to the Federal Trade Commission as a Progressive. The appointment was a recess appointment and failed of confirmation in the Senate because Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire objected on the ground that MT. Rublee was personally obnoxious'' to him.. having opposed him politically.
 Major Gen. Goethals is Republi-
 can nominally. He is close friend
 of Col Roosevelt and was suggested
 last summer as compromise candi-
 date for the Republican nomination who would prove satisfactory to the
 former President. His service ir
 the army, however, has removed him
 from active participation in politics fof any kind. The announcement that he had been chosen to head the com
 mission. was the cause of great deal of favorable comment here during the day. Clark Opposed to Strikes.
 ! Interstate Commerce Commissioned Clark. the third member, was vaguely reported a score of years or more age as being Republican" Since ther he has been regarded as a represen- tative. of labor rather than a member of any of the political parties. He is we'll known for his opposition tc strikes, his belief in arbitration fol the settlement of difficulties between capital and labor, and his opposition to compulsory arbitration. MT. Roose. welt appointed him an Interstate Com merceL Commissioner in 1906. He was reappointed by MT. Taft and latel by President Wilson. While the Adamson law does no l become effective until Jan. 1, tho President desired the members of ths commission to give close study tt | the entire situation. The commission after it's labors will make a report tt Congress and the President. Mem bers of the commission who are gov
 ernment employees or army officers vii receive mo additional pay for thei
 services An appropriation of $25, | e000 has been made to cover travel | ing expenses, salaries of assistants, of | fee expenses and the like during tn, l investigation.
 l On every side friends of the Presi l dent assert that he could not hay,
 chosen an abler board. They ex l pressed themselves as delighted witl 1 the appointments.