Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-26
NAMES STATE BOARD
TO CONSERVE LABOR
Governor Stuart Appoints Commits
sion ia Fight Depletion ot
Working Ranks.
II. Z. BYRD is MADE CHAIRMAN
Industrial Council OF Safety 10 Make
War on Invasion OF State by In
scrnpulous Labor ArcntS-formal
Statement issued.

To coordinate FOR The war cmcr-
ccrcy the industrial forces ~ tho state
and especially 10 devise means Tor
an economic distribution ~ tn" labor
SUNNY. Governor stuart yesterday ar
pointed 2 commission ot representative
rncn ard women who VIII immediately
set "a work upon ;h" important duty
assigned them
Tho hody will nc known IS the Nir-
rir'a Industrial Council of safety. and
will work IN close co-oNcration with
the Virginia Agricultural council ~
Safety IN maLtnr nor" efficient ali
forces and workers engaged III ~" pro-
dur,ion and manufacture" of supplies
which will bc needed m tho Urosecu-
ton ~ the Mar with Germany
A. chairman or Tho commission. tho
cove-ror named United states District
ATTORNEY Richard lAclyr Byrd. 81 Win
chester former speaker of tho House
~ Drierates. and q man who for many
wears has made close study of In
dus,risl conditions The other mem
bers arc William r Allen. cenc'al
m=raEer Of the plant of til" +. / l'u
pc,t TAr,ours Powder Company. AZ
Horerri' James i Crenmer Deputy
CITY Gas Inspector for Richmond: state
senator W il01 -. NN'IN''' W ~ ilNi'-
burg. Z = C'lincdinst, ~ Newport
News. factory Inspector for the State
pera-,ment of Labor: William I. Reed
~ this city. former president Of the
chamber Of Commerce: William Bonccr
~ Portsmouth,. T. T. Fallen. NJ Norfolk
assistant MANAGE ~ tho old Dominion
Steamship Company. and Miss lille NJ
Barbour. " Roanoke. factory inspector
of tho state Department ~ Labor.
GOVERNOR CITES PRESIDENT
on GRAVE EMERGENCY
IN naming tho council tho Governor
Issued the following statement:
Tho President Of the United states
has issued powerful and searching
apreai to his fellow country for
great national and international ser
Vice army TO be made m. not only ot
soldiers and seamen. hut OF men and
women equally necessary on tho farms.
in tho mines. in the factories, ~ the
shiryards and on the railroads.&c. no
tential members Of the vast industrial
forces of our country. This appeal is
made TO the nation rs a whole. and
vet II carries a special messaE" to each
IF tho forty-eight states Of the Union
and challenges the patriotic co-orera-
ton of all.
1T IT, therefore, tho dutT "f Viz
rinia 10 lend her authority as a state.
her governmental machinery and all
other things al her command 10 tho
mobilization and coordination ~ all
the internal forces which shall repre-
sent her contribution to our common
country in the discharge Of the weiEhty
and righteous task TO which VIC are
committed.
Already Virginia has her Acricul-
,ural Council or safety. which has en-
tered actively into tho field Of in
creased crop production and conscrva-
ton 1t now seems appropriate aud
important that she should have her
Industrial Council Of Safety for in
creased efficiency III Industrial produc.
ton and the conservation and distribu-
ton Of the labor entering into manu-
featured products 81 all kinds Tho
two councils must ~ noccSsi' he help
ful 70 the state and 80 the country and
10 each other.