The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-31

dAuI IdCtUHCES. s&s are before the Board, if shall if,yftsa5 a person representing and dssisnat. ed by. the owner or owners of suc7S plant or plants, and also person reu- resenting, or selected by the majoritys of the workers in the particular crafts or crafts directly interested in the oasputed matters, both ef said repre- | sentatves to sit with voting bower ss,l associate members of said Board inJ connection with ksuch matters. .
 If a question coming under the jtar- ! ! 1sdiction of the Board arises with ref- erence to such construction in a prf-ss l vate plant in which constructioi, Iz, also being carried on for the Navy De- partment. the. Secretary of the Navy or such person as he may designatai ] shall sit with voting power as nler1l-3s per or the Board. In the event of q l. tie vote, when the Board is so cor- ]; stftuted, the decision shall be referred
 to the Chairman of the Council of :Na. : tional Defense or to such person as 4,S ! may designate. This mernora nti,,s11 ! shall in no way serve as a precedenk
 for procedure in Government plants
 under the War or Navy Departments
 The plants where such construction IS being carried on shall he sao- a. F each district the contractors in whose plants such construction is being ca1s-s ried on, and theA representatives of such international labor organizations
 as have members engaged in such pro-.
 duction or construction in such plants
 and as are selected for the purpose
 by the labor member of the Board. s shall be called upon, under conditionss to be laid down by it, to agree upon 1S person or persons who shall act under5 the direction of the Board as exaniner or examiners in such District Ifstha Board does not succeed in having alss Examiner so selected, then the Board shall by unanimous action select ,a person or persons for such positions The Examiner shall be subject to re- moval by the Board at any time by $ I unanimorfs vote It shall De the dutses of the District Officer of zthe United States Shipping Board Ernergencv Fleet Corporation to report promptly to the Board any dispute with refer.s ence to wages, hours or conditions ofj l labor which>he is unable to adjust sat-; isfactorily to the principals concerns ] ed: abut. the Board will take cognizaneas l of such dispute when information con- cernfng it.scon1es from any soure& whatsoever. Before the District Oxz f1cer shall refer such dispute to tf5 Board, he shall confer with the loca1 1 spokesmens or representatives, of sauH crafts as are involved in such Aisnukes or with such authorized heads of an ' local labor Organizations interested l therein as may be designated by th6
 labor member of the Board, or on
 their request with the national head or heads of such Organization or or- ganizations or his or their duly au- thorized representative or representa- Itives. When 1t appears to the Board lthat such dispute cannot be so ads 1 justed, it will promptIx send an Ex= aminer for saidk Eiet ko such plant Ito bring about mutually satisfactory adjustment, the terms of which shan, lif they receive the approval of the 1 Examiner. be- in a report submft1e4 I by him to the Board for its ratifica- l ton. If the Examiner does not suc-s ceed in bringing about such adJust-s ment, he shall in his report to the Board, recommend terms of adjust I eration and such investigation as may
 seem necessary, shall decide the aues- | tions at issue. l As basis standards with references Ito each plant where such construc- ltion is being carried on, the Board shall use such scales of wages and hours as were in force in such plant Lon July Is, 1917, and such conditions }! as obtained on said dates in such plants. Consideration shall be given l by the Board to any circumstances whatever arising after such waee hours or conditions were estab ablish&&s
 and which may seem to call for I changes in wages, hours or conditions. The Board shall keep itself fully ins formed as to the relation between lfv-s 1 ing costs in the several districts, and 1 their comparison between progressive | periods of time. The decisions of l the Board shall, under proper condi- tions, be retractive, in which case ac- ] counting such as may be proper shall l be made in accordance with the direc- l tions of the Board. The decisions bof the Board will, insofar as this mem l orandum may be capable of achieving I such result, be final and binding on all parties; but at any time after six l months have elapsed following such 1 ratified agreement or any such final I decision by the Board on any ques- ton as to wages hours or conditions l in any plant, such question may be reopened for adjustment upon the re-. I quest of the majority of the craft or crafts at such plant affected by suck ] Cuntinued on Rase 1z.a s,...s .x