New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-10
Commission of Nine Organ
lied by the Defence
Council
Workers Must Agree
To Accept Decisions
Awards in Controversies Will
Be Made Within
Thirty Days
[Frun Ths Trtbuns Bueaul

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The Coun-
Gil of National Defence announced to-
day the organization of a Labor Ad
justment Commission to have juris-
diction over all controversies regard
ing wages or working conditions in es-
tablishments executing government
contracts. The new commission, the
personnel of which has not yet been
selected, will be composed Of nine
members, three Of whom will represent
the government, three the employers
and three labor.
In accepting government work all
employers and their workmen will be
compelled to agree to abide by the
decision of the commission on dis
putcs It may be called upon to settle.
The Council of National Defence is
sued the following statement defining
the functions of the new commission:
"The Labor Adjustment Commission
shall have jurisdiction over all dis
putes concerning wages or conditions
of employment in all establishments
having contracts with the government,
in accordance with the eight-hour law
Of June 10, 1912, or March 3, 1913, and
shall hear and determine all labor dis
pu.es in which more than one thousand
workers are directly affected, and may
in it's discretion hear and determine
labor disputes in cases where less than
one thousand workers are directly al
fected. 1t shall also have authority
to appoint from time to time labor
adjustment committees to hear and
determine such labor disputes as may
be assigned to them by the commission
wbere less than one thousand workers
are directly affected, such committees
to be representative Of the same eie-
ments as the commission.
Thirty Days for Awards
"The awards of the Labor Adjust
ment Commission or the labor adjust
ment committees appointed by it shall
he made in each case not more than
thirty days after the case has oeen
submitted to the commission ana shai'
he binding upon the employers ana Gem EN-,
us In the plant or plants ahectea
tIo' such period as may be expressed
- i tho award, but not longer tnan
49, davs after the close OF the
NOV In all hearings before tne com
.,;ss;on or committees the empioyels
Ia emnloves affected shall nave lne
a;,bt to be represented IN the preseh-
.at;on ~ their respective cases oy
snch nersons as they may seiect unueL
s,,ch rules as the commission may
prescribe. L.ro.fter made
~ Government in accordance Win
tSe eight-hour day of June 49, iylS' or
Mach 2. 1918, which may require os
;e.ai,,e the employment OF laborers or
rnecbanics. there shall be includeo 'ho
following stipulations: r,oved
sucb Contracts shall be compute1
upo" hosic day rate Of eight hours WORK,
With wi overtime rates to be paid ior az
VIZ" ,o.s Than time and one-half for aii
NOV iI aorL in excess of eight hours;
"Tb a. whenever a labor dispute arises
:, anu establishment under CONTRACT
.'';.L Tho Government in accordance
r,itb the provisions of the elgnt-houni
r.w of June 19, 1912, or March 8, 1913,
mb;cb the employers and employs, OF
thair representatives are unap!e "
r,ntnallv adjust, and a strike or IocA
ont seems imminent, the Department %
T,abor NAV on its own initiative OF a'
the reduest of the employers, the eni
nioves or the department whose con-
tract is affected, appoint medlatoI VIZ
sbaII on behalf of the government, en-
sna saaror n hiring about a mutually salts
factory adjustment of the dispute.
Work of Commission
"If the mediator thus appointed IS
unable TO bring the employers ana efu-
Moves to a mutual agreement 'ne augs-
tion or questions in dispute snall re
submitted for adjudication 10 the Ad-
iustment Commission created oy lno
Council of National Defence. worh u
he continued pending its decisions.
every contractor and sup-conIracIor
shall agree to accept and abide py inc
decision of the Labor Adjustment COM
mission or Labor Adjustment Commit
tee. as the case may. be, and ever!
worker accepting employment in any
nIsnt within the jurisdiction Of the
Adjustment Commission shall do so
With the definite understanding and
.greement that he will accept and
sbids by the decisions of the. Adjust
ment Commission or the Adjustment
Committee, as the case may be, IN the
settlement of any question atectlnS
labor submitted TO il for adjudication