The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1918-02-15

October 6. Congress passed and
the President signed this, bill which
the Association announced provides
an urgently needed adjustment which
will do much to assist the effective
prosecution of the war work of the
Government, opening the way for the
comprehensive application Of state
compensation laws to industrial acct
dents in marine employment
October 6. Congress passed bill
establishing for soldiers and sailors
the most liberal government system
Of accident, health and life insurance
ever adopted by any country for its
enlisted men.
November -. President Wilson.
addressing American Federation Of
Labor. said. 1--WE shall see to it
that the instrumentalities by which
the conditions of labor are improved
are no blocked or checked"
November y. Governor Whitman
before American Federation of La
Dor, said: in the last forty years
we have seen an industrial revolution
that is slowly leading the world to
realize that it is the human and
not the material element that goes
to make the wealth of nations"
November Is. Chief of Ordnance
and Quartermaster General issued
orders setting forth excellent memoir
andum of standards for wages, hours
and conditions of work that should
be maintained for labor's protection
on war contracts.
December 7. Bill introduced in
Congress, upon official request by
American Association for Labor Leg
islation, to create a public Employ
ment Service, as an urgent war meas
ure.
December 8. Official legislative
commission in New Jersey unani-
mously reported in favor of universal
health insurance as a war measure.
December %. Supervising Inspec-
tor Feehan, of Pennsylvania Depart
ment Of Labor and Industry, in an
swer to inquiries, issued statement
that all state labor laws would be
enforced during the war, particular
ly those regulating the hours and
conditions Of employment for wo-
men and minors"
December "a. Commissioner Of
Labor Bryant, Of New Jersey. in an
ual report, said: The physical worth
to the Government Of the nations
workers, the essential services they
are called upon to perform AZ this
time Of national peril, have brought
home the need for enforcement Of
every safeguard with which the state
has sought to shield the men and wo-
men employees within it's borders"
December 27-29. "War Emergency
Measures" for protection Of health
and safety Of labor and for effective
distribution Of the industrial army
were urged at Eleventh Annual Meet
ing Of Association for Labor Legis-
lation.
December 81 President Wilson,
in letter to National Child Labor
Committee, declared that protective
labor laws for women and children
should be upheld and strictly en-
forced.
December 81. Announcement made
that at joint meeting Of the Coun-
ell of National Defense and Advisory
Commission Of organized labor, pro-
visions were adopted "for maintain
ing labor standards" in any "war
emergency" that may require the
Council to ask state for temporary
suspension Of labor laws. These
provisions, in line with those urged
last April by the Association for La
Dor Legislation, call for public hear
lngs, reasonable notice through full
publicity to those interested limita-
ton to the sections directly involved,
definite time limit for permits, re-
hearings for justifiable extensions,
and restriction of permits to in
diyidual plants.