Republican farmer., 1918-07-05
BOARD TO MAKE AWARD
 ABOUT AUG. 1. Arbitration Agreement is Signed By All Parties
 This Morning. EXAMINER TO
 BE HERE FRIDAY Machinists Submit Classifi- cations and Acceptable
 Wage Scale.
Wednesday,. July 3

After lengthy conference between the members of the Taft Walsh board and the machinists and manufactur- CTS an agreement was adopted this morning which promises that the award oe the board shall be made as close to August as the circumstances of the board may permit. The ma chinists' representative were closeteA Labor group. and w. H. Johnson, chairman for labor; while the manu- lecturers were comforting with F.. H. Judson, chairman for the employers, and L. A. Osborne of the Employers group.
 Immediately following these con- ferences Chairman Walsh announced that the hearing would adjourn until | Friday morning at which time an ex- | aminer chosen by the board would be l here and would remain until all the necessary procedure was finished. After all the testimony has been taken he will report to the board in Wash ington and put them in possession of all facts and on them the board would | base its finding. He said further that | lIlS DOdIu dSSuIH6u llldl OOl11 pdI llCo | interested would cooperate and give the examiner all assistance possible.
 This arbitration agreement was de- cided on after the discussion yester- day afternoon as to an adjournment until July 5 in order that the manu- lecturers might be enabled to gather some essential data. This adjourn ment was not welcome to the ma chinists who feared that it would look ! to the men in the shops as if the hear ings were to be dropped and that | trouble would be the outcome of such | a procedure.
 In order to avert this catastrophe it was decided to have an arbitration statement issued by the board thai might be posted in the shops where il could be seen by the men. It could not have been adopted without some dissenting voices for the conferences were protracted affairs.
 The agreement signed by both par. ties to the controversy and the board is as follows:
 "In order that maximum produc
 ton may be maintained and as a guar
 antee of fair treatment to all, as wei
 as the conservation of the nationa
 interest in this crisis, an agreemen
 has been entered into this day be
 tween the ........ Company and tn l National War Labor Board to tn
 effect that all differences now existing
 between said company and its em
 ployes have been submitted to the ar bitration of the National War Labo | I1,,e a I Saa
 said company and its employees shal
 be bound by the award of said Boar and that all parties will faithful
 abide by its decisions.
 Tt may be further understood tha
 the award of said Board shall have , just and fair retroactive effect, an that the award shall be made as clos r to date of August 1st. 1918, as tn . circumstances of the Board may per
 init"
 s This document really guarantee t that there shall be no disturbance 2 up until August first at least an s makes it possible for the manufactur l CTS to rest secure in the knowledg that production will continue un
 checked, which is what they most de
 sire. It assures the men that fai
 and equitable u eatment is to be ao
 corded to them and that the war \ will have just and retroactive e1 feet.
 Chairman F. N. Judson asked ths each side file a brief statement ( l their contention and also to stat what they think the Board shoul find and what labor would accep John J. Kepplec, vice president of tr - International Machinists then gay 6 to the board schedule of wages III e der the classifications the Machinis s feel are right. These classes are ;
 follows: toolmakers cents an hou
 machiriats, 6S cents an hour; grint : CTS and tool settlers. 70 cents an hou
 Jones and Lamson, Potter and JohI