The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1918-06-12
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F. Of L. Report Presented to Main Body Today

The Buffalo (1o17) convention de-
clared that the following essentially
fundamental principles must under
he any peace treaty acceptable to
them:
!. A league of the free peoples OF
the world in a common covenant for
genuine and practical co-operatiou
to secure justice and therefore peace
IN relations between nations.
z. No political or economic re-
strictions meant to benefit some ma
tons and to cripple or embarass 9th
ers.
8. No indemnities or reBrisals ba-
sed upon vindictive nations and of the
principle mo people must be forced
under sovereignty under which it
does not wish to live"
/ 5 No territorial changes or adjust
ment of power except in furtherance
of the welfare of the peoples affected
and in furtherance of world peace.
I In addition to these basic principles
, which are based upon declarations of
our President of these United States.
there should be incorporated in the
treaty that shall constitute the guide
of nations in the new period and con-
ditions into which we enter at the
close of the war the following declar-
atoms, fundamental to the best inter
ests of all nations and of vital import
! ance to wage-earners:
l. No article ar commodity shall
be shipped or delivered in Internal
ional commerce in the production of
which children under the age of 10
have been employed or permitted to
work
g. 1t shall be declared that the
basic workday in industry and COM
merce shall not exceed 8 hours.
3. Involuntary servitude shall not
exist except as punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have
been duly convicted.
Establishment of trial by jury.
Relative to war labor policy, in
which emphasis is made on the de-
termination of labor to assist in every
way toward winning the war, men
ton is made of the establishment of
agencies and policies for the general
| field of production of munitions and
war supplies, for which the following
agencies have been provided:
l. A means of furnishing an ade-
quate and stable supply of labor to
war industries. This will include.
(a) A satisfactory system ofl1abor
exchanges.
CD A satisfactory method and ad-
ministration of training of workers.
(c) An agency for determining
priorities of labor demand.
CD Agencies for dilution of SKILL
ed labor as and when needed.
| 90 Machinery which will provide
for the immediate and equitable ad-
justment of disputes in accordance
with principles to be agreed upon be-
tween labor and capital and without
, stoppage of work. Such machinery
would deal with demands concerning
T, wages, hours, shop conditions, etc.
3. Machinery for safeguarding con-
, ditions of labor in the production of
i war essentials. This is to include in
! dustrial hygiene, safety, women and
child labor, etc.
| 4 Machinery for safeguarding con-
ditions of living, including housing.
, transportation, etc.
! Fact-gathering body to assemble
and present data, collected through
various existing governmental agen-
cies or by independent research, to
furnish the information necessary for
effective executive action.
6. Information and Educational
Division which has the functions of
developing sound public sentiment.
securing an exchange of information
between departments of labor admin
istration and promotion in industrial
plants of local machinery helpful in
carrying out the national labor pro-
| gramme.
The War Labor Conference Board
appointed by the Secretary of Labor,
acting as the administrator Of war
labor policies, made the following
recommendation:
There Should be No Strikes or Lock-
Outs During the War
!. The right of workers to organ
lie in trade unions and to bargain col
lectively, through chosen representa-
tives, is recognized and affirmed. This
right shall not be denied. abridged