Evening journal., 1918-07-31

in States where the quota exceeds the
demands for transfer OF men to other
states.
Questions as to the proportionate
contribution which employers in nom
war work in any industrial community
should make to war work, and OF the
proper distribution in any community
Of available supplies OF labor among
local war industries 10 be determined
by the Community Labor Board; but a
minority OF such a community board
may appeal to the State Board. Deter
minstion Of all questions OF priority are
subject to regulations and decisions
of the War Labor Policies Board OF
the Department OF Labor.
ld) General Policy:
On all questions OF policy afYectins
the State generally. the State directors
Of both employment service and re-
serve, should seek and accept the guild
ance OF the State Advisory Board with
the right to defer decision in which
he does not concur TO the director
general.
Community Labor Boards.
A-Composition and organization:
These boards shall in each instance be
composed Of one representative or the
United States Employment Service, as
chairman; one representative OF local
employers. and one OF local employees.
Such boards shall be organized In in
dustrial communities, the locations and
boundaries OF which shall be deter
mined by the State organization COM
mittee.
Wherever a community board is 10
be formed the organization committee
will
(a) Initiate a meeting Of employers
representing all local industries, at
which meeting is 10 be formed a rep
resentative employers committee which
shall select one Of its members TO rep
resent the employers on the commu-
nifty board. Representative organiza-
tions Of employers already existing may
be utilized for the purpose.
tb) Secure the selection OF mem
Der Of the community labor board TO
represent employees. This should be
done preferably through the State or IN
special instances through the local
labor organization.
(c) Select the man who shall, as a
representative OF the United States En-
ployment Service and OF the national
interests, act as chairman. The chair
man should be a man OF influence and
standing in the community, command
ing the confidence OF both labor and
management. The ability Of the COM
munity board 20 perform its tasks will
depend largely on the care with which
the selection Of the chairman is made.
The local officer in charge OF en-
ployment service or public service re-
serve may or may not be chosen as
such representative. II not, the best
available man in the community should
be selected. In the latter case, the
chairman will be sworn into the Fed
eral service as a special agent OF the
employment service assigned 10 such
position at a nominal salary.
B-FunctiOns.
(a) All questions concerning recruit
Ing and distributing labor in the COM
munity should be decided by the Com
munity Labor Board, subject TO appeal
by any member to the State Advisory
Board. All decisions OF both community
and State boards are subject 10 reCi-
lations issued and approved by the Di-
rector General Of the u. 6. Employment
Service, acting on the advice OF the
War Labor Policies Board OF the De-
partment OF Labor
o. Local quotas assigned to the
community for recruiting purposes, In
sofar as they have 10 be raised by get
ting men from non-war work. viii be
recruited by agents OF the Employment
Service, including agents OF the Public
Service Reserve. As a preliminary, the
Community Labor Board should divide
up the total of the community's quota.
assigning TO industries and employers
I'm non-war work the proportionaee
share which each should stand ready
TO contribute. The selection OF the men
who will so into war work is not TO be
made by the employer but by agents
OF the U. s. Employment Service who
will recruit them, and who should seek
the cooperation OF the employers.
(c) In distributing available labor
supplies among local war industries,
the Community Labor Board should
consult the local board OF employers
which have a representative on the
Community Board.
(dl The Community Labor Board
has no executive duties, but so far as
possible should assist In recruiting la
Dor by securing harmonious and CO.
operative action on the part Of employ
ers and employees.
Following tho reading Of the special
orders. Mr.. Garretson announced that
the State OF Delaware had been divided
into seven districts, Of which the city
Of Wilmington is one.
C.. w. sutton and ]. f. Walter were
nominated and unanimously elected
members Of the State Advisory Board.
Immediately following this meeting,
meetings OF District No. 2, embrac-
ing New Castle and Red Lion Hun
dred; and District No. 3, embracing
Mill Greek. White Clay Creek and Pen
cader hundreds, were held, resulting
in the following selections:
No. 2-J. Wesley Morris, Whining
ton Fibre Specially Company; Ezekiel
Cooper, Deemer Steel Casting Company
w. T. Budd. Penn Seaboard Steel Cor
poration; representative on tho Com
munity Board, j. Wesley Morris.
No. 3--W. w. Nelson, Delaware Hard
Fibre Company: II. VI. Reynolds. Ritter
Conserving Company; j. Warren Mar
shall. National Fibre Insulation Com
pany representative on the Community
Board. J. Warren Marshall
No. 4 committe also held a meeting
] and selected G. D. Garretson TO mem