Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-21
DELEGATION TO VISIT FEDERAL
WAR INDUSTRIES BOARD AT
sWAsHlNGToN.
WILL PROTEST AGAINST
FAvoRlNe THE EAST
Revision Of Labor Draft Regulations
and For More War Contracts to be
Asked-state Conference Adopts
hssoIutions Of Protest-Governor
Heads Delegation.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, Aug. 21.-Officials on the
federal Industries board at washington
viii be appealed to personally by a
special delegation Of Iowans to revise
the labor draft requirements AMI to
award more war contracts for iactsr.es
in Iowa This was determined on at
b the meeting OF some 200 manHfactur-
erSs representatives of labor, farmers.
miners, commercial club officials and
others held at the state house Tues
day.
The special delegation headcd by
HGovernor Harding will leave for Wash
inxton within day or SO. They will
confer with Bernard ". Baruch, chair-
man of the war Industries board anu
Felix F'rankburter, assistant secretary
OF labor and chairman OF the war labor
policies board. In addition to the gov
erHor the members of the delegation
wilisbe E. J. Waller, Sioux City. repre-
seHting the manufacturers, Deau.C. F..
8 Curtiss, sAmes. representing agricult-
ures F. A Garfield, Cedar Rap Is. rep
n resGnting union labor: Joe Lane. of
davenport, representing commercial
ORGANIZATIONS; ]. G. Lewis, Of Abba.
representing miners,
Federal Plans Favor East.
The principal complaint voiced by
Governor Harding at the Tuesday con-
ference and embodied IN the resolutions
passed by the conference IS that pro-
ducfng plants, labor, materials. capital
and supplies are being concentrated in
the teast to the detriment OF the middle
H west and causing an unnecessary con-
! Geption in the east. 1t is further charg
Il ed that new plants are being built to
take care Of government war contracts
whereas there are plants in the middle
west which must be closed down which
could handle mich Of this government
work.
It is claimed that the draft oflabor-
Ters. from Iowa will affect the basic in
!, dystry, agriculture, and cut short food
production for lack of workers.
i Lack Of food will lose the war" the
/ governor declared and explained that
this rnotto may take the place Of the
one Food VIII win the war"
Resolutions Of Protest.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
ference were drawn up by Judge
Charles Hutchinson, of Des Aroines,
l5as9gI z
ftseorge E. Winter, OF Mason City:
James n. Burch, Dubuque; Harry A.
] 6earles, Council~Bluffs; P. c. Taft,
Ames; ]. Crosby Mccarthy, Davenport,
sand j. G. Lewis, Of Abba. Among other
things the resolution declared:
Whereas, the present practice in
purchasing government supplies is re-
ssulting in the concentration of produc-
ling plants, labor, materials, fuel. trans
sportation, and capital on the Atlantic
isseaboard Of the United States. building
gand charging plants there. while the
enormous producing capacity in the
srest of'the country remains unused, and
Whereas, this practice is resulting
lin the needless withdrawing of labor
and capital from the rest Of the coun-
Il try, bringing Industrial ruin upon COM
Z from them the possibility of perform
Sing their functions in the maintenance
5sof the forces of the government in the
!, war. and
*Whereaas, this policy has resulted
In the governments requesting that
there be sent from Iowa to the various
other states where these plants are
located very material percentage Of
,stdpor, ana
il Whereas, it is fact that Iowa is the
greatest food producing state in the
elhnion, and also is very important coal
producing state. and both food and
coal are absolutely essential to the gov
ernment in the successful prosecution
of the war, and
Whereas, the above outlined policy
with its resultant feature of with
drawing labor from Iowa win not only
cripple or possibly destroy the general
y manufacturing interests of the state,
but will also seriously cripple the pro-
s.duction Of foodstuffs and coal, moth
y withstanding that instructions may be
issued not tosinterfere with such indus
tries: therefore,
BE It resolved b ythis conference. of
4 the varied Industries and agricultural
pursuits of the state of Iowa that the
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