The sun., 1918-01-31
US. BOARDWILL
FIX WAGES FOR
ALL WAR WORK
Department of Labor to Be
Radically ReOrganized
Under Plan.
TO HAVE 8 NEW BUREAUS
Advisory Council Virtually
Reports Munitions Depart
mept Is Essential.
Special Despdich to ThE SIN.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 30-Thc most
drastic reorganization OF any Govern
ment department since the United states
entered the war has been undertaken by
the Department of Labor following its
acceptance Of the war labor plan placed
before Secretary Wilson by the special
labor advisory committee which was APP
pointed by order OF President Wilson.
SO revolutionary is the programme OF
the Department OF Labor that Washing.
ton is almost astounded at the news.
Under the new programme Of Secretary
Wilson the following big movements are
under way
AS sure preventive of strikes a
special committee made up Of men name d
by the National Industrial Conference
Board. which contains representatives OF
Americas industrial associations--one
man TO represent the public and six men
named ~ the American Federation o.:
L.ahor-wi!l meet in Washington within
a few weeks and draw up an ironclad
agreement by which a definite plan for
regulating wages during the war will he
enforced.
Eight new bureaus will bring about n
reorganization of the entire administra-
tive plan Of the department OF Labor.
BUSINESS experts say that from being
the most poorly organized department
the Labor Department will soon have
the most modern administrative system
Of any department..
DistributiOn Of Labor.
~.
Al iap'r requirements VIII he reg
building and other production divisions
OF the Government. They will report
their needs to the Department o! I.,bo,
and the proper distribution OF help will
follow.
One of the most surprising features of
the report OF the advisory committee is
the closing paragraph which plainly
states that unless centralized admin
istration OF production is organized the
whole labor plan AZ organized will be
lnsunic!ent to- meet the nations great
war emergency. This. in effect, Is de-
! c'snn pS the ianor experts or the coun-
Iy thAL ,!pHhinons Shiet or mapitions
department. Is essential n tife war ma
'eriHis are 10 pe produced.
The memorandum after SAYING that. a
r'sn on tnc slN matters Iaid before It
has ocen outlined IN response to the
PRESIDENTS order continues:
I'm sense the function Of Your ad-
N.sory council does not extend TO the
consideration Of other matters. We
should. however. be neglectful of our full
duty ia the case did we not point out
that perfect administration OF labor
matters in accord with the plan outlined
above would not he sufficient to meet the
emergency which faces the country.
Capitalization Imperative.
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