The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
BUREAU WOMEN
ASKING BIGGER
VAGEINCREASE
Trade Union League Hears
Of Movement in
Europe.

The question OF securing further in
crease Tor The women smployes Of the
Bursau Of Engraving and Printing
win be carried 10 the War Labor Pol
fcies Board A motion % this effect
was- -yoted upon at q meeting Of the
women's Trade Union League. which
met last night Ct the home Of Mrs..
Gifford Pinchot. 1sls Rhode Isisnd av-
enue
Ths board, IT was explained. Is COM
posed OF the heads OF Government de-
partments concerned with the carrying
on of the war. and has broad powers
70 regulate and standardize wages IN
industries where Gove-1ment con-
tracts are under way.
Felix Frankfurtsr Il chairman Of the
War. Labor Policies Board. The mat
fer Of raising the minimum in the
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
win be put up to him by committee
to be appointed from the women's
union. in the belief that this board
has the power to adjust wage diner-
ences among the employees Of the Gov
ernrnent as well as those Of private
buxfness. Ths progress Of the war. It
was gpofntsd out. depend to q certain
extent upon the, Bureau Of Engraving
and Printing.
To see Labor Board
The question was also discussed Of
carrying the problem to the War La
Dor Board, Of which former President
Tan and Frank I Walsh are Joint
chairmen. under whose direction
and arbitration strikes and contro-
versies Of employers and employees en-
gagged in government contracts. are
settled.
Miss Agnes Nsstor. national lesisia-
tive chairman Of the Women's Trade
Union League. and Q member Of that
labor body which conferred with labor
frroups IN the allied countries. told
many interesting incidents in connec-
ton with her TIP abroad
'Ass . result Of this war We must
have. democracy In industry, sne
said. I'VE are giving too much to win
this war to have IL spell merely poiiti-
cal democracy"
Ths thing that impressed her in her
travels in England were the great
.war-rnaking industries controlled by
the government
Surely" she said, ''the government
VIII not, after the war u over. give
these things over to private inter-
/ ests.''
c The European Movement.
She told OF the work of several
women, leaders IN the labor move
msnt In the countries of Europe. She
spoke Of meeting Mime. Duschene In
France, Mary Macarthur IN England,
Margaret Bonheld IN Scotland, and
Mary Dulligan in Ireland
The Irish labor movement Is Of COM
paratively recent interest in Ireland,
she said. Since the revolution in
Ireland two years ago, the labor
movement has spread tremendously.
1t is the one thing that seems to be
uniting Ireland, so that all the side
differences of religion and politics
that have torn ireland for centuries
are being forgotten.
Miss Nestor and her party were re-
1reived by General Pershing at the
hront. and spent the night at Amefi-
can Headquarters. They spent three
days IN the war zone, within sound OF
the guns. She added:
In our travels through the dew
astated districts. we observed one
remarkable feature, and that was in
many little towns, where everything
was almost obliterated, the statue of
Joan Of Arc would be left standing.
This was true from the immense
statue in Rheims to the little figure
of Joan that remained in its place
in small church that had been
completely demolished"