Evening journal., 1918-02-18
SHIP CARPENTERS
Return TO THEIR
WAR Tasks TODAY
No Strike Hereafter Urtil
All Efforts Are Exhausted,
Washington Plan
President SIRl-ES
AT EEART OF TROUBLE
By The Uniled Press

Ht NN' p ANN'A T Nf"'
WASHINGTON. Feb. is-Whilc strik-
Ing carpenters iu Eastern ship yards
were returning 90 work today Nindcr
spur OF President Wilson The govern
mont is preparing 10 launch 90 program
that Will prevent future walkouis
The government now and hereafter
Will act on the principle that no strike
is justified uni!l AN methods of adjust
meni have been tried 90 ihe limit. and
that any action taken contrary to this
principle Viii be regarded as Swing ail
and comfort 10 the enemy
President Wilson struck at the heart
of the troublc-N William Imicheson.
head of ihe carpenters and ioIners-in 70
message demanding That ho send the men
back 90 work and end the strike.
At ihc same time President Wilson
Acknowledged the action of all other
labor organizations in standing Loyalty
by the government in the threatened
cris.s.
81 feel 20 my duty" the President
wired llulcheson. "io call your ailen-
tlon 20 the fact that the strike of On,
carpenters IN the shipyard~ is in marked
and painful contrast 60 the action of
labor in other trades and places
The action of labor as a whole boz lhe
carpenters walkout marks unique
page ln ihe history of organized Ameri-
can workmen. an of ihe leaders lined
up with the government AGAINST the
strike sought hy. Huicheson and
forced him 20 yield through ihe pres
sure of labor and public opinion
A. one nnal gun in the campaien of
ihc other trades 60 leave Huicnes0n
Go his own fate. the executive council
on the American Federation of Labor
last night issued "a statement unholdin.
. Nhe hands OF the government in prose
cutting the war.
"The problem oi production. lndis
pensabic 90 preventng Jmnecessar'
Slaughter of fellow men is squarely ul
to AN wOrkers-aye. io employer anl
employee the statement read soldiers
and sailors are helpless n me producer.
DO not do their part. Every link In ih'
chain Of the mobilization Of the hsht
Ing force and necessary supplies j. 3D.
dispensable 90 winning The war against
miliiarism and the principles OF Free
dom"
Baked in his efforts by President
/ Wilson beside whom stood an the in
ternatlonal labor presidents except him
self. Hutcheson capitulaied and ordered
b agents 90 send the carpenters back
90 work today
The great problem 10 be considered
now Is the new national program of the
Government in lis dealing with labor.
The f-st two factors in This problem
President Wilson ad, I-ed llulchesOn.
iho Government, already has accepted
and Will perform TO see that -lhe
best poss Die conditions Of labor are
maintained and that there is mo- law
less and constituencies pronteerinr
The time has come. the Government
feels. when there must Doe uo fu thor
strikes In the war work. Delays now
are dangerous a national vug policy
has been almost completed. flm scale
announced by the wage adjustment
commission Of the shipping board SUM
day 20 apply 90 a yards In ihe East
Will boz taken for "a working basis MS %
standard iu other yards.
The policy followed will he general
wage Increase. a basic eighi-hour day.
time and "a half overtime on regular
week days. double overtime on holi-
davs and sundays. and the open or
closed shop 90 bee maintained according
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