El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-07-20
FORMING LABOR
BOARD FOR j. s.
Local Committee, Much the
Same az Draft Board, Is
Headed by A. II. Culwell.

Organization Of community labor
boards throughout the country was
completed Saturday, and the federal
Representatives Of the community
councils viii be made public. accord
ing to district superintendent H w
Lewis. OF the nth district.
Distribution Of labor VIII be car
ried on by much the same machinery
as that Of the draft. according TO the
new scheme. In every community dis
trict. a community labor board viii
be selected. one man TO be appointed
by the federal superintendent, who in
III Paso is A. II Culweu; one man
from the ranks Of labor, and another
man from the employers.
These three men viii be under the
state labor board. and viii carry out
the state boards requirements The
central organization viii he the war
labor policies board at Washington,
which viii be composed OF represen-
tatives Of the food. fuel, shipbuilding
and other administrations, from the
war department, agricultural depart
ment, and the navy department
svHI Furnish Quotas.
This central organization VIII re-
ceiTe reports from the manufacturers
Of the country and employers in war
work. stating how many men they
viii need TO carry on their work on
August =, September 1, and
October J. These reports viii be
added. and the total number Of men
required VIII be ascertalned and oil
rfded into quotas 20 be distributed
country The community labor boards
viii see that these quotas are filled
fn the same manner that the draft
Boards fiji the draft quotas.
NoueEsenffnIs Are Liable.
Men viii not be taken from essen
tiaI industries to fill vacancies in
other essential industries. but men in
Industries classed as nonessential are I
liable to draft into industries that are /
esentiaL
Employers Of labor engaged in non /
essential industries VIII not be reEu- 4
lated BY the war labor boards. except +
that they are forbidden TO compete 3
--ffh essential industries in securing I
labor. and prohibited from ofIerlns I
special inducements to labor II they 4
fail TO comply with these regulations. /
their cases viii be reported to the
priority board In Washington, ana
their business closed down by the
simple eUpedient Of cutting of their !
supply Of raw material
Mr.. Lewis is superintendent Of the
states Of Texas and New Mexico
There are "a employment bureaus in
the district. and two clearing houses.
one at san Antonio, and one at Albu-
a.srQue Mr. Lewis's headquarters
are at san Antonio He leaves FL PasO
Saturday night for Albuquerque
HeUfeaus Unknown Quantity.
'sThe Mexican labor situation is an
unknown quantity at present, said
M. Lewis 10 a Herald reporter sec
rotary Of labor Wilson has made
number Of notifications IN the Bur
nett bill regulating the importation
OF labor. and has been notified by
Burnett, sponsor for
the bill. that any further mOdifica-
tions VIII be met by the introduction
q legislation changing the bill en-
-ireiy. Labor importation from Mex
leo is now practically shut off at all
Texas ports. except FL PasO. where it
Is dribbliug slowly. Of course FL
7aso has always had the largest i'm
Of 1aborers OF any Mexican
port. but now it is practically the
lnly port where they are coming in
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