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SEC.W|LSON' N'SLABOR REPORT COVERS
 DECORATIONS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Elimina -tion of profiteering, the eight-hour day, less inconsistency between ''our democratic purpose in this war abroad and the conduct of some of those guiding industry ath ome, and ther ecognition of some form of col lective relationship between capital andl abor as principle in national labor policy, are the principal recom- mendations of President Wilson's me diation commission which has just fin ished survey of the labor unrest west of the Mississippi river, which the government considered most men, acing to successful prosecution of the war.
 In return for this, the commission holds; labor should Surrender all practices which tend to restrict maxi mum efficiency" when it is assured of sound conditions and effective means for just redress of grievances.
 The commission, headed by Secre- tary Wilson of the department of la bor went west principally to look into the copper strikes in the Arizona dis trict and the I. w. w. activities in the lumber districts of the Pac1nc northwest. It included in its inves- tigation, however, the dispute in the California oil fields, the threatened strike of Pacific coast telephone oper- ators the threatened strike of packing house workers in Chicago, and the street railway trouble in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
 Unsound Industrialism.
 Generally, the commission found that uncorrected specific evils and the absence of a healthy spirit be- 1oh dnQ rt1v fO the evils mentioned and partly to 'an unsound industrial structure" were the main causes of the industrial difficult ties arising since the war began. The commission says that while sinister influences and extremist doctrine have availed themselves of those con- ditions, they have not created them.
 "The overwhelming mass of the la boring population is in no sense dis loyal,'' says the report.
 A means of correction suggested by the causes of the unrest itself, the commission outlines as follows:
 1. The elimination to the utmost practical extent of all profiteering dur ing the period of the war is prere- quisite to the best morale in industry.
 2. Modern large-scale industry has effectual1y destroyed the personal re- lation between employer and employe the knowledge and cooperation that come from personal contact. It is therefore no longer possible to con- duct industry with employees as in- dfviduals. Some form of collective relationship between management and men is indispensable. The recog- hilton of this principle by the govern ment should form an accepted part of the labor policy of the nation.
 3. Law, in business as elsewhere, depends for its vitality upon steady enforcement Instead of waiting for adjustment after grievances come to the surface there is needed the estab- lishment of continuous administrative machinery for the disposition of indus trial issues and the evidence of an at mosphere of contention and the waste of disturbances.
 A. The eight-hour day is an estab- lished policy of the country; expert ence has proved justification of the principle also in war times. Provision must of course be made for longer hours in case of emergencies. Labor will readily meet this requirement if its misuse is guarded against by ap- propriate overtime payments.
 E. Unified direction of the labor ad- ministration of the United States for the period of the war should be es- tablished. At present there is an un- related number of separate commit tees. boards, agencies, and depart ments having fragmentary and con- f1icting Jurisdiction over the labor problems raised by the war. A single headed administration is needed, with full power to determine and establish the necessary administrative struc- ture.
 6. When assured of sound labor conditions and effective means for the just redress of grievances that may arise, labor in it's turn should Surren- der all practices which tend to restrict Maximum efficiency.
 '. Uncorrected evils are the great est provocative of extremist propa- ganda. and their correction in itself would be the best counter-propaganda = But there is need for more affirmative education. There has been too little publicity of an educative sort in re- gard 10 labors relations to the war The purposes of the government and the methods by which it is pursuing them should be brought home to the fuller understanding of labor. Labor has most at stake in this war, and it will eagerly devote it's all if only it be treated with confidence and under standing, subject neither to indul- gence nor neglect, but dealt with as a part of the citizenship of the state"
 At length the commission records it's search for the real cause of the labor unrest and come to those conclu. sions:
 'The conclusion cannot be escaped that the available man power of the nation, serving as the industrial arm of war; is not employed to it's full ca pacity nor wisely directed to the ener gies of war.
 "The effective conduct of the war suffers needlessly because of inter
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