The Washington herald., 1918-01-16
LIND HEAD OF
NATIONALLY WAR
LABOR BOARD
Secretary Names Advisory
Council of Seven to Solve
Working Problems.

The Department of Labor last night
issued the following statement: The
popular demand for a national labor
administrator was in effect granted
when Secretary of Labor Wilson as
sumed the administration Of a COM
prehensive war labor program and
appointed a national war labor board
Of six men and one woman, to be
known as the Advisory Council, to as
sist him.
This is in accordance with the re-
cent action of the Council of National
Defense, with the approval OF the
President, in placing in the hands of
the Secretary of Labor the formula
ton and execution of a war labor
administration. 1t gives the Depart
ment Of Labor full power TO deal with
every phase of the war labor prob
lem, including the distribution. trans
portation, housing and training of
workers, and effects that centraliza-
tion and unifcation that las been
sought by the government. labor. cap
ital and the public.
Who They Are.
The Advisory Council consists OF
the following seven persons:
John Lind, chairman, former gov
ernor; studied at University of Min
nesota, 1856; admitted to bar, 1851
5; member Fiftieth to Fifty-second
| Congresses QSS-90; first lieutenant
and uuartermaster Twelfth Minnesota
| Volunteers during Spanish-American
war; governor of Minnesota 1S99-1SOl !;
member Fifty-eighth Congress O9S-5),
| Fourth Minnesota district; former
president of the board of regents OF
| University of Minnesota; appointed by
! President Wilson as his envoy and per-
| sonal representative to Mexico, August
! 8, 1913: member Public Safety Commits
! sion, Minnesota.
Representatives OF Employees.
| "WaddiIl Catchings o< New York and
J Alabama; president. Sloss-Sheffieli
| Steel and Iron Company, of Birming-
! ham, Ala; president, Platt Iron
| Works. Dayton, Ohio: chairman, war
[ committee of the Chamber of Com
merce of the L. S. A.
"A. A. LandOn of Buffalo. y. Y: gen.
! eraI manager of American Radiator
! Company; vice chairman. Aircraft
! Council of National Defense; presi-
dent. Chamber of Commerce, Buffalo,
/ y. Y.
"
John b. Lennon. OF Illinois.
treasurer of American Federation
of Labor for 20 years; formerly an
official of the Tailors' Organiza-
ton; member of Industrial Rela-
tions Commission, 1912.
John J. Casey, OF Pennsylvania; /;
Former member Pennsylvania legis-
lature; members 6Srd and 64th Con-
crosses; member Committee on La
Dor. 63rd Congress; member Ways
and Means Committee, 64th Con-
| gress.
Economist.
J DR.. L. c. Marshall. college pro-
! fessor: ABB. Ohio Wesleyan L..
, 1900; ABB, Harvard, 1901, AM,
1902: Henry Lee Fellow and assis-
tant in economics. 1929; professor
! in economies, Ohio Wesleyan T.,
19O3-7; assistant professor political
economy, 19O7-CS: associate professor.
! l9O9-l1: professor, 1911: dean of college
of commerce and administration. 1903;
dean Senior College, 1911, University
/ of Chicago.
Representative of Women.
Agnes Nestor, of Chicago, ILL.,; pres
I ident Chicago Trade Union League
Committee on Women's Defense
! Work.. Council of National Defense: !:
member subcommittee on Women in
| Industry; formerly president Glove
Workers Union.
Unity of action between the vari-
| Gus departments is assured by the
intention of Secretary Wilson to later
increase the council by the appoint
ment of representatives from the
War. Navy ad Agriculture Depart
ments and the Shipping Board. All
conflicts and duplication of machinery
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