Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-05-10
LABOR CONFERENCE
RECOGNIZES UNIONS

Recommendations made to the Sec
rotary Of labor by the industrial re-
lations conference board. composed
of five representatives Of employers
and Ave representatives of workers:
Plan and Methods Of Labor ADJUST
ment.
(a) That there be created, for the
period of the war, a National War
Labor Board of the same number and
to be selected In the same manner
and by the same agencies as the COM
mission making this recommends
ton.
90 That the functions and powers
Of the National Board shall be as fol-
lows:
l. To bring about a settlement. by
mediation and Cancellation Of every
controversy arising between employ
ers and workers in the field of pro-
duction necessary for the effective
conduct of the war.
e. To do the same thing in SIM
liar controversies in other fields OF
national activity, delays and obstruc-
tions in which may, in the opinion Of
the National Board, affect detrimen-
tally such production.
3. To provide such machinery by
direct appointment. or otherwise, for
selection of committees or boards to
sit in various parts of the country
where controversies arise, to secure
settlement by local mediation and
conciliation.
4. To summon the parties to the
controversy for hearing and action
by the National Board in case of fall
ure to secure settlement by local me-
diation and conciliation.
(c) If the sincere and determined
effort of the National Board shall
fail to bring about voluntary set
Element, and the members of the
board shall be unable unanimously
to agree upon a decision, then and In
that case and only as a last resort.
an umpire appointed in the manner
provided in the next paragraph shall
hear and finally decide the contro-
versy under simple rules of proceed
ure prescribed by the National Board.
(d) The members of the National
Board shall choose the umpire by
unanimous vote. Failing such choice,
the name of the umpire shall be
drawn by lot from list of ten suit
able and disinterested persons to be
nominated for the purpose by the
President of the United States.
(e) The National Board shall hold
its regular meetings in the city OF
Washington, with power to meet at
any other place convenient for the
board and the occasion.
CD The National Board may alter
its methods and practice in settle.
ment of controversies hereunder from
time to time as experience may sug'
gest.
(g) The National Board shall re-
fuse to take cognizance of a contro-
versy between employer and workers
In any field Of industrial or other &C.
tivity where there is by agreement
or federal law a means of settlement
which has not been invoked.
(h) The place of each member OF
the National Board unavoidably de-
tanned from attending one or more OF
Its sessions may be filed by substi-
tute to be named by such member as
his regular substitute. The substi-
tute shall have the same representa-
tive character as his principal.
CD The National Board shall have
power to appoint secretary. and to
create such other clerical organiza-
ton under It as may be in its judg-
ment necessary for the discharge OF
its duties.
CD The National Board may apply
to the secretary of labor for author
fty to use the machinery of the de-