The Benson signal., 1918-08-03
POLICIES OF THE
WAR LABOR BOARD
RIGHT OF UNlONlZED WORKERS
TO BARGAIN WITH EMPLOYERS
Is UPHELD BY sT.
BETTER CONDITIONS SOUGHT
Great Storage Lumber Depot Opened
at Gilmerton, Va.-Conservation Of
Kerosene Is Urged--Aiiies' Bombing
Planes Now Work In Squadrons.

az GiiHCtIOt's "a.-SOUSctEdkIOU ot
Kerosene Is Urged--Aiiies' Bombing
Planes Now Work In squadrons.
tFrou Committee on Public Information.)
Washington.-The war. labor poll
cies hoard has made no rulings, 1t Is
announced, making II impossible to
change rates OF wages or working
conditions In industry during the
standardization of such pay and con-
ditinns for war work. The board does
hut IS striving to better conditions
that will make for satisfaction and
greMter efficiency.
Enunciating its principles the war
labor pniicles board Is committed to
the right Of workers to organize into
lively with their employers: continu-
ance Of existing union standards with
the right Of the workers to obtain bet
ter conditions. wages and hours under
decisions Of the national war labor
board; equal pay for equal work.
ru: recognition of the basic eight-hOur
day where law requires 1t hut settle
ment OF all questions of hours of work
with due regard to government neceS-
stiles and the welfare of the workers:
maintenance Of the maximum OF pro.
dnction: due regard for labor stand
aris. wages and other conditions In
particular localities; the right Of nll
workers to living wage. insuring
health and reasonable comforts.
Felix Frankfurter, chairman Of the
war labor policies board. makes this
OF the board setting forth it's pripci-
pies: "InaSmuch as wage stability was
recognized as the essential need by
labor and by the government the pur-
pose of the resolution was to prevent
changes in the standards which had
been created either through an adjust
ment board such MS the labor wage ad-
tustment board of the emergency feet
corporation. or the arsenal and navy
yard standards, or the standards which
govern the cantonment adjustment
board, hut under no circumstances was
IT intended to prevent the lifting of
wage scales in specific instances up to
the standards"
There were no aerial bombing Or
ganizatlons in the allied flying corps
during the first year Of the war. Prac-
ali <1o R,, nj e~n
the nature of observation. No pilots
could be spared for anything else. To-
day probably - per cent Of the aerial
arms are bombing sQuadrons Of II
machines per squadron.
The first bombing was done by vol
unteer pilots who few over the Ger
man lines and dropped three or four
bombs. made from artillery shells, on
concentration camps and cantOnments.
Showers of small steel arrows were
spilled sometimes on conveys, troop
trains and bodies Of massed men. The
Germans began day bombing Of cities
In 1919. and the allies bombarded
Karlsruhe In reprisal later In the same
year. Since then evolution in organ
ized bombing developed rapidly and
the French began night bombing. but
this was not undertaken by the Ger.
mans until August, 1919.
At the present time large groups,
Including several sQuadrons Of bomb
ing machines, 80 over the lines from
time to time and completely destroy
their objective. be It a city or a camp.
a column Of troops or a trench system.
Unfortunately the allies air forces
have to travel for m ~ miles over
hostile territory defended by anti
aircraft guns to attack Germa ncitieS,
while the enemy can attack French
cities By flying only short distance
beyond the allied lines.
The allies are developing large
bombing planes which carry sufficient
fuel for long excursions and armament
to protect them when they are at.
tackled by fighting airplanes. Bombing
sQuadrons are escorted usually over
the lines by fast fighting sQuadrons
of IS planes to squadron. and then
left to their own devices. for the fight
ers seldom carry sufficient fuel to per-
NIT them to accompany the bombers
on the round trip.
The dropping Of the bomb Is SINH
lar to shooting a rife. First you set
your sights and wind gauge. you hold
the rife properly. and finally you pull
the trigger at the proper moment. II
your ammunition Is standard your
sights correct, you hit the target. So
with bombing. If you set your sights
correctly. fly your plane correctly over
the objective and drop the bomb ut the
proper time you Will hit the target. II
the ammuRition manufacturers gave
you good bombs the objective will be
destroyed.
The United States will be short Of
potash next year. Estimates for 1918
show IN available supply Of about
5O0,NW tons of potash salts, or only
about half OF the normal imports be-
fore the war; Commercial fertilizer
concerns must bear the brunt Of the