Denver labor bulletin., 1918-10-19
WAR LABOR BOARD
BUILDING NEW LAW
Continued from Page One,

Clark on September 16, established
the actual eight-hour day, and laid
down the industrial law that hence
forth the workers must have equal
voice with the management, in indus
tries such as iron holding, in determin-
ling whether the men should work
more than eight hours in any par
ticular day.
The employers realized that this
was vital blow at their absolute con-
troll of industry. Walter Drew, at
torney for the National Erectors As
sociation, was employed by the COM
pany to appeal from the award.
Confirms Previous Award.
His petition was denied.
Justice Clark said that "on a full
and careful review of arguments then
made and the questions presented by
the petition to re-hear, the opinion
and the award heretofore made are in
every respect confirmed.
"Soon after this opinion and de-
cision of the board had been rem
dered, and possibly in consequence of
it, the great United States Steel Cor
poration, with 100000 employees,
adopted the .eight-hour rule and other
companies are doing the same. By
reason of its position as great finan-
cial and progressive institution, the
action of the United States Steel Cor
poration marks a distinct advance to-
ward the universal adoption of the
eight-hour day, especially if there
shall go with it the provision of the
award in this case that there shall
be no evasion of the eight-hour day
upon the declaration of the employer
alone of emergency, but the emergen..
cy shall be declared by majority of
tho Joint hoari anpninta1 hv the ep1-
ployers and employees as stated in the
award in this case.
"Long since, Mr.. Henry Ford, an
other progressive and successful en-
ployer of large bodies of men, adopted
voluntarily the eight-hour day, which
is the end toward which industry is
inevitably and irresistibly moving, by
reason of it being justice to the en-
ployes and no less to the real inter
ests of the employers sand managers
of our great industries"
Democracy Rushing On.
To the suggestion by Justice Clark
that his decision may have been the
cause of the sudden granting of the
eight-hour day by the United States
Steel Corporation, labor officials can
not seriously agree. The steel trust
magnates, like the German war lords,
found democracy rushing at them, in
the shape of a nationwide organizing
campaign, and then yelled "kamerad!"
The Gary Tribune, published in Judge
Gary's steel capital, devotes page
of heavy type to "An Industrial Bel
gium''-Gary and the other steel
towns being the Belgium and Presi-
dent Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Fed
Grafton of Labor and his assistant
organizers being the Huns. Fitzpat-
rick, Foster, Nockels and the whole
Chicago Federation crowd are sweep
ing thru the steel trust plants, sign
ing up the steel workers by the thou
sands, and it was only when faced by
the prospect of an organized army
of workers that Judge Gary and his
fellow magnates granted a nominal
workday of eight hours. And they did
not agree that the workers should
have any voice in regulating the
amount of overtime, either.
Organizing the workers in the Pitts
burg district is not moving SO fast
The A. F. of l.. representatives in
that field have not caught the Fitz-
patrick spirit of crusading.
Longshoremen Register Kick.
Among this weeks kickers the
Longshoremen hold first place. Their
grievance is the new certificate of
Identification" which the general su-
perintendent of the United States
army transport service, at the port of
New York, has put up to them to sign.
About 5000 to 5000 Longshoremen
are said to be affected. 1t puts them
under martial law.
The document reads:
II, .......... hereby apply for GER
tifcate of identification as an employe
of the United States serving with
the United States army transport
service. Position ......--. l was born
at 10000 on .---...-. was lor was not)
naturalized as citizen OF the United
States before the ...... court of ........
on ...-... as of ........ as shown by the
certificate of naturalization.
81 certify that the above state
ments are correct. | hereby agree
that during the continuance of this
employment i am amenable to mill
tary law, and l do hereby surrender
my right to trial by civil courts and
place myself completely within the
jurisdiction of the military courts af-
fecting such employment and service.
| do solemnly swear that / will OBJ
serve the regulations of the United
States army transport service and
will obey the lawful orders of my
SuperlOrS anu 10 use my uthuoot eu-
deavors to carry such orders into eff
feet with promptitude and zeal"
Description and photograph of the
applicant are noted below his sigma
ture.
The international officers of the
Longshoremen are disposed to ask
why this scheme of court-martial dis
cipline of their membership is neces-
sary today, when without any such
precautions the transport service has
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