The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-29
WAR LABOR BOARD DECISION


 judgment.
 The decision not be considered from the standpoint Of local conditions alone which the method of ncurabe -sghtedness This is foundation law. It is part of vast foundation upon which structure of usce able to bear the nations structure period of the will be adequate for the duties of mum production and sufficient for the earliest victory In this decision the War Labor strives to place every workman and every worker in industrial employment margin above the increased cost living every one wage sufficient for wholesome heahfu and hap py life.
 / But the War Labor Board intends something more. It SC eks such relation between capital and labor will able work to continue without cessation until the The decision is written not for Bridgeport only not for the United States only. but for the world.
 It is not this decision that is the great Ameri- people, and especially for those industrial employment but the conditions under which the War ere ated and the principles to which is required to give adher 
 The living wage is established by the decsi6n the eight hour day the equal for the right to belong to the union and the collective bargain stated and supported These the great facts of the decson the great victory for labor but the victory when the labor board decision was made when the broad principles declared by which the Board be- and governed.
 Unless the full draft of the decision bring something not appearing in the skeleton of it. principle pre- scented.
 The great outstanding feature greater than those that have been herein already described is this
 The decision does not comprehend and do justice simply the strongly organized to the highly skilled and to the class conscious workers.
  numbers of those who not highly organized class sciOus and gives them justice which they neither sought expected.
 This principle was foreshadoved and cxemplfed in the decision made upon the plea of the railroad brotheroods The just government of the people, in it's capacity poyer took notice of the unskied and unorganzed workers and gave them conditions and equally with conditions and wages accorded the sked proporionaey wage increases were greater for the unsled than for the skilled.
 This is the correct method It is upon the unskIed upor 10 labOrOUS diSapr able work that the pressure of life rests hardest upor the unsed worker that the high cost of living excrs the painful pressure
 is to the credit of the American people and to the glory the government and to the rejoicing and qualification Bridgeport that those receive justice who received before, in any wage conflict.
 The prices which have been awarded the wage have been fOeshadowed in other minimum approaching 40 cents hour has been tn figure reached in nearly every locality This figure has times raised little, and sometimes dropped lt accordn the cost of living flucaed in various localities The mini mum of 42 cents for Bridgeport is higher than the
 The retroactive features of the decision entirely i accordance with the boards previous policy and with the poll cy adopted in dealing with the railroad workers It sary condition government wage adjustment decision shall take effect from the time the brought to the bunal.
 Adjudication would be utterly ineffective appeare as method of delay with awards dating from the instant decision. If denied the right to strike, and subm themselves to tribunal their rights must begin at the instar of their submission to court.
 The of back pay the Remington Arms and som other establishments will be large for the that her was earlier adjudication, which the government had aside. in the interest of uniform policy.
 The decision having been made by the umpire it is binC ing ways has been assented to by all the parties it, machinss and employers who voluntarily agreed to bound by it.
 The decision is compulsory matter of law.
 No decision fully satisfactory any of the parties Nor receives all he would prefer to receive
 The decision is strong basis for firm and unceasir production. From this unified and steady production empO receive their benefits and from the Il workers must obtain the advantages of shorter hours and g pay
 If it is necessary to speak in such his of vi triumph of defeat oss then it said that bor wins the greatest victory in its history. In fact and truth the decision is victory for all It benefits al empo much workers, and the country most of all.
 There seems be chief objection the decision IT Machin sought classification of occupations which has been conceded
 This point is by lost The decision is not clos Points difference may be taken up considered tled as justice and wisdom shall dictate.