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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
After-War Problems
Are Mainly Economic

Washington-In his address to con-
gress on his visit to Europe, President
Wilson indicated that our reconstruc-
ton problems are more Of an econo-
mic nature than legislative, and that
while legislative action may be ne
cessary in some cases, the general
welfare would be served best by per-
mitting the people themselves to ad-
just their affairs without dictation.
He favored the resumption of pub
lie works, equal suffrage for women
and the application of the plan of
Secretary of the Interior Lane, who
urges the reclamation of unused and
swamp lands by the government,
which would assist soldiers and other
citizens in a back-t -the-land move
ment.
Regarding the many reconstruction
plans that have been urged and the
necessity for legislation, the president
said
$50 far as our domestic affairs are
concerned the problem of our return
to peace is a problem of economic and
industrial readjustment. That prob
lem is less serious for us than it may
turn out to be for the nations which
have suffered the disarrangements
and the losses of war longer than We
Our people, moreover, do not wait to
be coached and led. They know their
own business, are quick and resource
full at every readjustment, definite in
purpose and selfreliant in action.
"Any leading strings we might seek
to put them in would speedily become
hopelessly tangled because they would
pay no attention to them and go thei1
own way. All that we can do as thei1
legislative and executive servants is
to mediate the process Of change here
there, and elsewhere as we may.
have heard much counsel as to the
plans that should be formed and per-
sonally conducted to a happy con-
summation, but from no quarter have
| seen any general scheme of recon
struction' emerge which / thought
it likely we could force our spirited
business men and self-reliant laborers
to accept with due pliancy and obe-
dience."
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
NOT SATISFACTORY
A LIFE SENTENCE DOES NOT
AFFECT ISSUE
The Communication of MONEYS Death
Sentence Does Not Meet
LabOr's Approval

Washington. - Answering a news
paper request for a statement on Gov.
Stephens communication Of Thomas j.
Moneys death sentence to life i'm
prisonment, A. F. of L. Secretary
Morrison said:
"Organized labor will be in full
accord with Gov. Stephens state
ment that:
"It is, of course, unnecessary to
argue the point that whatever
Moneys character or his past rec
ord might have been, this particular
case must be determined upon its
merits
ain my judgment" continued Sec
retary Morrison, "the communication
does not in any way settle this
case.
at must be recalled that the trade
union movement, in urging a new
trial for Mooney, takes the position
that the charges of perjury in con-
nection with his conviction make a
new trial imperative. This posi-
ton is identical with that of Su-
perior Court Judge Griffin, who con-
Quoted MONEYS trial and sentenced
him to death. In a letter to State
Attorney General Webb, on April 25
last year, Judge Griffin, in urging a
new trial, said that if the perjury
evidence was presented to him be-
fore the case left his hands he
would 'unhesitatingly' have granted
new trial. On November 21 of this
year Judge Griffin renewed his re-
quest in letter to Gov. Stephens.
"Under the circumstances the trade
union movement has urged that
Mooney be given new trial. This
could be accomplished by the COVER
nor pardoning him and have him inn
mediately arrested on one of the other
murder indictments as result of the
bomb explosion.
GAS the matter now stands Mooney
is to serve a life Imprisonment on
evidence that the trial judge says
bear directly upon the credibility of
the witness and go to the very foun-
dation of the truth of the story told
by Oxman (the states chief witness)
on the witness stand'"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Basil M. Manly
JOINT CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL
WAR LABOR BOARD
President Appoints the Man Selected
BY Labor Representatives to
Walsh's Position

hington-President Wilson has
accepted the resignation of Frank p.
Walsh, joint chairman of the Ma
tional War Labor Board, and has ap-
pointed Basil M. Manly as Mr.. Walsh's
successor. Mr.. Manly has been as
sistant to the joint chairmen, Mr..
Taft and Mr.. Walsh.
While the appointment was made
by the President, as was the appoint
ment of the other members of the
board, Mr.. Manly, like Mr.. Walsh,
was chosen for the place by unanim-
Gus vote of the Representatives of la
Dor on the War Labor Board. Five
members of the board represent, and
were chosen by, employers; five rep
resent labor; and the chairmen, rep
resenting the public, are selected, one
by labor and one by the employers.
William Harmon Black, Mr.. Walsh's
alternate on the board, resigned with
Mr.. Walsh. Mr.. Manly, upon being
appointed to Mr.. Walshs office, named
Mr.. Black as his alternate.
Mr.. Walsh, while retaining his
citizenship at Kansas City, Mo-, will
practice law in New York.
Mr.. Manly has devoted his time to
national, industrial and economic
problems since 1908. A graduate of
Washington Lee University, he was
later a fellow at the University of
Chicago, becoming a special agent for
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, (De-
partment of Labor) in 1908. During
his tenure of this office, from 1908 to
1913, he directed an investigation and
wrote the four-volume report entitled
"The Iron and Steel Industry" which
was the first complete survey of an
American industry. After the report
was completed Congress appropriated
$4,000 for it's publication.
Mr.. Manly, in 1918, was in charge
Of an investigation for the bureau of
anthracite coal prices, which stated
that the coal operators had increased
prices for 1912 $13,000,00O above
wage increases awarded to the miners
that year. Mr.. Manly, was economic
adviser to the arbitration board that
fixed wages in the cloak and suit in
dustry in New York in 1913. He was
director of research and investigation
for the United States Industrial Rela-
tions Commission, and in 1915 wrote
what is known as the MANLY report"
on the work of the commission, $780,
900 copies of which were published.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
MOVIES UTILIZED
To Urge Released Men to Hustle for
Job at Once

Camp Sherman, Ohio-Here's what
the movies at Camp Sherman and at
Chillicothe are telling the soldiers
daily in an effort to help them get a
line on work before they are dis
charged and start for home.
"The Long, Long Trail Now Leads
to Home-But Before You Go, Get
On The Trail of A job"
dad Will Feed You For A While
When You Get Home-But Eventually
You'll Have To Have A Job To Have
The Eats"
Good Bye, Hikes! Hello, Home!-
But You'll Needing A Job When You
Get There"
"It'll Take Coal To Keep The Home
Fires Burning When You Get Home
Coal Takes Money, Money Takes A
Job"
"It's Nice To Get Up In the Morn
ing, But It's Nicer To Lie In Your
Bed! No More Reveille! Boy, Howdy!
But You'll Have To Have Work Back
Home.~
"The Riddles Will Be Waitin'-
Happy?-Youll Need A Job To Keep
Everybody Happy"
Each of these messages which are
flashed on the screen end by directing
the men to the U. S. Employment Of
flee, Sec. Gil, which is helping con-
meet the man leaving the army, with
work in their home town.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
President is In Doubt
On Future R. R. Plan

Washington. In announcing his
proposed visit to Europe at a joint
meeting of the senate and house,
President Wilson, discussing the ques-
tion of what to do with the railroads
now under government control, said:
81 have no confident judgment of
my own," and 81 frankly turn to you
for counsel upon it"
The president expressed hope "for
the formal conclusion of the war by
treaty by the time spring has come"
AS the law permits government rail-
road control for 21 months after the
peace proclamation is issued, this
would mean that the government
must release the roads not later than
the early months Of 1921.
At the present time, the president
stated, the railroad administration has
plans for the full equipment of the
railroads. Under the law these plans
must be indorsed by the board of
directors of the various properties.
Some of the boards have given their
consent and others have not. With
the war over, the situation has become
complicated and the president gives
notice-in diplomatic terms-that if
there is no agitation by the public for
continued government control or for
government ownership or regulation,
which will result in possible congress
ional action, that he will return the
roads to their owners, even before the
time designated by law.
The president said
"The only thing that is perfectly
clear to me is that it is not fair
either to the public or to the owners
of the railroads to leave the ques-
ton unanswered, and that it will
presently become my duty to relin-
quish control of the roads, even be-
fore the expiration of the statutory
period, unless there should appear
some clear prospect in the meantime
of a legislative solution. Their re-
lease would at least produce one ele-
ment of a solution, namely, certainty
and quick stimulation of private
initiative"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
DON'T FEAR LABOR SURPLUS

New York. The Annalist, maga-
zine of finance, commerce and eco
nomics, expresses the opinion that
there is "little danger of labor con-
gestion through rehabilitation" and
that "the decrease in immigration, as
shown by census fig lres, offset the
number of returning soldiers seeking
employment"
The Annalist acknowledges that
large numbers of men will drift into
new occupations and many changes
will take place, but taking the propo-
sition as a whole the editor does not
accept the theory that there will be a
condition which is referred to as a
"glutted labor market"
The federal bureau Of census is
quoted in defense of this position. 1t
is shown that the total immigration
during 1915, 1916 and 1917 was far
less than in 1914 alone. In the latter
year there were 1,218,480 arrivals,
while the grand total for the other
three years was just under 1000.
GAS unfamiliar as they were with
the language and customs of the
country, hundreds of thousands of i'm
migrants in normal times were abb
sorbed annually into the nations in
dustrial life, with comparatively little
friction" it is stated. Returning
soldiers and sailors, knowing the life
and tongue of the country, and being
set down in sections with which they
are most familiar, should disturb the
economic balance of the nation even
less"
The editor predicts that "at least
100000 men will be retained abroad
indefinitely in order to cope with any
emergency that may arise"
The question of women who have
been employed in munitions plants at
from 35 to As cents an hour, is con-
ceded to be problem.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
RETURNING TO PEACE BASIS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
department of labor from a war to
a peace basis has been undertaken by
Secretary of Labor Wilson by his
appointment of an advisory committee
to work out the details of the read
justment. Louis F. Post, assistant
secretary of labor, is chairman of this
committee. The other members are:
A. w. Parker, chief law officer, bureau
of immigration; Roger w. Babson,
director of the information and educa-
tion service; Miss Mary Van Kleeck,
director of the woman in industry
service, and Grant Hamilton, director
of the working conditions service.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Steel Workers Unite

Pittsburg, Pa. - Officers of the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers report that
locals have been organized in Gary,
Ind; South Chicago, ILL.,, and Reading,
and Harrisburg, Pa. The first two
unions comprise employees of the
powerful Illinois Steel company and
the Reading union is composed of en-
ployes of the Bethlehem steel corpo-
ration.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Victory Jubilee
THE WORKERS FREEDOM MUST
BE OBTAINED
Says Pres. Samuel GOmpers at Recent
Victory Celebration Held
In New York City

New York. = Speaking at labor
victory jubilee meeting, held for the
purpose of celebrating labor's share
in winning the war, President Com
pers declared that the workers will
resist any attempt Of industrial barons
to ride on horseback over the masses
of the people.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the American alliance for
labor and democracy.
at might as we'll be understood that
in fighting political autocracy we do
not want and won't consent to have
an industrial autocracy take its
place." said President Gompers.
Il know of no more dangerous ut
terance made during this entire war,
dangerous to the very safety and peace
and progress of our people and of our
republic, than was uttered by Mr..
Barr about two weeks ago. 1t was
said of the French Bourbons that they
never forgot anything, and that they
never learned anything. And it is
true of this type of men in America.
Industrially they want to live in the
year of 1918-1919, but mentally they
are living in the sixteenth century.
"The time has gone by when the
working people of America can again
be put in the shackles. We have
now upon the statute books the princi-
plein law and in fact that the labor
of a human being is not commodity
OF article of commerce, and that, as
we'll as being laborers or workers, we
are human, with the same rights of
sovereignty before the law as we'll as
to lead our everyday lives. A prin-
ciple of this character is now too
sacred to be bartered away to the
reactionaries who may desire to stem
the tide of democracy the world over.
eve have secured the freedom of
the seamen, the right of the seamen
to own themselves when their ships
are in safe harbor. Oppressed labor
where the flag of the United States
flies is abolished, and we are not going
to permit any coterie of men to barter
away the freedom we have gained
after so many years"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
S25O.OOO Back Paw

Washington.-The national war la
Dor board has ruled that. the $250,000
back pay in dispute between the In
ternational Railway company, Buffalo,
N. Y, and its organized motormen
and conductors shall be paid not later
than April 1 next. If the company is
permitted to increase fares it shall be
allowed 60 days in which to make the
payments after the increase goes into
effect.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Paper Men Win Another

Steilacom, Wash. - The Cascade
Paper company has signed union
shop agreement with the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Paper Makers.
Wages range from $3.50 to 1886 for
men and a $3-a-day minimum for
women is established. Arbitration is
agreed to, with Secretary of Labor
Wilson empowered to name the third
arbitrator if the parties fail to agree.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Street Car Men Gain

Trenton, N. J.-Street Car Mems
union No. $40, whose members are
employed by the Trenton and Mercer
county traction corporation, have
raised wages of motormen and con-
ductors from 38 cents to AZ cents an
hour for straight time and to as cents
an hour for overtime. The union Sc
cured wage increases from 2 to II
cents an hour for other employees.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Ford Asks Pay Increase

Washington.-In his annual report
to congress Public Printer Ford says
the government printing office is los
ing some of it's most skilled employees
who leave to get higher wages else
where. He recommends substantial
salary increases and a retirement law.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Want Better Conditions

New York.-Efforts of trade union
officials to secure better working con-
ditions in the white goods industry
were indorsed at a mass meeting at
tended by 5000 Of these workers. 1t
was charged that employers are using
women workers to reduce standards.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Compromise Ends Strike

San Antonio, Tex.-Striking plum
bers and their employers compromised
differences and the former have re-
turned to work Wages are increased
so cents a day until June 1 next year,
when the rate will be So day if this
wage is paid in any one city in the
state. 49,.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
ElectrOtypers Gain

Boston. = Electrotypers' union No.
IL has raised wages $180 a week for
it's molder and fnisher members and
81 week for other branches.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Meat Men Organize

San Antonio, Tex.-Butcher work.
men and meat cutters have each or
ganized union and affiliated with
the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butcher Workmen.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Firemen Organize

Davenport, Ia.-Stationary fremen
in the tri-cites have organized. These
localities are this city and Rock Island
and Moline, Ill.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Painters Raise Wages

San Francisco.-House painters and
paper hangers have raised wages 81
day. Organized contractors and
employing painters have accepted the
new $7-a-day rate.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
LABOR'S PROGRESS
Advances Made and Better Conditions
Secured All Over the Country
City Firemen Unite

Rome, N. " Municipal fremen
have formed a union and affiliated
with the International Association of
Fire Fighters.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
Freight Handlers Unite

Dubuque, Iowa.-Freight handlers
employed by railroads in this city
have organized and are affiliated with
the trade union movement.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13
WAGE INCREASES
Gains in Wages Made by Organized
Labor Throughout the Nation
CITY EmpIOYes Gain

Wilmington, N. C.-The city coucil
has raised wages of policemen, fire
men and street employees $40 month.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13

South Bend, Ind.-A general wage
increase of So week has been Sc
cured by organized electrotypers,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13

Franklin, PA war bonus of So
a week has been secured by Electro
typerS' union No. 79 of this city
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13

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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13

BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-12-13

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INVEST IN THRIFT STAMPS
The Washington herald., 1918-02-06
LIBERTY KITCHENS
ORGANIZED In D. G.

Indorsed by Herbert Hoover and
Clarence r. Wilson. the first of a Sc
ries of meetings of the Liberty war
Kitchen will be held this afternoon
in Franklin School.
The work Of the war kitchens will
be to demonstrate practical kitchen
food conservation and will be under
the direction OF Miss Cornelia Adds,
of this city.
Glasses will be formed among the
women OF the District and meetings
VIII be held regularly. During four
months the members Of these classes
will be taught breadmak!ng, the use
and economy OF meat, sugar and fats,
and how to prepare meals well bal
anced as to nutritive values and still
within the food conservation rules.
These delegates will then return to
their church organizations and teach
what they have learned TO other
women,
The Washington herald., 1918-02-06
BACK
FROM FLORIDA
WITHOUT COAL
cal Fuel Administrator
Finds Conditions in Dis
trict Serious.

Most acute situation of the winter.
and I am sorry to say ! can see no
relief in sight. Five thousand homes
at the very least are without coal"
This was the manner in which John
L. Weaver. local fuel administrator.
summed up the state OF "coalless"
Washington following an ail-day con-
ference with Commissioner Louis
Brownlow and other officials.
During the conference Mr.. Weaver
stated many plans for the relief of the
District were discussed. but no def
mite action was taken. One suggestion
which might be looked upon favor
ably, he stated. was the dispatching
Of coal In five or ten-ton lots to retail
coal dealers. and allowing them to
conduct bushel trade among WASH
|ingtonians.
I'VE must spread the butter very
thinly," Mr.. Weaver said.
He made 1t certain that the en-
ergency fuel bureau would soon be
a thing of the past. He stated that
consumers were not served quickly
enough nor with enough equality
through the bureau.
A clearing house for dealers will
probably be established as soon as
coal arrives in sufficient quantities
to Justify distribution on a larger
scale than the bushel. Il was stated.
A special committee Of the Retail
Coal Merchants Association meet
ing last night discussed the estab-
lishment of the clearing house
scheme. No definite action was TAX
en-, however.
Fuel Administrator Weaver said
that effects Of the storm some weeks
ago were now being felt and that
the congestion was beginning to
tell in the scarcity of coal. He said
the conferences between the Dis
trict commissioners and the fuel
administration would continue un-
til definite plan had been decided
upon.
The probe into unfair dealing among
Washington coal retailers is entire
ly out of the province of the local
fuel administration, Mr.. Weaver said
last night. 1t is being handled entire
ly by the Department Of Justice
which will turn In evidence to the
Garfield board whence 1t will be trans
mitted to the President.
The promised aid Of the District
teams in helping out In the delivery
problem is yet to come In sufficient
force to make itself noted, dealers
stated yesterday. Bad trafic condi-
tions increasing difficulties with every
thaw and freezing.
The Washington herald., 1918-02-06
NATION HAS Army
OF aero MECHANICS
National Advisory Committee De.
clares Sufficient Men Available.

There will be no shortage Of aero
plane mechanics. Statistics gathered
by the National Advisory Committee
for Aeronautics from the records OF
the Signal Corps Of the War Depart
ment show that this branch of the
service is well organized to supply the
requisite number of repairmen to keep
our aerial feet In action. after 1t
gets well started.
Effort is made to secure airplane
mechanics from voluntary enlistment,
induction. draft, and selection from
the national army and National
Guard. Men so obtained are trade
tested at the place of mobilization
and organized into squadrons. Any
trade list which Is found short is fill
ed by training uen who have the
necessary qualifications.
Airplane mechanics are formed into
Service. Supply, Repair, and Con-
struction Squadrons of $50 men each,
Of various trades, and there squad
rons are given intensive training eight
hours per day for thirty days. after
which each squadron Is ready for
active service as a complete unit.
Under this plan thousands of en-
listed men are now in training at
various schools and manufacturing
establishments. This work is being
constantly enlarged.
Engine mechanics for the Motor
Mechanics Regiments now being or
ganized at Camp Hancock. Augusta,
Ga, have been and are being secured
through aNsystem of selection from
National Guard and national army,
and men of the required qualifica-
tions already enlisted in the aviation
service.
The balloon service is able to Sc
cure practically all of the trades re-
Guired in enlisted men by selection
from aviation recruits. The neces-
sary training to make these men work
as team is given to them at the
various balloon schools.