The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-18
NATIONAL WAR LABOR PROGRAM.

Iauest of Secretary of Labor Wilson that it state
that copies of document setting forth the ma
tons war labor program may be had without
Echarge by addressing Roger W. Babson, chief
of information and education service, United
States department of labor, Washington. This
document contains copy of the president s
proclamation creating the national war labor
board, together with a copy OF the Official re-
iport of the war labor conference board. Ihe
plan described by President Wilson was re.
viewed and commended in these columns at the
| time the executive proclamation was made pub
| lie. This plan was drawn in accordance with
Recommendations made by the conference
board s.The powers, funtions and duties Of
the national war labor board, - the president
said ''shall be to settle by mediation and con.
Citation controversies arising between employ
ers and workers in fields of production neces-
sary for the effective conduct OF the war, or IN
other fields of national activity, delays and OBJ
structions in which might, In the opinion of the
national board, affect detrimentally such pro
duction'' Provision is made for the appoint
ment Of committees to sit in various parts OF
the country where controversies arise and Sc
cure settlement by local arbitration.
Mediation and Cancellation are at the founda
ton of plan to be carried out by board IN
which the general public, employees and en-
one of the two representatives Of the public has
said that he is profoundly gratifed that the
conference appointed under the direction OF
Secretary Wilson has reached an agreement up
on the plan for national war labor board to
maintain maximum production by settling OBJ
structive controversies between employers and
workers." Frank P. Walsh, the other repre-
sentative of the public is as pleased as his as
sociate with the outcome of the conference.
Among the other members of the board are l..
T. Loree, president Of the Delaware and Hud
son company; Loyal A. Osborne, vice president
of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufactur
ing company; Frank J. Hayes, president of the
United Mine Workers of America, and William,
l.. Hutcheson, president Of the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
All the members of the war labor board are
representative men, 1t is reasonable to assume
that all are as deeply interested in the plans as
Mr. Taft himself. They welcome the emporium
ity to perform an important public service by
arranging for the peaceful settlement of con-
troversies arising between employers and en-
ployes The greater the publicity given to the
national war labor program the better.
It is a bit queer when comes to think of
it, that those pacifsts and peace propagandists !
who used to send protests to congress against
our going to war with Germany never thought /
OF sending protests to Berlin against Ger /
many IS going to war with this country.
While Knights of Liberty and other Ku Klux
organizations are tar and feathering disloyal
citizens the real saviors of the country are busy
in the trenches ''over there and in the fac ,
tories and on the farms lover here"
Camouflage may also be defined as a congress I
sional attack on George Creel for not believing .
in preparedness before the war.
1t may be that Germany got the idea that i
Americans would run by watching them at the /