Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-01
MAY RECOMMEND
ARBITRATION As
WAY Of SETTLING
LABOR DISPUTES
Secretary Wilson Has Drawn
Up a Plan to Be Presented
to Conference Called to
Meet At Capital Monday,
WOULD NOT ABR0GATE
MEMS STRIKE RIGHTS.
Disputes To Be Referred To.
Cancellation Boards WhoSeI
Awards Would Stand theI
President May Not Preside


ts- soaSiHe IoIsr~t sptciA, LSAsso was
Washington, Sept S0.-Proposals
for the establishment of council for
settlement of industrial disputes, re-
placing the recently dissolved war la
Dor board. probably will be one of the
first subjects brought up for discus
sion at the labor and industrial con-
ference called by President Wilson
to meet here Monday, it was learned
today from department of labor Off
cials in close touch with the arrange
ments for the meeting.
Secretary Wilson has drawn up a
tentative program for the conference,
but the question of whether the meet
ing will be open to representatives of
the, press has not been decided 1t was
said today by those making arrange
ments for the meeting the question Of
publicity probably would be left TO
decision of the conference A sugges-
ton has been made that newspaper
men not be admitted to the conference
room, but that such parts of the pro-
ceedings as the conferees decided TO
make public be given to the press as
the conference proceeds This plan
would be similar to the recent White
House conference between President
Wilson and the senate foreign rela-
tions committee.
In event that President Wilson is
unable to open the conference as
planned, it is not known by officials
here who the presiding officer will be
although it was considered likely that
the president would designate some
one TO act for him
District Arbitration boards.
Secretary Wilson, it was said by
several officials. may submit pro-
posal for arbitration boards, as he is
known TO look with favor on a plan
providing for district boards of arbi-
tration, the awards Of which would be
eaA Is eassse4sla atz,.s 3 49, ss n
junction by the federal court Of the
district restraining employers who
are parties to the dispute in question
from paying wages other than pro-
vided for in the awards
This plan would preserve the right
of the men to strike. but proceed to
take away the incentive to strike, as
would be restrained by n
court decree from paying other wages
than the sum fixed as Just by the
district boards.
Some means of removing causes Of
disputes and of comforting a larger
degree of participation by labor in
the management of industry along
the lines Of the Whitley councils in
England probably will be discussed, it
was said. Whitley councils, so-called
after the Scotch manufactures, and
member of British ministry of re-
committee who pro-
posed them. have been established in
more than fifty important British in
dustries.
There is a separate joint stanaing
industrial council, as they are Off
cially named, for each industry ac-
cepting the plan. In addition to the
national council, district and local
boards are credited to handle prob
lens arising within their jurisdiction.
Both employers and workers are rep
resented on the boards. which deal
with the general policy of the fac
tory, the. efficiency of the plant and
similar matters as well as with possi-
BILE sources of friction between capital
and labor.