New-York tribune., 1919-12-29
Section 9. pass upon appeal to the
National Tribunal.
Boards Of Inquiry


~. Regional Boards Of Tnquiry.--1f
either side to tho dispute fails, within
the period fixed by tho chairman, to
select its representative. the chairman
shall proceed to organize regional
board of inquiry. Such regional board
OF inquiry shall consist of the regional
chairman, two employers selected in
the manner specified from the employ
ers' panel, and two employees selected
in like manner from the employees
panel and Of the representative Of
either side that may have selected a
representative and agreed to submit
the dispute to the board. If neither
side shall select a representative with
in the time fixed by the chairman the
board of inquiry shall consist Of the
chairman and tho four panel members
only.
Upon the selection Of representa-
tive. within the specified time, the side
concerned shall be entitled to the
specified number Of peremptory chal-
lenges as provided above. The repro
sentative shall have the right to sit on
the board of inquiry, and to take full
part as q member of such board in tho
proceedings thereof.
"The board of inquiry as so consti-
tuted shall proceed to investigate the
u
or majority and minority reports, of
the conclusions reached, within FIVE
days after the close of it's hearings and
within not more than thirty days from
the date Of issue of the original re-
quest by the chairman to the two sides
to the dispute, unless extended on
unanimous request of the board or the
National Industrial Tribunal 1t shall
transmit copies Of the report or re-
ports to the secretaries Of commerce
and of labor. respectively, and to the
they shall be matters of public record
go. Transformation of the Regional
Board of Inquiry into Regional Boards
of Adjustment.-Ata any time during the
progress of the inquiry at which both
sides shall have selected representa-
tives and agreed to submit thn disnntc
for adjustment, the board Of inquiry
snail become board OF s.djustme ~, uy
the admission to membership on the
board of such representatives The
side or sides which appoint representa-
tives after the date fixed in the original
request Of the chairman shall. because
of its delay, suffer reduction in the
number of pcremptory challenges to
which it otherwise would have been
entitled.
THE board of adjustment so consti-
tuted shall proceed to the dctermina-
ton of the dispute as though it had
been organized within the period orig
inally fixed by the chairman.
80. mpire-When a regional board
Of adjustment is unable to reach a
unanimous determination it may by
unanimous vote select an umpire and
vision that his determination shall be
final and shall have the same force and
effect as q unanimous determination of
such regional board.
40. Combination Of egions.~When-
ever the questions involved in q dis
pute extend beyond the boundaries of
a single region the regions to which
the dispute extends shall, for the pur-
pose Of such dispute, be combined by
order Of the National Industrial Tribu-
nal, which shall designate the chairman
of one of the regions concerned to act
as chairman in connection with the dis
pute in question.
"Two employer members and two
employee members shall be chosen
from the combined panels of the re-
gions involved in the dispute under
rules and regulations to be established
by the National Industrial Tribunal
The members representing the two
sides to the dispute shall be chosen as
in the case of a dispute in a single
region.
"a Regional Board Of Inquiry or of
Adjustment constituted for a dispute
extending beyond the boundaries of a.
single region shall have the same
rights and powers conferred upon
Reg ional Board for single region
al. Effect of Decision.- Whenever
an agreement is reached by the parties
TO d dispute OF a determination is an
nounced by a regional board of ad-
juatment, or by ar umpire, or by the
National Industrial Tribunal, the agree
ment or determination shall have the
full force and effect of trade agree
ment, which the parties to the dispute
are bound to carry out.
"12. General Provisions--In connec-
ton with their task of inquiry and ad-
iustment the regional boards and the