The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1920-10-29
ANOTHER LIE NAILED.

Among others who have been active
in circulating lying report that Gov.
Hart is responsible for the holding up
of the award of minimum wage or
SIS a week for women fixed by the
Industrial Welfare Commission is
correspondent in the Republic News
Miner, who is everlastingly criticising
the government and government Off
Gals, as well as private individuals
who may not agree with him. 1t is the
dirty work of a dirty gang who will
stoop to anything and hesitate at moth
ing to antagonize class against class
These people who circulate such re-
ports know they are indulging in plain,
unvarnished lies. II they are ignorant
of the facts then they should be
ashamed of parading their ignorance
from C. H. Younger, state labor COM
missioner, explains the facts in the
case and shows that Gov. Hart is not
only in no way to blame in the matter
but that he is anxious to see the award
put into effect:
Olympia, WASH, Oct. 25.
The Supreme Court has advanced
the hearing on the appeal of the hotel
men from Judge John Nj. Wilson's de-
cision sustaining the Industrial Well
fare Commission action in fixing the
minimum wages of women and girls
in the public housekeeping occupations
at $1S for six day week. to Oct. 81,
so we may expect an early decision. If
the Supreme Court upholds Judge VIII
son, as we hope and cOnfidentaliy ex-
pect it will, the Industrial Welfare
Commission then will be in a position
to enforce it's findings and to proceed
with the work of fixing wage sched.
ule for factories, laundries, ETC., with
every reason to believe the decision OF
our board will be easily enforced. The
pending case as you know, is the first
suit that fully tests all the powers OF
the Commission and it affords the first
| opportunity of learning exactly what
we can do.
The attempt Of certain members Of
the former Industrial Welfare Com.
mission to wreck the law which vas
enacted for the protection of the work.
ing girl and women of this state for
partisan advantage is deserving Of the
condemnation of all honest people.
The present campaign seems to pre-
sent to these people an opportunity to
play politics with this law, the enforce
| ment Of which was entrusted to them
| as sacred duty. The first direct sui
ferers were the laundry and factory
workers as the resignation OF a ma
jority of the members OF the COM
mission prevented the continuation of
the hearings on application of the
women employees in these industries
for an increase in wages. At the last
meeting of the old commission the re-
consideration Of the factory conference
and the calling of a laundry confer
ence were on the program and were
brought up by myself. but majority
Of the commission refused TO act on
them. This was for the reason that II
they had acted upon them, the mem
bers of the commission who subse-
quently resigned would have been UNI
able to go out and charge that the
work of the commission was being in
terefred with.
I have been chairman of the Indus
trial Welfare Commission for the past
four years, serving under both Cover
nor Ernest Lister and Governor Hart
At no time, to my knowledge, has eth
er Gov. Hart nor Gov. Lister attempt ID
in any way to interfere with the ac-
tons of the commission.
The only possible exception that
could make to this statement was an
incident that occurred last summer
when Gov. Hart met me one day and
asked when We intended taking I'D the
working girls petitions, and I replied
they were on our calandar for imme-
date action. The Governor then said
Il am glad to hear that for think the
girls should have prompt hearing.
The present wage schedule of 1920
week is not enough for them"
c. H. YOUNGER,
State Labor Com'r