The weekly Alaska citizen., 1920-01-26

have the right to subpoena witnesses to examine them under oath. to re- Quire the production of books and papers pertinent to the inquiry, and their assistance in all proper ways to enable the boards to ascertain the facts in reference to the causes of the dispute and the basis of fair adjustment Provision shall be made by law for the protection of witnesses and to prevent the misuse of any information so obtained.
 All members of the tribunal ano boards heretofore described, including the chairman and vice-chairman shall be entitled to vote.
 The President shall have the power of removal of the members of the tri bunal and boards.
 In the presentation of evidence to the tribunal and the boards each side shall have the right to present its position thru representatives of its own choosing.
 The secretary of commerce and the secretary of labor in making nomina- tions for the national industrial tri- bunal and in preparing and revising the regional panels of employers and employees shall from time to time develop suitable systems to insure their selections being truly represent ative.
 The national industrial tribunal. the regional boards of adjustment. and the umpires shall in each of their deter minations specify the minimum period during which such determinations shall be effective and binding. In case of emergency a regional adjustment board or the national Industrial tri- bunal may. after hearing both sides alter it's determination by abridging or extending the period specified Special Provisions.
 The terms of office of members of the nationl industrial board shall be six years; at the outset three mem bers. including one from each group, shall be appointed for term of two years, three members for a term of your years. and three members for term of six years; thereafter three members. one from each group, shall retire at the end of each period of I two years. Members shall be eligible for reappointment.
 The regional panels provided for in section shall be revised annually by the secretaries of commerce and of labor, respectively, in conference with the employers and employees, respec- l lively. of each region
 RELATION OF BOARDS TO EXIST ING MACHINERY FOR coNciL- IATiON AND ADJUSTMENT. The establishment of the national industrial tribunal and the regional boards described shall not affect ex- isting machinery of conciliation. ad- Justment. and arbitration established under the federal government under the government of the several states and territories or subdivision thereof or under mutual agreements of em- ployers and employees.
 Any industrial agreement made be- tween employers and employees may by consent of the parties be filed with the national industrial tribunal. Such filing shall constitute agreement by the parties that in the event of a dispute they will maintain the status existing at the time the dispute origi- mated until a final determination, and that any dispute not adjusted by meane of the machinery provided thru the agreement shall pass on appeal to the national industrial tribunal for | determination, as in the case of a dispute submitted on appeal from a regional board
 OBJECTS OF PLAN. The main objects of the above plan are to secure national coordination | and to stimulate the formation of | bodies for local adjustment The re- quirement of unanimity of agreement has by experience In the United States proved remarkably successful and should assure such confidence that neither side can rightfully refuse ! to submit to adjustment. A prece- dent condition of such submission is that the interruption of production shall be delayed The frank meeting of the parties in controversy together with other men skilled in questions at issue always gives promise of set clement. On the other hand, refusal | to submit to the board not only inau- gurates a legal inquiry but also pre- judices the obstinate party or parties in public opinion. Moreover. the fact that membership on the board of inquiry is available to either party to the conflict singly would tend further to weaken the position of the other. When both parties join. the board at once becomes a board of