The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-13
WOULD PUT ALL LABOR TROUBLES
 UP TO TRIBUNAL
Industrial Conference Sug- gests This Plan In Tenta-
 tive Form.

The Industrial Conference named by President Wilson to consider the relations of capital and labor reported a tentative for the adjustment or 1ndustria sputes. This provides for Nation&l Industrial Tribunal of nine members, to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, which would be an appellate tribunal The country would then be divided into twelve Federal Reserve districts, and Regional Boards of In- Quiry and Adjustment would be es- tablished in each district In each district the President would appoint g Regional Chairman. and, in event of a multiplicity of disputes, one or more Vice Chairmen with similar powers might be named by the Ma uonal Industrial Tribunal Panels of employers and employees for each re- glon would be prepared by the Sec retary of Commerce and the Secre- tary of Labor, respectively.
 Whenever a dispute arose which could not be settled by agreement Of the parties thereto, it would be submitted for adjustment to the Reg 1onai> Board Each side to the dis pute would select a representative and then the Regional Chairman
 
 ployers and employees two more rep resentatives of each side. The three representatives of the employers, the three of the employees, and the Reg 1onal Chairman would constitute the Regional Board of Adjustment The Appointment of representatives would constitute an agreement on the part Of both sides to submit the issue for adjustment, and would furthermore constitute an agreement by both sides that they would continue, or reestab- fish and continue, the status that existed at the time the dispute arose. The Board of Adjustment so consti- tuted would proceed at once to hear the two sides for the purpose of reaching a determination. It Is pro- v1ded that such determination be by unanimous vote In the event the Board were unable to reach a deter imitation the question in dispute would be either referred by unani- nous vote to an umpire or passed up on appeal to the National Industrial Tribunal
 ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS.
 Should either side fail within seven days to select a representative on the Regional Board of Adjustment the Chairman would proceed to or ganIze 8 Regional Board of Inquiry, consisting of himself, two represen- tatives of each side selected from the panels of employers and employees, and the representative, if any, which either side may have selected The Board of Inquiry would then pro- ceed to investigate the dispute, and would make and publish a report, or majority and minority reports, of the conclusions reached The report or reports so made would be filed with the Secretaries of Commerce and of Labor and the National In dustrial Tribunal and would be matters of public record At any time during its investigation the Board of Inquiry might be transformed into a Board of Adjustment by the se1ec- ton of represen atives by the dis putants and their agreement to sub init the question to adjustment
 An agreement reached by the par made by & Regional Board of Ad- justment, an umpire, or the National Industrial Tribunal would have the full force and effect of a trade agree ment which the parties to the dis pute would be bound to carry out Both the Regional Boards and the National Tribunal would have the right to subpoena witnesses, to ex- anime them under oaths and to re- quire the production of pertinent books and papers In the presenta- | ton of evidence to the tribunal and the boards each side would have the right to present it's position through l representative of it's own choosing | The National Industrial Tribuna. ! would be composed of three mem h.aJ-S ina T1l0 z nominated to the President by the Secretary of Commerce, three mem bers representing employees an6 ! nominated to the President by the 1 Secretary of Labor, and three rep resentatives of the public interest The | determinat lions of this appellate tri ] bunal would be by unanimous vote