The Washington herald., 1920-03-21

created. and the board Of three
thus constituted shall, by majority
vote. determine whether or not
there has been failure to comply
with the agreement, and shall
make its determination public"
Realizing that the continuity OF
operation of public utilities IL es-
sential to the convenience and FREE
quently to the very existence of the
general public, the plan for settling
public utility disputes goes a step
farther than that laid down for
general industry. In the case of
public utility disagreements, the Sc
lection of representatives to the re-
gional adjustment conference shall
constitute complete agreement
that they will take no action to
Impair, impede. interfere with or In
my way interrupt the service"
"Furthermore," the report says.
the submission shall constitute an
Undertaking that when unanimous
agreement Il reached by a regional
adjustment conference or by de-
cision OF an umpire voluntarily Sc
lected By the parties, or when the
award Of the National Industrial
Board Is not disaffirmed' by either
party. as above provided, such
agreement or award shall constitute
trade agreement by which the en-
pioyer~ agrees to provide such work
as may be necessary for the opera
ton OF the utility under the terms
OF the agreement during the term
| OF the award, and the employees
\ acting as a group agree that they
| will perform the work necessary for
the operation Of the utility in good
faith SO far as possible. under the
| terms Of the agreement, uninter-
rupted by any group action or by
any collective or group understand
ing. written or oral, express or i'm
piled, during the terms Of the
award.
| The provisions shall not prevent
an employer from discharging for
1 cause in the regular course of en-
ployment, nor prevent any individ-
ual employe from resigning from
the service"
Governors Can Name Panels.
The plan for general industry also
shall be applicable to public EN-.
ployes to the extent and with the
substantial notifications following
The Secretary OF Commerce and the
Il
shall provide regional panels of per.
sons who are broadly familiar with
| the different classes of services per.
formed by public employees in the
| region. II any State desires to avail
itself Of this machinery, the govern
or of the State shall name such
| panels for use in connection with
any question affecting the public
eT ployes OF, that State.
| The regional adjustment confer
| ence shall consist of two represen-
tatiYes from the legislative branch
CT the government authorized by
law to make appropriations, two
representatives from that branch OF
department of the government
which is in the position of employ
| er, two representatives from the
employees in the class of public serv-
| ice in which the question arises, and
two members to be selected by the
| representatives of the employees
from the first twelve names on the
general panel.
A regional adjustment conference
shall be convened by the chairman
on the request of the administra-
tive head of any department of the
government standing in the relation
| of employer, or on the request OF
such a substantial number of .he
employees as to satisfy the chairman
that the question is of sufficient i'm
| rortance to justify the convening OF
a regional adjustment conference.
Report Is Recommendation.
If the regional adjustment confer
| ence reaches an agreement, its re-
| port shall take the form of a rec
| omme ndation to the appropriate leg.
islative body, as a basis for appro-
priations. If the conference does
not reach an agreement, no report
shall be made, unless the Legislative
body shall request such report.
The conference devotes consider
able of its report to many other
problems involved in basic wage,