New-York tribune., 1922-10-13
IConscription
OF All Workers
In War Urged
Banker aud MANUEL Laborer
Should Serve Under Same
Orders, Ordnance Chief
Tells Mining Congress-
New Tariff Ruling Read
All Petitions Under Flexible
Provisions 10 BE Referred
10 Commission for Action

/ CLEVELAND, Oct. IL lBy The, Asso-
eiated Prcss).-A proposal to draft all
workers. from. bankert to laborer. in war
time, advocated By Colonel l.. II. Rug.
| giles, OF the United States Ordnance
Department, and announcement BY
William H. Culbertsen, viee-ehairman
! OF the United States Tariff Commits
sion. of an order by President Harding
that all investigations under the aexi-
BILE provisions of the tariff law for a
change in rates should be filed with
the commission, featured to-night's
session of the American Mining Con-
gress.
when the drafting of labor at home
is mentioned it should not be under
stood to apply only to manual labor
ers, frequently referred to as workers =
Colonel Ruggles declared. at should
include every male citizen physically
and mentally capable of service in the
defense of his country. II We can draft
mems lives, we certainly can draft
their business during an emergency.
Such q plan should be of universal
application. It should apply to the
banker as we'll as to the laborer. Each
man would be required to keep at the
work assigned to him, as soldier must
stay on his job. Ia
There would be no striking for
higher wages, no absence without
leaves, no quitting one Job to go
around the block and hold up another
agency for higher wages.
Would "Freeze" Wages
"The conditions Of the universal
draft would have to be worked out
carefully. Wages and profits would
have to be frozen at figures obtaining
when war is declared. Adjustments.
of course, would be worked out in ex-
ceptional cases. such as the high cost
OF production Of certain needed mn
terials which could not be produced
economically in the required amounts
in time of peace. Arrangements for
just and moderate compensat OF
owners OF plants and capital would
have to be devised.
The benefits Of such universal
draft not only in speeding up the pro-
duction of munitions and other r1eces.
sites in time Of national danger. but,
IN Fastening the return to normalcv
when the war is over, are so great that
the thought deserves : the most
! earnest consideration Of all patriotic
Americans" r. -
Colonel RuggIes is chief OF the tech
nlcal staff of the ordnance department.
which passes upon standardization
plans and all new designs for ordnance.
ne Il was formerly in charge of the Sandy
HOOK and Aberdeen proving grounds. ;.
Tariff Stability Promised
>. Mr.. Culbertson said that on Oetobar
!, the President had signed an ordsr
mat "all requests, applications or no.
eltlons for action" under flexibls nro.
visions Of the tariff law "shall be
filed with or referred to the United
states Tariff Commission"
He said that consideration of indi-
be broadly construed" and that the
powers conferred on the President by
the new tariff law will dead to
greater stabilityn
The commission will be at liberty
to narrow or widen the scope of any
case laid before it and wilt not ba
limited in its findings to the relief
asked by the applicant" Mr.. Culbert-
son added. "The proceedings will be
Of judicial character, The commits
sion's findings will be arrived at under
regular procedure, such as would be
Ioalowed, by court or by a COM
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