Evening star., 1934-07-15
LABOR RELATIONS
BODY PLANS WORK
Board Will Coordinate Ac-
tivitieS OF All ConCIlla-
ton Agencies.

H. ths Associated Press.
The nfw National Labor Relations
Board proposes 70 coordinate the &C
tivfties OF all the conciliation agencies
In the country.
Eager 70 settle all disputes between
EMPLOYERS and their workers with ell
possible speed the board took its first
step toward that end yesterday In
conference Rith representatives oi
most Of the principal regional labor
boards East Of the Mississippi.
How the national board could best
help the regional boards and the re-
lationk Of the regional boards with
Federal and state concilistoTs were
two OF the principal questions dis
cussed
The new board has yet 20 announce
whether II viii act only as supreme
court" to hear appeals from regional
board decisions or accept original
Jurisdiction in certain classes OF cases.
WIN Aid Special Boards.
The relationship between the ma
tioual board and the various labor
boards set up under codes-sueh as
that for the bituminous coal industry
also has not been announced so far.
It has been generally understood, how
ever. the national board will not in
terfere with the code boards work.
The national board intends to CO.
operate with the special boards Pres
ident Roosevelt named TO mediate in
the Pacific Coast longShoremens and
SYaaI u5CFketef ffeutlfaE
we discussed the status Of the re-
Rional board dockets as to whether
they we're crowded or up to date and
the number and type Of cases coming
in" Lloyd Garrison. chairman, said
after yesterdays session.
we also went into the question as
10 whether the particular boards sit
as fun boards or with smaller panels.
what forms of hearing records are
kept, what percentage Of cases are
amicably settled and the attitude OF
the public toward the work OF the
boards In the different communities.
The relations Of each Regional
board with Federal and State labor
conciliators were also discussed, as
were suggestions as to how the Ma
Of help to the regional groups IN their
work. The whole problem Of co-or-
dinating the work TO be done was also
taken up"
The board intends to discuss the
same problems with representatives
of other regional boards within the
next few weeks.
Until last Summer. all Federal me-
diation and Cancellation except for
railroad labor disputes, was handled
by the Cancellation Bureau of the La
Dor Department. That bureau now
has about 30 agents at work.
When strikes started almost simul-
taneously in many parts of the coun-
try as result of disputes caused by
the collective bargaining provision of
the recovery act. President Roosevelt
set up the National Labor Board as
mediation agency,
Powers Never Clearly Defined.
Because that boards powers never
were clearly defined. Senator Wagner,
Its chairman, asked for creation OF a
new board by legislation. A revised
bill. passed shortly before Congress
adjourned. gave the President power
to set up board or boards to mediate
in labor disputes affecting interstate
commerce.
The President then established the
special boards for the longshoremen's S
and steel disputes, The new National
Labor Relations Board later was es-
tablished with power to oversee the
work of any labor board previously
set up.
Before that however the old Ma
tional Labor Board had created re-
gional boards throughout the country
and had assumed power to hear ap-
peals.
Many States also have conciliation
and mediation services.
The new board will start hearings
this week. Its first cases will be ap-
peals left over from the old National
Boards docket.