Evening star., 1942-11-07
n the Associated Press.

% Inc ASo0ClAUeu Press.
FOLLOWING is the tert Of the ne1D
wd1e stnbilizatton policy issued
yesterday BY the War Labor
Board:
, eThe policy directive given the
National War Labor Board by Con-
gress and by the President is clear.
sUnder that directive, the board will
act on the presumption that wage
rates prevailing on September Is,
i942, are proper. The board will
e grant wage increases over the level
prevailing on September Is, 1912,
only In exceptional cases and in ac-
4cordance with the following para
graph of Executive Order No. $3.50
Of October 3, 1912:
sdt"The National War Labor Board
shau not approve any increases in
? the wage rates prevailing on Sep
: tember IS, 1912, unless such increase
Is necessary to correct maladjust-
ments or inequalities, to eliminate
: Substandards of living, to correct
= gross inequities, or to aid in the ef-
lective prosecution of the war"
1.-The National War Labor Board
will examine carefully each claim
for such exceptional treatment be-
fore approving any increase. In
considering specific cases the board
will be guided by the following gen.
= sral principles. The application o1
these principles by regional directors
4 will be subject to all general orders
= Of the board and to its announced
rules Of procedure.
rsn Malad djustments.
A. If q group of employees has re-
4eeived increases amounting to Il
Der cent in their average straight.
time rates over the level prevailing
on January /, 1941, the board viii
not grant further increases as
correction for Embellishments.
Beginning about January /, 1941
= q race between wages and prices
began. Between that date and May
: 1912, when the Presidents seven
point program to stabilize the cos
of living was announced, the cos
Of living had risepv Is per cent a
measured by the general index O.
the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In the same period, very consid
cradle but varying increases in wag'
rates were made. The irregularit,
Of wage increases caused many NAL
adjustments in the wage relation
iships between different plants ant
industries. A substantial maJorlt,
of industrial workers had received
more than IS per cent increase
some had received less.
un1 To correct these maladjustments
/. the board will consider requests TO
general increases in Stralght-t tim
rates up to IS per cent above tn
level prevailing on January l, 1941
4 This policy sets terminal poln
:. for general wage increases. 1t is no
applicable to individual workers O
to employees in particular job classi
fcations. 1t will be applied only t
E, groups composed of all the employe
a in a bargaining unit, in plant,
company, or an industry, dependin
= upon the circumstances of each cast
!, Adjustment of wage rates to cor
rect maladjustments may be mad
by regional directors; provided
however, that their authority in thl
regard will be limited to cases aris
ing in those industries which haV
been specifically designated by tn
board, and If in the judgment of
regional director a wage adjustmer
for the correction of maladjust
ment would act to unstabilize wage
the case shall be referred by hi
to a tri-partite regional panel.
A list of designated industries
attached hereto and may be er
larged or modified by the board frol
time to time. Any proposed was
adjustment in industries not liste
must be referred to the Nation,