Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-22
Labor Boards SET Up
10 Act on Pay Rates
In y War Industries
10WLB Regional Offices
Moy Gront Increases
On Own Authority
BY OLIVER MCKEE.

directors to head its 10 regional
offices and gave them authority to
pass on requests for wage increases
in 20 war industries, employing g.
100000 workers.
The industries are those in which
the board has applied the little
steel formula" In these industries
the board said. "the regional di-
rectors will have authority to pass
on requests for general increases in
straight time rates up to Is per
cent above the levels prevailing
on January l, 1941."
-; The board also announced ap-
pointment OF 10 advisory boards,
made up of representatives of the
public. labor and industry. to as
sist regional directors in admins
tering the wage Sterilization pro-
gram.
Garrct to Head Region III.
Sylvester Garrett, formerly prin-
cipal mediation officer of the WLB,
was appointed acting director for
region III, which includes Pennsyl-
vania, Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware and the District. Headquar-
tiers of the regional Office are at
Philadelphia.
Named as public members on the
advisory board for region III are
Alexander H. Frey, University OF
Pennsylvania law school professor;
Robert johnson, president of Tenn
pie University; DR.. Thomas E. Lar
kin of the Anthracite Cancellation
Board. Hazelton, Pa, and the Rev.
j. j. Sherer, jr., pastor of the First
English Evangelic Lutheran Church,
Richmond, Va.
Industry members are Harry G..
Carr, president of the First National
Bank, Philadelphia. Pa; w. Horace
. Holcomb of the Baldwin Locomo-
tive Works, Philadelphia; Phillip c.
Staples, president of the Bell Tele-
phone Co of Philadelphia, and John
S. zinnser, president of Sharpe &
Dohme, Philadelphia.
Labor members are Frank Burch,
secretary treasurer of the Philadel-
ph1a Central Labor Union, AFL;
Thomas Gallagher, Industrial Union
of Marine and Shipbuilding Work
ers,. CLIO, Camden, N. j.; John J.
1orden, AFL organizer, Philadel-
phia, and James Thomas, district
director, United Steelworkers of
America, CLIO, Homestead, Pa.
Chairman May Serve on Beard.
The chairman of each regional
advisory board will be public men,
Der, serving by rotation. or as the
members of the board may decide.
In a letter to each member of
the regional advisory boards ex-
pressing appreciation of his accept
ance, WLB Chairman William H.
Davis emphasized the desire of the
board, in decentralizing its work.
TO be fully informed about local
problems and points of view and
to make the fullest possible use of
all available local facilities and
personnel"
The industries in which the re-
gional directors will have authority,
without board review, to act on
requests for wage increases are
abrasives, aircraft, automobiles
chemicals and allied products. cot
ton manufacture, dyeing and finish
ing textiles. footwear, iron and steel
and their products, leather, logging
machinery. meat products. metal
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products, non-metallic mining and
quarrying, petroleum, coal and nat
ural gas products, petroleum and
natural gas production, planning
mills, professional and scientific in
struments, Photographic apparatus
and optical goods, railroad equip
ment, rayon manufacture, refrac-
tories products, rubber products
kavmills, street and suburban rail-
ways and buses, surgical, medical
and dental instruments and sup
plies, tobacco products, WOODEN and
worsted manufacture, and work
clothes.
Many Raises Already Effected.
This list, the board said, may be
enlarged or modified from time to
time. Most of the workers in these
industries have received increases
averaging IS per cent-or nearly
this amount-in their straight time
rates since January l, 1941. Some
Of the plants in these industries, it
was explained, would be entitled to
higher rates to correct maladjust-
meflts. although the total amount
OF these increases and the number
Of workers involved would be small
Requests for wage increases in
Industries other than these % must
be referred to the War Labor Board
for final action, after analysis by
the regional directors.
Named as acting directors of the
other regional WLB offices were:
Saul Wallen. Boston. Region
maine. New Hampshire. Vermont,
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and
ConnecticuU.
Theodore w. Kheel. New York
City Region II New York and New
Jersey.
NJ r. Van Hecke, Atlanta, Ga,
Region w Georgia, North Carolina.
South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee.
Alabama and MississippD.
Lewis Gill, Cleveland. Region v
michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and
Kentucky.
Robert x. Burns, Chicago, Region
VI Indiana. Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota. Iowa. North Dakota and
South Dakota.
Thomas F. Neblett, Kansas City,
Mo, Region VII missouri, Arkansas,
Nebraska and Kansas.
Floyd MCGOWAN. Dallas. Region
VIII CTexas, Louisiana and Okla
homal.
Charles A. Graham, Denver,
Region TX Colorado. New Mexico,
Montana. Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho).
Robert Littler, San Francisco,
Region X California, Washington,
Oregon, Nevada and Arizona.