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Conclusions Resisted in Only ,- - ' Three Gases.., In only four cases' up to October 1 1 did the members of ' the War La bod Board fail' of unanimous agree ment on awards and decisions, : ac cording to the review of the .Board's work in the annual report of Wil liam B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor.- -.. . ' ,1 intilila fonf ( sots Cn(gn TlTll- son, "besides being a spienaia triD ute to the members of the National War Labor Board, is also a striking indication of the magnificent spirit of co-operation which has pervaded American industry, for it 1 will be ire membered that the Board, with the exception of the two chairman, I ; Is composed; of members directly rep resenting the interests of employers oin the one hand and workers on the other,". - j "Up to and including October the Secretary continues, "the offices of the War Labor Board had : been invoked in a total of 531 controver sies involving the operation of even a! large number of establishments-4-f or many cases embraced groups' 'of plants- engaged upon the produc tion of materials vital to the very existence of bur armies and involv ing - the employment of more than 2,000,000 workers. Of this number the War Labor Board had 265 cases siill pending on October 1. Awards have been made, directly In ?4 4 cases; : 13 6 cases have been referred to other, governmental, agencies; two were withdraw; 30 were settled; nine were settled without interven-. tion of the board; Jurisdiction Was. dienied in eight cases, and 32 were dropped or suspended." ' I - Secretary Wilson" points out that that although the Board began $ Its work without any statutory power to give effect to its decisions or find-! ings, there has been resistance .to its conclusions in only - three in stances. These three instances, he adds, have demonstrated the govern ment's determination to the action of .the Board. M. . ; x?" TThA first Instance was when the Western TJnidn.,Telegraph Co.; despite a personal appeal from the Presi dent denied the right of the Board to enforce. Its recommendation that, discrimination against dganized em- promptly gave the' President power to take over the telegraph and tele phone lines, and the Postmaster General assumed charge of them and issued instructions that discrimina tory practices should cease. , s , ' j Later the - Smith & Wesson plant at Springfield, Mass., was taken over by the Secretary of War under sim ilar circumstances; and. at about the same time organized workers of Bridgeport, Conn., who had struck In dissatisfaction with an award of jthe board, decided to return to work- af ter they had received a letter from the President warning them that un less they, abided by the award they would be barred from employment for a' period of one year in any- war industry In the community In which the strike occurred? The government has gone into bus iness as consulting expert on employ ment "problems. Hereafter mana gers of factories or heads of busi ness ; enterprises, when they desire scientific advice on important ques tions of policy or administration; may seek the assistance of the Work ing Conditions Service, Department of - Labor. This service will suplir experts' who have had careful trifl ing and wide experience. Since: Its organization preparation, has been made for the widest possible activity RECONSTRUCTION; Reconstruction and rehabiliation is , an important proposition., .it. . .. 111 ' T however, ;has brought no startling new thought nor' confusion, nor has it1 rhftneed the hones, the aspiratioha, and the "expectations of the . rlgnfi thinkine. level-headed trade union ists. ; ReconstrucWon has pimply ac centuated an always pressing, lmpor tant, great problem, to-wit: -The Or ganization vof the working, produc ing classes7 in .orders. that they may thus,' through collective bargaining and united .effort- redress! admitted wrongs and 'improver their) economic, social, and political condition in ure The trade-union movement W1U jcon tinue now, as It has' in ! the past, .to organize the unorganized -: workers arid to strive in every legitimate 'way to Increase their wages and to short en their hours of labor," and to im prove their working and . living 'con ditions. The war has . taught f the thoughtful, intelligent men of organ ized labor hardly - new thing.? : It, however, has brought home to. the great I mass a more , comprehensive realization "of the5 lurportarice of i la- bor.and the necessity of co-operation and joint action, and of the absolute necessity., of organization and unity of purpose, and, we hope, a determi nation to hold what we have ;and to carry forward with renewed vigor and . determination the legitimate - vork of the trade-union movement, i Coming events cast their shadows before them and those who read can plainly see - the , handwriting on the wall. . Already propaganda is rwqrk ing to divert the minds of the work ers from the: solid, concrete - things which lie immediately ; before u$. During the war organization in many industries made wonderful progress. The stockyard workers . were organ ized and through - organized effort received a substantial increase in wages and a substantial reduction in the hours of labor..".-A start - was made - among the 'steel 'workers and many thousands' of so-called unskill ed "or common' laborers were organ-? ized and s received ; substantial ; ? in creases in wages and reductions l in working time. Insidious efforts will be made to divert the attention and to minimize trade union organiza tion work. A -word to the wise should be ' sufficient! '' Do not : be stampeded away -from- the real fun damental work in hand". r Do not per mit your-minds and 'attention to be diverted ' from - the ; concrete specific work of sticking hard and' fast to the effort to organize . the workers along trade union lines. - We do not attempt to tell you what to do oth erwise;' vote .and pray , as you like, but v guard ' against' neglecting the organized trade-union movement.- Cigar Makers Journal, , ' HEtWHO BUNS' 3IA1T READ. T , r By James M. .Lynch. - (Former President International Typographical Union; . New York State "Industrial 'Commissioner.) ' S The cow and the donkey are con tented animals, with an almost per fect type of contentment. Yet per haps this is not so much the case with the cow. Occasionally the cow becomes discontented, leaps barriers, seeks pastures new. : Then the cow's employer applies the : remedy,1 a poke, and then the - animal's ambi tion is curbed. 7 But the donkey is entirely con tented., With green fields stretch ing on - hoth sides ; of v him,-' fie will stands for-hours inthe center, of ' a donkey is used' in all countries for the most toilsome tasks, and fed on what may happen to be -handy and otherwise useless. - - . . . With the human animals there are many: kinds 'of discontent, all falling in two divisions, reasoned and un reasoning; - one constructive, the other destructive j '? But even reason ed, intelligent discontent will be come wild and ravaging if long de nied. Witness Russia and , Bolshe vism. : - " ' V The) world is in a state of flux. Such1 tremendous changes are oc curring hourly that they receive but passing; notice. Humanity is deluged with miracles. Capital is alarmed. alert' and Incapable of analysis, but not', of Taction or, to he nearer the mark, reaction., Labor across the water is ready to act; has acted.-But in this country- we are - still ' three thousand -miles- from the front line trenches. - So there is here time for the satisfaction of intelligent dis content, if -those who have the most to lose by the triumph of unreason ed discontent : will relax a little of theic,. stubbornness, ; -will study i the developments of this most wonderful of transition periods.- : . Cows sometimes break their pokes and even donkeys have been known to kick. - : . Even, the human . animal may go suddenly aflame. t - - . , A colonel wanted a man-servant, so he -inserted an " advertisement In a local weekly. One of the appli cants' .who ,-answered was an Irisli- manj . o. ; : .. - v ''What 1 ' want," explained , the tcoi6neir-'ls a useful ." man-Hjna' who can cook, 'drive a motor, look after a ' pair of - horses, clean boots and windows; ; feed 1 poultry,vmilk i the cow, and - da a ; little v painting ; and paper-hanging. --".: . : "Excuse me, sor,". Bald .Murphy, "but what, kind of 'soil have ye here?" " ' ' L " " "?oli?"' ' snapped V. the V? colonel. "What's that got to do wlth'it?" i -A'Well, ?I thought if It -was . clay I might make bricks In " . me spare time'--Eyerybody's. ' aS,The schoolgirl was sitting with her feet; stretched far out into the aisle, and .wasbusily chewing gum, when theteaeher espied- her.- -Mary ! ' called" the" teacher " sharply.."' "Yes, ma'am?" questioned the pupil. "Take that , gum ; out a of . your: mouth f and put your feet in!" was the command, difficult to be obeyed, v , mor coJonTTEfj hea spread- ING, This Method of Adjusting Grievances Is Found Satisfactory in Many , - . ' ' tstabllshpients. - . ' . Shop committees for ' adjusting employes' grievances and thus avoid ing industrial ; disturbances,' are bej ing established a)nd are working "suc cessfully in a number of American factories, according to bulletins is sued by the .. Economics Division' of the Information? and, Education Ser vice, United States Department -of Labor. - ! . : ,, - . A - Massachusetts shipbuilding con cern, for example, ;has a shopcom mittee in each department of the plant, whose members consist of em ployes elected by secret ballot. .The chairmen ; of theie committees com pose a joint shop committee, which deals - with all Questions relating to wages and general ' welfare of"- em ployes. .This committee meets regu larly every day, f The employment' manager, service manager, and one member of ' the joint shop committee . compose a grievance committee, ; which meets when it is called and deals with petty grievances and all matters pertaining to , agreements when ,! employed. Usually; it can settle any dispute be tween an: employe and his depart ment, ; but when at cannot," the mat ter is referred to . the - joint shop committee. v j " 4 . A , large metal finishing r plant f in the State .of Ne York -started shop committees as a aresult-of a strike, which it was found could have been avoided - had ; theje been; means- of discussion between the company and its men. - Since he adoption of the plan i every comptaint has been ad justed, satisfactorily. vrThe : plan is as follows: - f . . ; " Each department -has an accredit ed representative on the committee, which elects an executive committee of - five. The representatives meet every "Friday," and u two - representa tives of the management meet the executive committee in ' an ofilce set aside for the purpose of discussing and .kd justing grievances. s ' All complaints jmust be made I in writing and submitted to the depart ment representative by the complain ant. Therepreeentatlves tries : ' to adjust the 'matter ;with his foreman1 If he. fails he submits it to the nexi meeting of say a" month, to .a day's dismisal wage fojl every twenty days iSsefvice. CTp-" aTcerlain pointT the longer he made good in his place the more secure he- would feel, for We more it would, cost his employer to turn him off without fault on his part. - - - "How would r the legal '.. dismisal wage affect employers? On all hands it is agreed," he declared; ''that the amount of labor turnover in Ameri can industries is scandalous.-1 know of an industry employing 28,000 men which not long ago hired and ired at least that many men a year.rJi"way Few employes have any conception'fivAt the recent meeting of the jex of what they lose by such a turnover. The obligation to pay a dismissal wage would give such employers . a motive to make thefr practice con form to that of thosethoughtful hu man employers who have brought their annual turnover in some cases down to 30 per cent, with profit to themselves and contentment to their employes. . .. They would find - it paid to give attention tcf human engineer ing." : - AFTERAIATH OF RAILWAY ACCI-,..'-.: " DENT. f Many of our readers will remem ber the circumstances -owing to which 8 9 passengers : were killed on. the Brooklyn Rapid Transit ? Line November 1. - j The . officials of the road ref used to obey an order of the national war labor board to reinstate 29 l victimized - members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Engineers and attempted to operate the road with" strikebreakers which resulted! in the accident. t " Now ; Mayor , Hylan, .of. New- York City, sitting as a. magistrate; has issued warrants charging manslaugh ter against President Williams .i and four other officers' of the road,' fixing the bail in, case of each at 510,000, The motorman, a strikebreaker, .was also indicted for manslaughter..' "Typographical .errors," said .Wil liam.. Dean How ells, . 'are " always amusing. v , When I was. a boy in my father's printing office in .; Martin's Ferry", I i once made a good typo graphical errorJ My father had writ ten' ?The showers last week though copious, were not sufficient for the millmen. I set it up 'milkmen.' " Onlyrone-fourth of the present Ar menian . population j wil survive until the1 i next harvest , unless . America. comes to the . rescue.,".: Do your share February 3-10. ,"." , THE UNCONSIDERED CLERK' ' . V SHOULD "ORGANIZE.! " ' j i f : . - ' 1 grandest time New Year's," "said Hal- "It's fine for us!" a correspond- XOrd to his friend. "Papa-has en ent writes on the letterhead oft a muri . hip- hro-A nnfniir newspapers every day'1 or two that switchmen or 'miners or men in ship yards: have demanded 20 or 30 per cent more pay to cover the increased cost of living,; and the President is sending - some bigwigs out to ' fix ; it up. .Usually the men get what they demand. Maybe you know that when the price, of bread and milk goes up for a steamfitter it goes : upT just as much for an - office man ; but - nobody else-; seems to kuow it.- 4 The $70; a month we got before the waj is 7 5 now,', which is about 7- per cent u-' in crease. Nobody has any; time ' 'to bother with us, except to tell us to aconomize and buy liberty Bonds."! About the lonesomest and leasts considered person in; the country - to day is the clerks using that term in the loose sense which includes -office men and salespeople,' says ' the Saturday Evening Post.- ' - No one is afraid he is going i to strike and te jup an', industry- everybody knowing very well he can not. His money is worth about a third less than it was before the war,: and in the general run of cases heor- She, has - ont a ? third more money. -":'." ,J I Among 'those whom 'the ' census' classes as salaried employees "there are a great many who have emerged from' the general run . and achieved such " a relationship' to the ' business that tbsy are counted as individuals, instea V of merely as - undistinguish ed items in -tHe clerical-and selling forces.' They can keep up with- the cost of living and- beat it, because the people up in front,' who fix sala ries, are personally- interested '' In -hose individuals. - " But as ' for the general -run over a million in man ufacturing and transportation alone 1 their needs are considered last.? -.-.- Organized wage-earners can' com mand consideration'. Some unorgan ized workers at the margin,' who are arways-slipping - off into indigence; get constant., attention from the charitable.' -The xlerk .who can man age to support his family is mostly let alone '- ' r- .. : BROTHERHOOD iOF; - CLERKS. RAILWAY While the Increase in membership tf-labor UHlony hbn-4nTSfer-wHip not in - the last, year, probably that of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks has been , the most phenomenal, - having increased from about four thousand to approximately one hundred thous and, and its growth is by no means on the'wane and" indications are that by June 1 it will number 200,000. It is reported that plans are now being considered . to amalgamate : the Canadian railway clerks independent organization with the Brotherhood ecutive board in Cincinnati H. A. Berry,; Richmond," Va.f was? made a grand vice president of the organiza tion, and placed in charge of the ex press .employes' i division.? For. some months he has been acting as general chairman of the adjustment board of the Southeastern' and South At- antic departments of the Armenian Railway ...Express system. The United States -railroad admin- stration'has taken over the express company and the express employes' union has been' recognized by jthe government after ,al fight Jwith the private companies w 'J?1111111! In two strikes hajng called 'at Rith- mona, one oi; wmcn. aneciea me en tire Southeast. ' ; . A. few years ago a union of Rail way Clerks was organized in Little Rock but' its lite was of Short dura tion, owing, It is said, to the oppo sition of-the railroads companies: y to their i clerks prganlzing. - - But a few weeks ago a new organ- ition was effected- which, rapidly in creased Its membership,--and is ; we believe, one of the largest In county, and bids; fair to become? larp-pist in i- them near . future. t have been. ihinkinV 'bout gettin' married' said ,a member of i ;hls flock to Brother" Williams, "You reqkon I could git a 5 marriage: li cense f er - a dozen watermelons ? " .'"I reckon, you . "could," replied Brother Williams: .'But . my whole some advice ter , ypu ' is ter eat. de watermelons." Atlanta Constitu te . -i AilUUt i - i f Would you let a child , starve . to death? "You can help save 400,000 children by subscribing to the; Ar menian Relief Campaign- February 3-10, I I Let us invest a. few dollars iu our humanitarianism February 3 -i 0,i the week-of the Armenian Relief Cam palgn. " 1 " ; . ONE NEW " YEAR'S DAY." and we're going . to Old Fort , Inn all the' uncles, cousins and aunts- and take dinner- and come home by moonlight. - O ' we'll "have - a- jolly time! : What are-' you . going to do, Lester?" :'. (i , V r . , i.'.'-O we shall stay at, home, ) I s'pose,' Lester answered, ' . "But you'll have . company and have a big dinner, won't you?'? asked Halford. ... .-.;,.! ; ' - w VNosaid Lester. .'You see, papa was s.ck all the fall and then mother had to go to, New York to have her eyes tended ' to, so there isn't any meney for good times. --But I'm glad mamma's eyes-are better. I guess I don't mind very much about Christ mas and - New ' Year's." ' .'"Course you;, do you can't help It," said Halford: "It's a shame! But I'll have to go home now. Cfood by l' , And Halford . jumped on his sled -r, and , started homeward. But he was so unhappy about it he could hardly eat his dinner. ? "Lost : your : appetite, " Halford?" asked his father. . i. - - - . !j, "I'm thinking aU, the- time about Lester,'.', said Halford.; "They can't have . any good time . New , Year's 'cause his father hasn't any money, and -I think it's a' shame, and he a minister! 'Why ? can't :i you invite them all.s toy go with us papa, to Old Fort Inn?': . ... 'I would do itt with , pleasure ' if there were room,"1 said - Halford's father. -""And now -1" think of it, -Aunt'Lols has decided not to go,f and I'll jide- on the seatwith the driver,' so if you'll give, up- your .seat to your, friend Lester; there will be room for ' the three of them, M If you wish. I'll send an invitation at once." -"" And I stay at home! Why, Papa Newell! .b-.c You iknow ; I. couldn't., do that! "; cried Halford. ''You know the boys are expecting me to play hock ey with' them. ', '.' . : , i. 3 " don't ask you i to do it," said his - father." 4'But you seemed so anx ious to-have' Lester go I was trying to, think howi we , could manage to carry, them. But as-they, know noth ing about' it,, they won't Ve disap pointed;" So 'think no more about ' BUt Halford found that- -not so easy.'He.iCouldinot .help tbinkine how many . things and how manv "have. There" was - his bicycle' his box of tools, his new-si edr his skates and ever- so many ibooks, and he was sure now he. came" to , think of it : that Lester . was as fond of these things as he was. :Yet he was sure he could' not give up; this ride even f or his best friend.X: -That- was too muchJ .-But in -the evening he said, to. his. father: : . i . couldn't : stay at , home alone, and besides, I " don't believe Mr. Lowell "- would feel able" to pay foT their dinner and everything'.": There was an uncertain and troubled look in hfs face. - .His. father looked up from his paper;, then he laughed. ' ( "O, you. are still thinking, about the ride, are you?" he said.s "Well, as to that, 'of course if I invited' them to - go-1 should pay all -the bills. That would t be f my., part, t and you know Grandma Hawes .would be delighted to have you spend the day .with her." ' " - ' . - - J Halford sighed and said no more, but - that night he could not sleep. The i next morning he went ; to : his mother., - - '''..'. , - c . - j - "Mamma, won't, you or papa write ttfal invitation for Mr Lowell -.aud all of them, right off,'! he said, 'and tell them ' they - must be Bure'to go? And I guess I'll go to. grandma's to day; 'cause she always v likes io have me stay- two or three, days." And just as soon as he could get readj he was off ; to : grandma's. y The' next jmorning he was cracking nuts when' he heard a great noise of sleigh-bells, hornBj and shouting. ; He ran to the rdoor. followed - by grandT- ina, .Susan .K the ; cook, : and . Rover.. There were his father and mother., and the : Lowells ; and all the others, and everybody looked happy. !1 . it Hurryand get on your j .coat," said , papa, "and you and ; Lester can Bit up here beside me. v We thought there wouldn't be much fun In going without youv after all; for the boys needed : you for. the hockey .game Halford, with joy, climbed, up -beside .his .father,, .and - the four"liors6s dashed overcthe, smooth iroad toward Old Fort Inn.Youth's Companion; By orders of the Turkish govern ment "the. entire: Armenian .popula tion was' deported ; and exiled ' to i the desert without any means for trans portation or- nourishment of. the ref ugees!: ' A campaign for the' relief and rehabilitation of these war .suf ferers will be conducted February 3-iof. s- ' r- ' Satisfying The ladies -r . . i. wv-vuoc women insisted iu having watches small, beauti- ful and" accurate, manufactur- ers have made them reUable timekeepers and about the - prettiest, ornament a lady ; wears. - Jolly '& "Wynne make c-a, feature .of ladies' watches - You can see the latest styles now, bracelet j, and chatelaine 'models each watch tested by our expert. " i - : It's an exquisite display, .in and see it. : ' " Step - JOLLY WYNNE JEWELRY CO. A DIAMOND for a Present We Have a Select Stock ' Come and Look it Over. 1 IS Fay ettevflle S treet. " The Union Trade will be :' Appreciated.. . Service Pins 15 Cents. A Mite Front High Prices. S. W. JEASON uAttorney-at-Law Office: 404 Tucker Building. W; C. HARRIS Attorney- at-Law Practice In aU Civil Courts! Commercial National Bank Building, " RALEIGH, N. C. SULLIVAN "King of Shoemakers" , . 15WesPHargettSt, " Raleigh, Fiyetteville, Wilainfton ) Masonic Temple t : Barber Shop. - White Union Barbers 9 Service and Courtesy a Habit. . .. . .. . 1 Miss Price, i Manicurist. . Cor. Fayetteville and Hargetj DU. YARBOROUGH BARBERSHOP , P. BRANCH. Prop. Phoot 1780. . -.
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