Show I MARSH COMES OIES AS MEDIATOR FOR WILSON Wa Wage Vage c Controversies B 13 tween Utah Copper and anti j Miners lincis to Be Heard COPPER MINERS MINERS' CASE IMPORTANT Il I t Adjustment Will Vill Follow Ii Ini of Needs of t Laboring Men l Initial action to ad adjust existing wage controversies contro between the tho Utah CoP Cops Per company an and Its mine was taken officially Yesterday when When Ernest p P. P Marsh personal emissary o or of President ent Wilson and Vern Verner r Z 2 Z Reed Recd prominent Denver capitalists int IntervIewed Interviewed Inter Inter- viewed a numb number r of oC district mine workers work- work C ers rs Both Bolh officials arrived In Salt Lake City It late Tuesday afternoon and ar are registered at the Hotel Utah during their In e Investigation of oC local labor con con- I After ACter conferences with officials of or the Hio state industrial commission both employers and Involved In n the time Utah Copper wa wage 3 c controversy will win be he Interviewed lewe by the tIme government Jo In Two or 01 three days will be bo required to conduct this timis probe Neither Mr Ir Marsh or Mr Reed are empowered em tin- I powered to render an any specific de deCision decision de- de In the time Utah case cas 1 If tho the local labor situation Is of such moment that further official Investigation is needed the matter will bo be e referred to the federal fed fed- eral war labor board Mr fr Marsh who isho was formerly dent of or the time Washington ton State tC T I Federa Federa- L' L U OL UL i j is now one of Ot Wilsons Wilson's personal representatives representative in Iii adjusting labor disputes throughout the nation lie IIo Is also chief chier director of oC the speakers speaker's bureau u of or the department department depart depart- ment of or labor and supervises the Itinerary Itin itin- crary of oC fourteen widely wl el known speakers speak speak- ers who explain war Issues and urge urr maximum production before beCote workers in all sections of the country The l Ip est problem no now confronting confront confront- ing lug the government go Is the action of ot the war policies board recently created to maintain harmony between various branches of of tho time fc federal eral service in hiring hiring hir hir- hir In ing Its workers declared Mr Iro Marsh This problem Is wage standardization of oC workers In war industries and Is one which will affect this district for the production of copper is as ns important as ship construction or 01 other highly necessary war Industries Equalization of wages o of copper miners rs wHich is Just one phase of oC the problem before beforetime time the war policies board Is Js perhaps the most gigantic I task that has ever er confronted confronted con con- fronted the government go It is obvious ob that definite action on this matter will not transpire until after long bug and ar arduous arduous ar- ar Ii consideration Uon 4 Regarding ln the extent to which r revision re- re vision Islon in wa wages es ma may be made macIe Mr I 1 Marsh sal said It was difficult to forecast but that the wage waSe adjustment will come comae only after the board boar determines a living wage for tor the average worker in his particular locality And It t is certain that prices of oC all materials and foods must necessarily be equalized be before before be- be fore tore any wage wae standardization policy could be adopted Labor Beginning on August 1 all private the time employment agencies throughout country will be replaced replace by authorized federal bureaus which will provide all unskilled labor labor for Cor war Industries an- an I Mr Ir Marsh Mr Ir Marsh has aided In adjusting a man many strikes during the past year ear as the personal representative of or the President an and reports labor conditions as us encouraging When asked federal plans relative to lo putting the thc copper industry under government got gov control Mr Marsh declared that he lie did not think this action probable probable able at this time and that discussion only embarrasses the tho President rather I than helps him Mr 11 Marsh added that both labor an and capital ar are making enormous sacrifices to win the war I 1 |