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Show LABOR HISS!! TO VISJTJTH1S STATE Tour of West Will Be Made to Inquire Into Strike Conditions. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. Tn preparation prepa-ration for an inquiry into labor conditions condi-tions in the west, the special commission commis-sion appointed by President Wilson and headed by Secretary, of Labor Wilson held its first meeting today and received re-ceived its instructions from the president. presi-dent. ' It was indicated that the commission, which ill leave Monday for Arizona, expects to broaden the scope of its survey sur-vey to include the general labor unrest throughout the United States and to recommend to the president a comprehensive compre-hensive policy of dealing with the situation situ-ation as a war emergency. The commission, . during its two months' trip, plans to visit Arizona, California, T.tah, Nevada. Oregon, Washington. Idaho. Montana, ' Wyoming, Colorado and possibly New Mexico. Jiy public hearings and! private conversations conversa-tions with workmen, induptrinl leaders, Etate officials and leading citizens, the commission hopes to bring to liht the causes of strikes. Industrial Workers of the World activities and other industrial indus-trial troubles hampering the country's war programme. I The governor of each stal e will be ! visited and his co-opera! inn sought. Particular all en t ion probably will be paid to the rharges of organized labor that I. W. W. activities in many cases have been encouraged and financed by corporations as a means of disc .editing the extension of labor organization. Jii this connect ion the depori a lion oi workers from Arizona towns will be investigated in-vestigated early in the tour. Other meetings of the commission will be held tomorrow and Saturday to perfect per-fect plans. Besides Secretary Wilson, 111 embers of : no commission are- Vomer X. Herd of Colorado, lead and ;:inc operator and ranch owner, who acted successfully as a government conciliator in settling recent re-cent strikes at I.eadvillc; ColnnH .). L. SpungJcr of Pennsylvania, a retired coal operator, vrho represented the labor fie-part fie-part men t lust .--n rumor in arranging with western industries to adjust their period? pe-riod? nf temporary Mmrdnwn so that workmen could go to the f.irrn during the harcst season; John Jl. Walker, ptesident of fiP Illinois Federation of Labor, a ml E. P. M ;t rh, provident of the Washington State Labor f ederat inn. Felix Frankfurter, the rnmm jc-bion p uRi-r'1! ary, is t pec i;i 1 assist a nt t o Secrets Secre-ts ry P.aker for In bor prsti"m ark-i ng out of war production and until recently recent-ly was prof i'35or of law at Harvard. In answer to a ipiery of )pa!-rs of a trike at ( lifton, Ariz., concerning the con-muse ion mission, Secretary Uilson today telegraphed; "We ex-fct to look into all the disputes dis-putes in Arizona with a view to finding 3 just busi- 01' adjustment, and will ue a! ! our 1 n f luencp to pec me 1 hp accept -anro rf such a bais. Wr v.onld W gratified if your strike could be settled set-tled and opera:.) ons resumed pending arrival of the commission.'' |