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Show BOARD OF LABOR OPENS SESSIONS ik mm Employers and Employees Each Represented by Five Men, Who Will Choose Two Conferees. SECRETARY WILSON OUTLINES PLANS National Policy for Duration Dura-tion of War Will Be Perfected Per-fected to Facilitate Fed- j eral Work. WASHINGTON, Feb. Meeting at the call of thf pov eminent, representatives representa-tives of capital and labor bewail conferences confer-ences here today lo reacli an arrangement arrange-ment designed to prevent strikes and to assure a maximum production during the war of materials necessary to maintain the American armies in France. Kach side is represented by five men who will choose two more to represent the general public. The representative of capital were- named by the nationul Industrial conference board and those of labor by the American Federation of Labor. At the first meeting today the committee commit-tee organized and heard Secretary Wilson Wil-son outline the purposes of the conferences. confer-ences. The conferees will meet dully hereafter and probahly for several wt-cks. On the basis of an agreement to te reached, the government will lay down a national labor policy for the duration of the war and will. If necessary to enforce en-force It, se;k legiidallon giving proper authority. Officials generally, however, believe that once capital and labor aie ! brought Into an arrangement lis provl-' provl-' pions will be kept without the necessity of u si nt; lepal power. No sort of an auremnt, even If it were IvarkeAl by b-ya.! ant hority, run prevent pre-vent en 1 1 rely Iahr ur.re.si and 'me strikes in tho opinion of s.-.-r.-rary WV.-t(n. WV.-t(n. IK'a) striken, he said td;ty, wnjld continue whatever mlht bo il.e ut!Ual: c-f lauor Iv.oJers. j Terms of Contracts. A method even btt.-r thin 'hit ion. Sec re?. nry A'ilon Pti.d, wou.d be to write t.;e terms of tne iuirf.-nnt wnn nude I int'J ail cor.traetM let Py i;ie ernineni. : ni:ik:i; It i In i : r; C on Pth Sf -retary W.ln rehrve that no dif- i leren-'es iijw exiMinic ij'fwci-t. t-nmtnxee and emj h.Vfr.s arc i-o wide t.;at ti.e eoti-f.-renc-fl an not jm-u V t h.-:i.. an .!. sub'ert of !im!t:n? prod'i-iiti. AM'-rl'im unions ijener.idv, he ".nil, ;ire nainut ilndt.itl'ja of output and the p.actP-c exists ex-ists only I'jcai.y. Ti; low rut' e f pru-'hi''t:oTi pru-'hi''t:oTi in h.p ird'. t n--r-tary hl.irr.-d on the lfreat arr.imiit of l.i,,-.r dl-iullon. dl-iullon. Am jn ax tht ii'Acr iimti In-ni:i:t- more skilled, he said, t .e i ae w hi Irit re i.-e. i n pro'.b-tn :--t-d to o h.iV to op. e Is t:-at of t;-.- open or i(."-d A i thu'.is'h ioth i h.i h.t I !ti i tr-Tond w.iy tint tr exi!ln Map.; ulnil not t.' rhai.t;.-!, th.it .'hots are to remain re-main c!"'-.i and open MwpM tn ron'.rrj"' otien, t:.'.re ar n. i'iy pr.f tl ai iK.'fp-ul-tl n in tl.e w.iy Inr P?ix':in' h. p. in! not errni'd In ur work rn.iv tailed (n for a l.t rv nu mNr of v. rk n,vi to f : .1 acan-'i'-s In pi. in proi'i' ; :,g :;r: nl -tioi.M. If t:.' plant h;is t.," . -!..,p :t n:av f f-.ard t-y fVI th phii-en nf t r niTi t.ikfn wPhont taking on nonunion non-union n en or prhapH. in w.ir on t ! n , 'veil wniii'ii, Som prnvlvnn, in re. f.iii.-.1. ni'in'. he iT'.ide to c a: for a .: f nat l'ii of t ha f It it d Standard Waes. SHTin of ti' i.l i bHV r ' rn .I - be t: -s -wary to e t .1 ; . , . h H:.ind.r! mh'H in d!--tri'U 'o pr'erLt th- r:oij ind -i- ne Tii:i:''d i r i .ir voili from Pi.Mn.t; act i i t n o: h-r fir men Lrnpl. . . rt , not -ti i:rL'- 1 on n.ove ; ni ne 1. 1 t i ri t t .1 ; ,i n he .-orrrohe.l t'i ti.i-t r -; . t l-v ((. j. , - rniT.er,f (i-.ntroi hut i .1 n :a ; .r . alu and t ran-rort.r ion. j '"he r-ftfif.-; oeft reprfw-lif 'on e lu.i ml ' . n;i n 1 j .' i ' 'i r ; n phi r t h wnr u i nif ,-i i'o ? n - i ni'T.t tontr.o't and n "re ti.1,1 iwn rnd- ! lion nnl mi worker.". Non-iinp.n Iti'.oi hut l:o j ' I re e U t ;i t 1 1 1 1 1 jIP;1i fjfitj.if ha" the r.t.l 1 n.ol hrt .1 ." ( . oOd V tn UK I ee;iT nt r ea- :ieI w a ;.p v to irnn;(ii,;.- i !.i Por. h'lt not the rri : ! ro i . rMi. in'i'ci. v. ho-.n ililntH It I ' to !ip tie. ilt eith -p, I a Xf v. The tno-t inip-'r'a-: tun: tne io:ir. en- eH ,it ,1' ' OTIipllJ-ll, .Se. i ,-f ,u v von -md toda .-. is io , ni jitfr.,,. f,f i of i (.im!bI and Uioir fo.ir.M hn iiMr of lb J..bl.' " 'apit;.!' 1 e ; ,id. "feelu tli if It fho r.'nt to nire .rnd diH- liaise nun an ,f i,fn-nw and labor I,ho f"lt tlott It ha'; an e.jH rn i t. I o i .'ii.nr mi k with or Wltho'M. e.rise. L..lh in II er--lsP of th-4e fiChtu I'fiW dl-'Mt'l-e.l uoejefV hf- i a re no. ) dependent mi f ind nt-t Ion. "S;:-h !tefj opinlori on both .iide nrc li ,'ip' to rau'-ie 'iMrlien as HI" fltl'in rhf ;et ,.)n 1 ;r im: to do vi! h t,in!br thi'.srs " |