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Show 'WOULD STANDARDIZE WAGES OF WORKMEN Senator King of Utah Introduces Resolution Reso-lution Affecting Pay for Government Gov-ernment Work. WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Reciting alleged demoralization of the labor situation sit-uation in the country because of high wages paid for government work, Senator Sena-tor W. H. King of Utah today introduced intro-duced a resolution proposing an investigation inves-tigation by the senate labor committee commit-tee with a view to legislation standard- . iziug wages. The resolution went over j under the rules. Appointment of a commission by the I president to conduct an investigation and recommend legislation to meet the problems that this country will face upon the close of the war is proposed in a resolution introduced today by Senator Sena-tor Jones of Washington. The commission commis-sion would ,be composed of twenty-seven representatives of commercial, financial, agricultural and' other interests of the country, who would serve for six months unless it was necessary to prolong the investigation. The resolution would appropriate ap-propriate $300, Out) for the expense of the commission. |