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Show MAY CB1CE0E SOU HIM DEliS' ! WASHINGTON. Feb. 21. Concessions to William T. I Tuteheson. president of the Brotlierhood of Carpenters and Join-firs, Join-firs, in adjusting the claims of shipyard carpenters, appeared probable tonight, af ttr further c inferences between government gov-ernment officials and heads of the carpenters car-penters organize tion. The original signers of an agreement to leae all differences in shipyards to the shipbuilding la bor adjust men t boa rd for settlement w ill be called toget her to see if the agreement can be amended to meet the carpenters' demands. The signers in-i eluded navy and shipping board officials1 a nd represent a t i ves of seventeen unions, j whose members are engaged in shipyard j wnlv. The carpenters' ergnnization was the only one whose members are employed em-ployed in shiny a ids tha t did not become a party to the memorandum. Hut''hescn has declined' to le-nve to thp j board de - isions respecting cond i rions "'f i labor, but has agreed to ft it. adjust q ues tion r concern! tig hours a nd wa'- es. Today he presented to the conference ;i proposal for signing the memorandum if it is amended to permit a representative ! of the carpenters to have a say in the j board's findings. The. agreement has been amended once to provide that all decisions he subject to review hy a board conn rising one rep-resentat rep-resentat i ve. each of the navy, the ship-pine ship-pine bna rd a nd tho emergency fleet cor-poration cor-poration and three representatives of the American Federation of Labor. Hutcheson left for New York tortich t, announcing that he would not attend further fur-ther meetings until the government had agreed to accept his proposal. |