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Show 'ML MEDUHi COME TO SIT UKEI i I To Make Investigation of i Pending Controversies in Local Field. For the purpose'of conducting a minute investigation of ail conditions connected with the local labor situation, E. V. Marsh of Washington, D. C, and Verner Z. Reed of Denver axe in Salt Lake. Tlu-y are members of the president's mediation commission and will ren.ain here several days, summing up all pending controversies controver-sies between employer and employee. The mediators themselves declined last night to enter into even a. most cursory discussion of the reason for their visit. They said thev might be here several days and that most of that time would be spent with members of the slate industrial in-dustrial commission. , Upon arrival at the Hotel Utah lale yesterday afternoon .Mr. Marsh and Mr. Reed were met by P. A. Thatcher, chairman chair-man of the state industrial board; W. M. Knerr, conciliator member of the industrial indus-trial board, and members of the grievance griev-ance committees representing employees at the Garfield smeller. the'Magna and Arthur mills and the leaching plant. The conference with these committees was extremely ex-tremely brief, the mediation officials explaining ex-plaining that they preferred to meet with the industrial commission before calling the men or employers i.nto council. Mr. Marsh and Mr. Reed were guests of Mr. Thatcher and Mr. Knerr at dinner. din-ner. They made an informal call upon trovernor Bamberger at the latter's residence. resi-dence. The commissioners bore a personal message from the president of the United States to the governor of Utah. There are five members of the president's presi-dent's mediation commission, two for each side of controversies in industrial matters. mat-ters. The board was formed last September, Sep-tember, and since its organization, either in its entirety or in small units, it has settled labor troubles through mediation, or averted them by the same means. The copper strikes in Arizona, the telephone controversy which involved five states, the southern California oil strike. the timber questions in the northwestern section, sec-tion, the packing house strike and the trouble among Louisiana oil, operators were all disposed of satisfactorily through the eftorts of this board. "The purpose of the president's mediation media-tion commission," Mr. Marsh said, "is to get the best results out of labor and industrial in-dustrial institutions. It is the desire of the president that through the efforts of .,.,3 uudiu uolu laoor ana employers o: labor may be impressed with their duty ir . the present stress. The country must b 1, organized thoroughly to win the war, anc 1 it is the solemn duty of all factions tr s operate hand in glove to this end. There e must be no home strife, and man musl e meet his fellow man on a common level. each without fear of the other, knowina a rull well that the sole purpose is to put , America and its allies over a winner oi 2 the war. f . The government officials will meet early today with the state industrial commission. commis-sion. What data the latter has concerning concern-ing controversies now pending between employer and employee will be given intense in-tense consideration. Subsequent acts of the mediation board will be governed en- ' tirely by future conditions. Th? local Bunders' Trades council and i the Moulders' union have adopted resolutions reso-lutions addressed to President Wilson appealing for the life of Tom Moonev member of the Iron Moulders' union now under sentence of death in California The appeal to President Wilson was decided upon because of the growing impression that the. governor of California will not , Intervene in behalf of Mooney. Plans have been perfected for a mass meeting at the Hippodrome theater next Sunday Mooney day in protest against the, ryoposed execution of Moonev. The. meeting will be directed by the Federation Federa-tion of Labor, with C. Alston, chairman A. J. Weber and E. A. Ckrlson will be the principal speakers. , |