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Show HURLEY BOARD TO ARBITRATE WAGE ROW Seamen and Shipowners Finally Agree to Submit Sub-mit Their Case. WASHINGTON, May 2. The question ques-tion of "wages for seamen on American vessels in the Atlantic trade, overseas and coastwise, which, with that of living liv-ing conditions aboard ships, has occupied occu-pied the attention of the shipping labor conference here for several days, was disposed of today by both sides agreeing agree-ing to submit their case to the shipping board for decision. Application of the Pacific scale to Atlantic boats was asked with the 50 per cent bonus for war zone work retained. Industrial conscription as a means of preventing stoppage of essential war work by men quitting their jobs was advocated before the conference by J. C. Rolfs, speaking for Pacific coast ship owners. The suggestion was made after union officials had said they would be unable to enter into a wage agreement for the period of the war, because the men would not bind themselves them-selves for any such indefinite time, and probably would quit work because conditions con-ditions would be changing frequently. Willing to Give Pick. It was the consensus of opinion that the bonus asked for war zone work would not draw more men from the Pacific to the Atlantic than were needed. need-ed. Mr. Rolfs said the Pacific owners were willing to give the pick of their employees for service on the Atlantic in order to help win the war. Union officials asked, and Franklin D. Mooney, for the American Steamship Steam-ship association, agreed, that the new wage scale should be applicable to all boats in the Atlantic, regardless of classification. The term of the Atlantic agreement probably will be for one year, the same as the Pacific agreement, which became be-came effective April 1. |