| Show I MAr MA r w I J TO WHIP KAI Secretary of Labor Back From 3 Months' Months Tour j Reports Conditions As j Excellent to President t v WASHINGTON t Dec 24 24 I V V The manpower of the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion is fully mobilized to meet the war war ware e emergency ne ency Secretary of Labor Wilson Vilson brought this Christmas message to tho president today when ho lie returned to Washing Washing- J tun ton after af after after- Of a toUr tour oV b the country as head of the presidents president's In Industrial commission The Tho general labor situation has shown Immeasurable improvement an as antho tho the result of tho the work I Secretary Wilson told the president in III a brief memorandum Practically all of ot the time big strikes have been settled settled settled set set- or 01 agreements have been reached with tho the workers that production shall not be suspended pending the conciliation of nf disputes II Production c n- n will i i-g i gain ii momentum as the months go by Secretary Wilson said Tho Time work worle of the commission has bas put pub the industries of the country particularly those of the Far West Vest on a firm basis from rom which to start and the results will vill be amazing Secretary Wilson prepared a a. very brief statement of ot the commissions commission's achievements which was sent bent to the White House today He lie went to his hla home to rest this afternoon but will willbo i ibo bo be back at athis his office Wednesday to II prepare a comparative survey surveyor of the time labor situation in tho time United States to bo presented to the president after I I a personal interview v later in the week Strikes settled by tho the commission I Involved hundreds of or thousands of ot men If It permitted to continue they would have seriously hampered war i preparations The terms of or settlement of ot the strike of ot oil workers worker In iii Inthe Inthe the Southwest probably will wUl be given out by Secretary Wilson tonight Other strikes settled by the commission In Included Included included In- In tho the Pacific Telephone company compan strike a strike among tho the copper workers work work- I ers of ot the tho Southwest a II walkout of ot the shipbuilders on the Pacific coast a a. astrike astrike strike of lumber workers In tho time Northwest Northwest North North- I west and many strikes es in the mechanical meehan-I meehan I leal ical trades I The department today announced a n I settlement of at the tho following Collo labor difficulties dif dif- Threatened strike sU-lk of or telephone and electrical workers worker Henrietta Okla Strike of ot Ins Ins- ng City Va In Strike of machinists Oshkosh Wis Vi Temporary agreements agreements' pending final I arbitration have been reached d by fede federal federal fed fed- fedI I e eral oI conciliators In these cases cams I Difficulties of ot packing house Tick Tickers t ers era Su lt oJO complaints of machinists and j shipbuilders of Tampa Dry Dock company com com- pany Tampa Fin Fla com I Dl Disagreements of workers at Carfield Gar Gar- field CleM smelter plant i at Garfield l Utah IL Wage e boards will wUl bo be selected In fn each ooch I of those these cases to fix tb wage scales under un unI un- un der a It no no strike agreement ment for tor the I period vI of the war |
