Show f I 1 Above Board During tile the last few months of the war one of f the the them m most st striking I t events in n. n t the le development of the labor question occurred in m I IR R England I h j of an English channel line had demanded demanded higher v wages on the threat of calling a strike Wise heads intervened and andi q i conference o ce between the employers and their and their workmen was held V thich t 1 the steamship company submitted their balance sheets for forIr I Ir h f e last three years to the unions union's auditor f An investigation of the company's financial standing g by the resulted in the findings that the raises raise demanded could 11 not t AK be he paid and the men returned to work with the assurance that t hen n. n tI the e profits increased their wages would go up correspond correspond- correspond I j SurelY Surely a better way of solving the labor question could h hardly I 11 a 9 found than this together get spirit one of the benefits of four foura lars ars of war It calls for the squarest sort of dealing between Employer and nd e its effect is not o only ly to to give the producing f k t worker a voice in in the business but bu it also raises in his hs breast a greater jT fg greater eater personal interest in the business l aa 4 i t The The national war labor board i in this this country lias has been t. t J JP in m the year and a half of its existence what the meeting between tween the steamship company and its was as able to toi i accomplish cc h LIt rJ It has settled hundreds of disputes disputes' between employers and tf pl yes where the interests of both clashed It has forced both I i i d deal l openly and aboveboard toward vard each other The result of j I l tf i work has manifested manifest d itself in the remarkable production of war I for this country and our allies The he war is oyer But we will have need of this square 1 lP policy tiC i in industry for which the the nati national nal war var labor board oa d stands II I ii- ii ft nn t this IS period of reconstruction f The w r. r has wrought new ideas in the HIe minds of men lt It It has hasY I I r Y L placed at atthe the disposal of governments new ew mea means s of c creating eating real democracy The war labor board is one of these If we are to continue on the ro road ct to make the world including ing ng this country safe for democracy let us continue the tIle work of the the national war labor board I r |