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Show TROUBLES If WEST TO BE INVESTIGATED COMMISSION NAMED BY PRESI-DENT PRESI-DENT TO HEAR BOTH SIDES TO. LABOR DISPUTES. In Addition to Strikes in Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Plants, Attention Will Be Given to Labor Troubles in Arizona. Washington. Labor troubles on the Pacific coast and in the western mountain states will be investigated by a special commission, headed by Secretary Wilson, appointed on Thursday Thurs-day by President Wilson to represent him personally. The commission will leave soon and probably will spend several weeks in the west conferring with labor leaders, lead-ers, employers, I. W. W. agents, state governors and others who can shed light on past disagreements or exert influence for future industrial harmony. har-mony. In addition to the strikes in Pacific coast shipbuilding plants, it is understood under-stood special attention will be given to charges of American Federation of Labor officials that employers in Arizona Ari-zona have encouraged and even financed fin-anced I. W. W. activities for the sake of discrediting the labor movement among miners and other employes. Recent Re-cent deportations of workers also will be the subject of inquiry. |