Show TO GUARD WORKERS WORKERS' N HEALTH ELT A H National Board to fo o Sup Supervise Conditions Condi Condi- in Plants Working on War V Contracts Is Urged A- A health conservation boar board corresponding corresponding corresponding corre corre- to the general munitions board announced by the council of national national na na- na defense Is Imperatively needed to supervise health conditions In government government gov gov- government plants and to operate co-operate with similar state boards In n the regulation of private plants under contract with the government Dr Frederick Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin of the council of national defense defenses Is s thoroughly qualified to head such an organization sa says s 's the New Republic No labor laws should be suspended or modified e except after investigation and approval by this body of experts Indeed In In- Indeed deed it would be to the best Interest of the nation if the government could be persuaded to make minimum standards standards stand stand- standards ards of hours wages and shop conditions conditions condi condl integral parts of all contracts In war time the workers will be willing to forego comforts and to work nearer net the margin of physical exhaustion than in times of peace but the country cannot afford the extravagance of paying for Cor work done during incapacity from fatigue or the further extravagance of urging armies of workmen workmen work work- men inen toward relative Incapacity by neglect neglect neg neg- lect of proved physiological law |