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Show MOV dfraiTE WAS AlffllAil Basis Agreed on by Mediation Commission and Southern Californians Made Public. EIGHT-HOUR DAY All Disagreements May Be Finally Settled With Secretary Secre-tary of Labor as Final Arbiter. WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. The basis on which President Wilson's mediation commission in the west settled the oil situation in southern, California was made public late today. The settlement settle-ment covers all refineries and pipe lines excepting those belonging to the Standard Oil company and involves about 10,000 men. The prinlcpal of an eight-hour day was adopted, effective January 1, and a minimum wage of S4 1 for eight hours work, effective Decern-j ber 1 was declared. j The agreement provides that working work-ing men affected will, upon the request re-quest of the government, beginning January 1, work eight hours per day for their present employers, and aa many inoro hours as tho president or his representatives may request. No Discrimination Allowed. The agreement provided that "no man shall bo discriminated against or intimated because of membership in any union affiliated with the American Amer-ican Federation, of Labor and the officers offi-cers of such union shall agree that neither thoy nor the members thereof will discriminate against nor intimidate intimi-date any non-union .man because of his failure to belong to a union. In case of disputes or disagreements disagree-ments between employers and employes em-ployes on any matters affecting the finding of tho president's commission which cannot bo settling through existing ex-isting channels, the machinery of tho government shall be used with tho secretary of labor as a final arbiter. A commlttoo of three federal inspectors in-spectors to bo appointed by the sec-rotary sec-rotary of labor having full access and authority to Inspect all the activities of tho oil operators, to render reports to tho government, the state executive board of the oil and gas well workers and every company being affected as to progress made. |