Show OPEN SHOP PLAN FOR CANAL ZONE SUGGESTS CHANGE IN ADMINIS MACHINERY IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE secretary weeks commission estl esti mates annual saving of 5 by new reorganization plan washington thorough gla reorganize aon on or of the administrative machinery n the panama canal zone with radial changes chances in ili existing policies affecting employment of labor physical operation per a lion of tile the canal ani railroad d pay of employees ees end and other important subjects is recommended in the preliminary report submitted to secretary weeks by the commission which recently investigated conditions in the canal zone at his request the commission estimates that an annual saving of would result from adoption of its suggestion chief among the recommendations Is I 1 the governor of the canal zone be directed not to make agreements or understandings standings with the alie canal employs employ es or any class thereof for any period pe of time but that the wag wages be periodically todi cally adjusted in accordance with the law which bases the canal wages on oil the pay of similar employed emp loyes in the government service in the L united states and the alie governor shall not deal with labor organizations as organizations but shall deal with committees of employed emp loyes it Is further recommended tre the report says that the open shop principle be actually put into effect on the Is isthmus tilmus and that in all departments ft a substantial of nonunion men be employed asserting that it has failed to find anything to justify continued expenditure of canal funds to maintain a naval base at the c canal anal the report recommends that operation of various facilities cili ties tor for naval purposes purpose cease immediately and that hereafter the canal be operated entirely as 11 i commercial agency until congress shall otherwise indicate finding the employment of united states chite citizens instead of natives es to be another item of expense tile the commission recommends that tropical workers be employed to the extent possible sible taking into consideration the fact that the canal Is to a certain point an n element of national defense in which aliens ought not to be employed the commission corn nisson fir firmly aly belle believes es that it if the recommendations are adopted th the e returns to the government will increase year by year find and that within a period of ten tell of fifteen years the c final canal will I 1 return a fair income on the investment of the federal government therein but the report adds and estimates tini ates the total cost to date of th the e canal at approximately SOO the commission was headed by brigadier general W D conner as distant chief of staff captain A n B fry of the treasury department 11 1 1 A molitor Moll tor new ork engineers and 11 II P r WI cioll oll new york banker and business man |