Show STANDS 01 WAR laboa BOARD WILL SEE THAT recommends RECOMMEND A IN TELEGRAPH telegraphers CASE ARE CARRIED OUT in letter to telegraph heads the president adent P re gives them to understand that they must comply with the requests of the board washington evidence that president wilson intently Inte hols to see that the recommendations of the national war nr labor board tire followed out to 0 o ta alie e letter was peba friday lit in the text of I 1 its ills communication to alie liens of the t tio vo eielt telegraph companies asking that hat t they accept the boards board lit in their controversy their employees plo the fact that the president hold per anally f taken up the ease case became known down june 34 14 with the announcement of clarence 11 II mackay president of file he postal telegraph cable company that ills company would waive its right to dIschar discharge gemen iiren who have joined a union the war labor boards decision lit fit the case cage was that the men should be permitted to jolt join I 1 unions tile the presidents letter to the telegraph g heads he ads reads my attention lias has been called to the fact that the national war labor board after a careful consideration of the questions at issue between the telegraph companies and their employees plo have arrived at a decision the essential points of f which are aie embraced in the following 1 I 1 the employees have it a right to join a union if alipy so desire an and men discharged for joining the union should be reinstated T the company should not be required to deal with the theo union un ton or to recognize it 3 committees of employees shoud be recognized in presenting pre enting arlev andes ances 4 where employees and employers fall to toji gree the question in ili dispute should lie be determined by the national war labor board 5 the tel telegraphers egra pliers union should not initiate strikers or permit its members to Itil initiate tinte them but should submit all grievances to the national war labor board 1 I am informed that the representatives of the union are willing to accept this fills decision but bia that the alie representatives senta tives of the telegraph companies have not accepted it may inot say bay that in my judgment it Is imperatively necessary in the ii iii i lional interest that decisions of the national wak war labor board should be accepted by both parties to labor dla als to fall to accept them Is to jeopardize the interests of the nation very seriously because it constitutes a rejection of the instrumentality set up by the government itself for tit the determination of labor disputes set up lip w with ith a sincere desire to arrive at justice in every case and with the express purpose of safeguarding the action against labor difficulties during the continuation of the present war all these circumstances being taken into consideration I 1 do not hesitate te to say that it Is a patriotic duty to operate cooperate co in this all important matter with the government by the use of the instrumentality which the gov tern lern ment has set up lip 1 I therefore write to ask that I 1 may have your earnest operation cooperation co in this matter as in all others and that you will sot set tin nn example to io the other em employers plovers of the country by a prompt and cordial cordal acquiescence |