Evening star. [volume], April 10, 1943, Page A-5, Image 5

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WLB to Press Cases
Of Wage Inequities
Under Price Order
15,000 Disputes Before
Board Lose 'Time Equity,'
Chairman Davis Says
Although stripped of its discre
tionary power to correct inequalities
in pay as a result of President
Roosevelt’s "hold the line order”
which vested such authority in
James F. Byrnes, economic stabili
zation director, the War Labor
Board said today it would call to
the attention of Mr. Byrnes cases
of inequalities which it believes
justify action.
The President's order found the
board with a case load of more than
15,000 voluntary applications and
disputes in various stages of action.
Chairman William H. Davis said
the executive order bars completely i
any "time equity” for workers whose I
cases had not been acted on by 7:30 |
p.m. Thursday when the order was j
issued, though up to then many of j
the workers had been reasonably
sure of retroactive increases to cor
rect inequalities.
Order Called Clear.
The "time equity” factor was used j
by the WLB last July in the “Little
Steel’’ decision, in which it granted
additional pay because the demands
of the workers had been filed in
February, two months before the
President announced his first stabil
ization program.
Mr. Davis, in a press conference
after the board met with Mr. Byrnes, !
said the executive order was quite
clear that the WLB no longer is
authorized to grant increases on
the basis of "inequalities or gross
Inequities, and to aid in successful
prosecution of the war.” He ob
served. however: •
"If I found a class of cases in
which this executive order brought j
about gross inequities which could
be corrected without any unstabiliz
ing effect, and particularly when
they would not affect price ceilings.
I would vote for calling it to the
attention of the director.”
He said he was not referring to a
single case but to a group of cases j
which might fall into that category.
Closest Agency to Labor,
Wayne L. Morse, also a public
member of the WLB, said, "The
board will remain the closest agency
to the whole labor program,” and
that as it becomes more familiar
with the program it will have a re
sponsibility to advise Mr. Byrnes of
problems as they arise.
Mr. Davis said two important gen
eral orders of the board remain in
effect. One exempts employers of
eight individuals or less from the
requirements of getting board ap
proval of wage increases. The other
permits adjustments in the case of
individual promotions, merit in
creases within established rate
ranges and incentive plans. He
emphasized, however, that incen- j
tive plans must have been already
in effect. In the case of employers
of eight or less, regional boards still
have the power of withdrawing the
exemptions if it is found they have j
an unstabilizing effect.
The bulk of the cases on file are
voluntary applications filed with
the regional boards by employers
alone or jointly with unions. Rec
ords of the regional boards show
that well over half or the voluntary
applications filed have been ap
proved partly or wholly on the basis
of "inequalities.”
WMC Hints Fund Handicap.
Meanwhile, the War Manpower
Commission, faced with the gigantic
task of patrolling job-switching
throughout the country, intimated
it was handicapped by inadequate
funds. However, it announced that
“in the near future” it would make
public its program under the Presi
dent's order authorizing it to pre
vent workers from switching to
higher paid jobs unless such shifts
would aid in the war effort.
The principal WMC agency for
aupervising job transfers and hiring
Is the United States Employment
Service, and Congress has thrice
turned down pleas by Manpower
Chieftain Paul V. McNutt for funds
to "strengthen” it.
At present the WMC has taken
control over transfers and hiring in
but 50 communities, doing so through
“employment stabilization plans”
•et up locally.
"Extension of Principle.”
Under the existing rules in the 50
communities, workers moving from I
one essential employer to another
are required to get a release from
their old employer or, if he refuses
to grant it. a “certificate of avail
ability” from the Employment Serv
ice. The prospective new employer
Is forbidden to hire a worker from
an essential employer without a re
lease or certificate.
“The President’s order,” a WMC
statement said, “simply extends to
a Nation-wide basis the principle of
the 50 employment stabilization
plans already in effect.
"In the stabilization plans we have
certificates of availability and these
are not available merely because a
man can get more pay or get some
personal advantage.
“The whole theory of stabilization
has been to use men and wompn
where they can be most effective in
the war effort and this is what the
President's order does nationally.
The order spells out the powers
which the War Manpower Commis
sion has had previously and
strengthens its hand in carrying out
these powers.”
Ohev Sholom Congregation
To Dedicate Honor Roll
The congregation of Ohev Sholom
will gather in the synagogue at Fifth :
and I streets N.W. at 7 p.m. to- 1
morrow for a War bond rally and j
dedication of the honor roll of
members in the service
The procession will be headed by
Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Viener, who
have four sons in the service, and
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kligman, par
ents of three rfons in uniform.
Representative Folger. Democrat,
of North Carolina; Capt. John
Simpson and Capt. Stanton Salis
bury, chaplains; Hugh Lynch, i
Treasury official in charge of the
bond campaign in Washington, and
Dr. Zemach Green, rabbi of the
synagogue, will speak.
Of the 430 male members of the
congregation, 106 are now in uni
form. A service flag with 106 stars
will be presented by the ladies' aux
iliary. Pvt. Harry Goldberg, Camp
Eustace, Va„ former secretary of
the synagogue, will accept the flag
In behalf of the members in the
Armed forces.
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