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1766 PROCLAMATIONS, ms. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be ailixed. _ DONE in the District of Columbia this third day of April, m the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen [SEAL.] and of the Indeipendence of the United States of America the one hundre and forty-second. W W . oomzow HBON By the President: ‘ Ronnar Lansme Secretary zi State.

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· A PROCLAMATION. B§§§_*°“‘°‘ W"' I‘“’°' WHEREAS in January nineteen hundred and eighteen, the Sec- Pr¤¤¤¤\>1•- retaiiy of Labor, ppg?) the n(pni1ination(pf thefP11;es§§l_ent‘o;1t§1;dAmer;i can e erationo oran the i ent 0 the ation ustri Conference; lgoard, appointied a Wt? Lpbeifc Conference lizalrd go; Llge purposeo evising orteperi ot waramet oaradgiustment which would be acceptable to employers and employees; an WHEREAS, said Board has made a report recommending the creation for the period of the war of a National War Labor oard with the same number of members as, and to be selected by the same aggexlpcicisltohat crgatedi tge Vgiasr Labor Colpference Board, lgvhlosc dluty 185 toajustaor utesintemannersece anin mm accordance with eiertgian conditrlopsize-it fongh in`the saidgreportl agidh · te crctary asina oran wit te recomimndlagdn ploriiainleld in (the repcgrt of’sai1d War La§br C<;nf¢§·- ence oar ate arc 29 1918, a pointe as mem ers 0 the National War Labor Board llon. William Howard _Taft and Hon. Frank P. Walsh representatives of the General Public of the United States; •MOSSIS. lLo§all A. Osbome, L. F. Loree, W. H. Van Dervoort,

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en1e..ates;an . . , '° . t son, William H. Johnstorl3?SI\?ictdr A. Olaildglt and Riizlgerla, _ re%esentatives of the employees of the United States: Bj‘,}’d¥§,‘Ij;,'Q°§,‘g},f“‘ °‘ OW, _THEREFORE, ,_ WOODROW WILSON, President 0f_(iihe Lnit¢;lnSt;1Stes of Auipneéa, do hefeby apprge aréd agirn; tllie Sm appoin en an ma e ue proc amation ereo an the following for the information and guidance of all concerned: 0 ,0§`,f§,‘{,’;_;’,;'§,<;*¥§_?jS°f;s{* The powers, functions and duties of the National War Labor Board s all be: To settle by mediation and conciliation controversies arising between employers and Workers in fields of production necessary for the effective conduct of the war, or in other fields of national spctpyitpi delay? §nd gbsfséxictimzlns in whgplh migliilt, in the opinion 0 the ationa oar , act etriment y s c od c- tion; to provide, by_ direct appointment, or otherwise, lfor dgmnilittees or_ boards to sit in various parts of the country: where contripiv&rs1es ariset and secure slettlement by local mediatioin and concaon;an osummnte tiest t ies hsring and agion b£ the Natipr(lalBl1o1arIdB`rin eved)t g(fIfa1il)1lT1€§S to sedllre Settlement y me ation an conc' ° f . p,gS‘;*;w°*?1g°g§d P**¤°*‘ The principles to be obserwfedmaind the methods to be followed by the _’ational Board in exercising such powers and fnmctions and pprfgrmérig spell; diétigs} shall lige thpsg specilfged in the said report o the ar a or o erence t d h 29, 1918, - plete copy of which is hereuntoogppenzdelll. arc 8. com