TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 12, 1920
HOTEL WAGE OF S18
the mist of uncertainty which has
clouded . general appreciation of the
proceeding's of the conference and to
lay before the public the different
factors, often conflicting- in nature,
which led to the various decisions that
were made. Each speaker will put
the problem exactlyas the peace con
ference had to face it, will explain
the elements in conflict and the atti
tude of the various delegations and
will underline the decisive factors."
The speakers will include General
Washington State Workers
Win High Court Verdict.
Tasker IT. Bliss. Dr. Charles H. Mas
king of Harvard, who was a member
of the special committee of three
which drew up the plan for putting
the Saar district under the league of
nations; Dr. Lord of Harvard and
others-
The story of Fiume, the creation of
Poland, the trial of the kaiser, the
league of nations and various other
phases of the peace conference will be
discussed.
6-DAY WEEK RULED LEGAL
iiyvloyCRi to Make Adjustment ol
Back Tay From June 2.
513.20 Old Minimum.
FOR WOMEN
DELEGATION May ACT
STAXFIELD'S OPIMOX WANT
ED OX FEDERAL PAIKOXAGE.
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OLYMPIA, "Wash., Dec. It. (Spe
cial.) By unanimous decision the su
preme court today upheld the validity
ot an order of the industrial welfare
commission fixing $18 a week as the
minimum wage for women employed
in tlie-hotel and restaurant industry
in the stale of Washington. Thede-
cision was by the court en banc, the
opinion being written by Judge W al
lace Mount.
In upholding a ruling by John M.
Wilson, judge of the Thurston county
suuerior court, dismissing a petition
for an injunction filed to restrain the
commission from putting its order
into effect, the supreme court holds
the commission acted entirely within
its statutory powers and that its ac
tion was a reasonable exercise of au
thority conferred by the industrial
welfare act. The court reaffirms a
former decision sustaining the consti
tutionality of the act itself.
Slx-Uay Wk Legal.
'The statute provides the commis
sion shall specify a. mintmum wage
and standard conditions of labor for
women and this provision is clearly
broad enough to justify the commis
sion in establishing the six-day
' week." the court says in answer to
contention of the hotel owners that
tlie- order of the commission was un
reasonable and arbitrary. It declares
the order is not unreasonable or
arbitrary.
The industrial welfare commission
on April 2. 1920, issued an order mak
ing effective on June 2 the recom
mendation of the welfare conference
previously held and establishing a
minimum wage for women hotel and
restaurant workers of $18 a week
based upon a six-day week. The order
also fixed a rate of $1 a day for
meals and t" a week for room where
board and room constituted a part
of the compensation of the employes.
All Ruling I ptaeld.
Hotel owners of the state attacked
the order of the commission and suits
to restrain the chairman from en
forcing its provisions were instituted
by the Hotel company of Tacoma and
the Spokane Hotel company. On
trial before Judge Wilson in the su
perior court the injunctions were de
nied and appeal was taken to the
supreme court. The commission is
sustained on all points raised in the
petition.
The welfare commission will pro
ceed at once to enforce the provisions
of its order, according to a statement
made tonight by C. H. Younger, state
labor commissioner and ex-officio
chairman of the welfare board.
Pay Prom June 2 Adjanttd.
Employers will be directed to make
adjustment of back pay from June
based on the difference between the
former minimum wage of $13.20 a
week and the $18 minimum ordered
by the commission.
Younger announced tnat the com
mission will also proceed with hear
ings in other branches of industry,
postponed pending court decision ir.
the contested case. A recommenda
tion for an $18 minimum for women
employed in factories was made to
the commission by the welfare con
ference last spring, but on a tie vote
failed to be adopted.
While not desiring to make a defi
nite statement or to commit the
other members of the commission.
Chairman Younger indicated that
changed conditions would necessitate
a new survey of living costs and con
ditions beiore otner hearings are
called.
Representatives and Senators May
Get Together to Decide Who
Will Obtain Positions.
THE OREGON IAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington, Dec. 11. A decision Is
likely to be reached by which the
entire Oregon delegation in congress
will p&ss on all federal appointments
for Oregon after the republican party
takes over the administration in
March. It has been the practice for
the United States senators to have
exclusive powers over certain of the
larger appointments, such as customs
and internal revenue collectors and
United States attorney, while the
members of the house, were left to
name the postmasters and land office
officials in their respective districts.
The present disposition of Senator
McNary and Representatives Mc
Arthur, ,Hawley and Sinnott is un
derstood to be to agree upon tn
united plan, but final decision will
await the coming of Senator-elect
Stanfield. Governor Olcott of Oregon,
who Mias been in the east since at
tending the national conference ot
governors at Harrisburg, Pa., arrived
in Washington yesterday. He will
spend a day or two here conferring
w ithSenators Chamberlain and Mc
Nary and members of the house delegation.
. Louis Bean of Eugene, or.: HerDert
H. Nunn, state highway engineer of
Oregon, and Ed Kiddle of Island City,
Or., are here to attend the national
meeting of state highway commis
sioners, which opens tomorrow. Dr.
J j. vv. Hyde an.U UT. j. b. uinsmure
have been appointed members of the
pension examining board at iuis
boro. Or., on recommendation ot ben-
ator Chamberlain. An application to
convert the First State bank of Sea
side, Or., to the First National bank
has been received by the controller
of the currency.
NAVY HAS SEA HOBHET
LATEST IX V. S. COAST DE
FENSE CRAFT LAUNCHED.
High-Potvered Motor Affair Carried
on Battleship Easily Converted
Into Torpedo Boat.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. A high-pow
ered motor boat, which during peace
can be carried on battleships as
service launch and in war soon con
verted into a deadly torpedo boat, was
demonstrated today in the launching
of the first vessel of new naval
auxiliary known as "type A-3 sea
hornet."
The vessel is designed to form an
important part of America's coast de
fense and the launching took place in
the presence of more than a hundred
regular army and national guard of
ficers and navy representatives.
The "Sea Hornet" type was con
ceived during the war and was held
as a navy secret, its operation bein
prevented by the armistice. It is
twinscrew boo-horse power motor
boat. 58 feet long with a hinge bow
which drops from place. In the bow
is a 21-inch torpedo, carrying in its
war-head 600 pounds of high cx
plosive.
Two additional torpedoes are car
ried as well as six depth bombs. When
in operation the "Sea Hornet." which
carries a crew of four, sinks unti
but a little more than one foot of
hull 13 above the water.
PEACE TRIALS TO BE-TOLD
PARIS COXFEREXCE TO BE DE
SCRIBED BY PARTICIPANTS
I'acfcors That Entered Into Problem
Utforc Session Will Be
Given in Series of Talks.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11. (Special.)
The aothnetic story of the league of
nations and the peace treaty will be
told for the first time at a series of
meetings to be held in the Academy
of Music here. The speakers will be
men who actually participated in the
pece conference.
"The prime pivpose of the course
of talks on the peace conference at
Paris, the authoritative character of
which is indicated by the fact that
they are given by those participating,
is to present the actual story of how
the most significant provisions of the
Versailles treaty came into being-' an
nounced Colonel K. M. House.
"The- talks are designed to diepel
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