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War Labor Policies Board

a union of bureaus under the Secretary of Labor during the war with matters of employment, housing, wage adjustments, and the like.

It was formed in May, 1918, as the result of advice given by an advisory labor council called together for that purpose. The duty of the board was to co-ordinate the industrial services represented by the numerous other organizations that were assisting the Government. Its aim was to standardize conditions of employment, to investigate WARNER questions involving wages, hours, the distribution of labor and the arrangement of working conditions. Committees were formed on inquiry, Government contract clauses, recruiting, exemption of skilled labor, centralization of industrial statistics, and the like . It succeeded in establishing a national system of labor exchanges, and in standardizing wages in several important industries. It was dissolved in February 1919, its staff having been greatly reduced by that time, and the funds necessary for its support not being forthcoming, when the Labor Appropriations Bill failed to pass.