The Committee's powers and limitations were defined in the following clauses of the agreement: "It is expressly agreed upon that the agreement made on January 14 and the decision of Clarence Darrow and Carl Meyer, the arbitrators appointed under said agreement, which decision is dated March 13, 1911, shall remain in all respects in full force and effect, and neither said committee nor said board so appointed shall have any right to take up any question of increasing wages or of providing for any sort of what is commonly termed a closed shop, or to make any rules or regulations in violation of or inconsistent with any of the provisions of said agreement of January 14, 1911, or said decision of March 13, 1911. "Said board when appointed shall be solely for the purpose of acting as an original tribunal, and an appeal shall always lie to the arbitration board created by the said agreements from the decisions of said board.” The committee of five that was finally appointed was composed of E. D. Howard and Carl Meyer for the company; W. O. Thompson and Sidney Hillman for the employees, and Charles H. Winslow as the fifth and neutral member. This committee made its report, creating the Trade Board and the rules of procedure for its guidance as provided by the agreement. Following a preamble which summarized briefly the history of the relations between Hart, Schaffner and Marx and their employees and the facts that led to the appointment of the committee for establishing the Trade Board, the more important provisions of the report are as follows: ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERSHIP. The Trade Board shall consist of 11 members with practical experience in the trade, if possible, five to be chosen by each side. All but the Chairman must be employees of Hart, Schaffner and Marx. Any member of the Board may be removed and replaced by the power appointing him. Five alternates are to be appointed by each side in case of absences, to avoid delays. Weekly meetings of the Board are to be held and special meetings may be called with 24 hours' notice. Both sides must have equal voting power in all questions arising before the Board. The neutral member of the Board will be appointed by the Committee of 5 and will hold office until the expiration of the original agreement and will act as Chairman of the Board. The duties of the Chairman shall be to preside at all meetings, to certify to all decisions and proceedings of the board, to maintain order and expedite the business before the board by limiting discussion or stopping irrelevant debate, and to conduct the examination of witnesses and to instruct deputies, and, upon request, to grant stay of the orders of the board, at his discretion, pending appeal. JURISDICTION OF BOARD. Said Board is to have original jurisdiction of all matters arising under the agreement of January 14, 1911, and the decision thereunder of Messrs. Darrow and Meyer, of March 13, 1911. Representatives of both sides shall appoint deputies for each branch of the trade allowing as much freedom as possible in the formation of rules for their guidance. One of the deputies shall be called "Chief Deputy," and shall keep the records, be responsible for placing matters on the calendar for the Trade Board, and in general be responsible for the orderly carrying on of affairs of the Trade Board on behalf of his party. Deputies are to do whatever work is assigned them by the Trade Board, take up grievances and investigate them promptly with deputies of the other side, and report decisions in writing if they come to agreement without the aid of the Board. Their decisions will be binding unless appeal is made to the Trade Board within three days. If they fail to agree, the case will go to the Trade Board, which will hear argument on both sides, and decide. Deputies must be either employees of Hart, Schaffner and Marx or connected with the Joint Board of Garment Workers of Hart, Schaffner and Marx. APPEAL TO ARBITRATION BOARD. In case either party should desire to appeal from any decision of the Trade Board, or from any change of these rules by the Trade Board to the Board of Arbitration, they shall have the right to do so upon filing a notice in writing with the Trade Board of such intention within 30 days from the date of the decision, and the said Trade Board shall then refer said matter to the Board of Arbitration, where the same shall be given an early hearing by a full board of three members. General rules to expedite the practical work of the Trade Board provide methods for speedy attention to all griev ances; enforcement of decisions of the deputies or the Trade Board; immediate investigation of stoppages; appeal to the Board of Arbitration in case of refusal to obey decisions; submission of new specifications to the Trade Board when price changes are contemplated; conforming of price changes to changes in work, and the basing of new prices as far as possible on old; and notification of employees against whom complaints are brought, either at or before the time of entering complaint, so that they may notify their deputies. For the first time it is clearly recognized that stoppages are contrary to the spirit of the agreement: "If such stoppage shall occur because the person in charge of the shop shall have refused to allow the people to continue work, he shall be ordered to immediately give work to the people, or in case the employees have stopped work, the deputies shall order the people to immediately return to work, and in case they fail to return to work within an hour from such time such people shall be considered as having left the employ of the corporation, and shall not be entitled to the benefit of these rules." Except for a change later made in the numbers of members of the Trade Board from 11 to 5, and other changes of detail this is substantially the constitution of the Trade Board as it has operated since 1912. The first officers of the Trade Board were as follows: Chairman-Mr. James Mullenbach. Workers' Representatives: Smith, Marimpietri, Kaminsky, Spitzer, Hirsch, Feinberg, Goldenstein, Taback. Company Representatives: Larson, Weinberg, Masche, Gutman, Duske, Leis. Workers' Deputies: Hillman (Chief), representing the coat tailors; Levin, the cutters; Miss Abramowitz, the vestmakers; Rothbart, the pantmakers. Company Deputies: Howard, Chief; Campbell, Assistant. Soon after the adoption of this agreement it became clear that the original Board of Arbitration could function more effectively in its new capacity as a Board for the determination of general principles if the third arbitrator were chosen. Accordingly Mr. J. E. Williams was chosen Chairman of the |