A proposal for fortification of the ]
French frontier, informed persons
1 said, would be a concession to the
Fleming people, whose land lies
along the German border and are
: more pro-German than Belgium's
other residents.
| The special parliamentary ses
sion was called to vote extraordi
i nary rearmament funds and to in
| crease the term of compulsory mili
‘ tary service from 12 to 18 months.
INVESTIGATION
WILL INCLUDE
ALL 3 COASTS
Sweeping Probe to Take in
Atlantic Ports, Gulf as
Well as Pacific
LITTLE CHANGE IN
WEST COAST TIE-UP
Chairman Points Out Com
mission Is Authorized to
Lay Down Requirements
WASHINGTON, 'Nov. 12.—Expan
sion of its Investigation into the
maritime labor conditions on the Pa
cific Coast to include the Atlantic
and Gulf ports was ordered today
by the Maritime Commission, ac
cording to Rear Admiral H. A. Wiley,
Chairman of the Commission.
Admiral Wiley said that Rear
Admiral Harry Hamlet, who has
been directing the Pacific Coast in
quiry, would start back for the west
coast to Washington Sunday, leav
ing Federal participation in strike
negotiations there to Edward F. Mc
Grady, Assistant Secretary of La
bor.
The Chairman cited the new ship
subsidy laws as a mandate to tha
Commission to lay down wage and
personnel requirements and pre
scribe working conditions aboard
all American ships. He said Ad
miral Hamlet was returning to
Washington to talk over the possi
bility of co-ordinating into one
broad investigation the ship labor
conditions on the three coasts.
CHANCE FOR SETTLEMENT
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 12.
