INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMIS SION. A commission created by.act of Con gress 23 Aug. 1912, for the purpose of inquir ing into the general condition of labor in the principal industries of the United States, in cluding agriculture, and especially in those in dustries which are carried on in corporate forms; into existing relations between em ployers and employees; into the effect of in dustrial conditions on public welfare and into the rights and powers of the community to deal therewith; into conditions of sanitation and safety of employees; into the growth of associations of employers and of wage earners; into the extent and result of methods of col lective bargaining; into any methods which have been tried in any state or in foreign countries for maintaining mutually satisfactory relations between employees and employers; into the methods of mediation and conciliation; into the scope, methods and resources of exist ing bureaus of labor, and into possible ways of increasing their usefulness; into, the question of smuggling or other illegal entry of Asiatics into the United States or its insular posses sions, and of the methods by which such Asiatics are gaining admission, and to report to Congress recommendations for remedying existing difficulties. The commission consisted
of nine members, including three employers of labor, three representatives of labor organiza tions and three representatives of the public at large. It separated its work into two large division: (1) public hearings; (2) research and investigations; and published valuable reports. Its final report was presented at the first session of the 64th Congress. It expired in August 1915.