CHAPTER CONTENTS William Allen White . Leonard Wood . . . Theodore Roosevelt Frederick Almy . . . Margaret Dreier Robins Walter Lippman . . James Roscoe Day . . John D. Works . . Otto H. Kahn . . Joseph Husslein . . . Charles Edward Russell Robert G. Valentine . Irving Fisher . . . . Henry R. Seager . . Charles A. Ellwood . Attitude of the Churches . | The Baptist Church . . . « . « «+ + « + « Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America . . +. « «+ o The Methodist Episcopal Church . The National Catholic War Council Harry F. Ward . . . . . Col. David Carnegie . Opinions of Employers Printing Industry . J. A. Norton . . . Frederick P. Fish . Mark L. Requa . . . . Opinions of Organized Labor Railroad Labor Organizations . . . . . Labor Group, National Industrial Conference . American Federation of Labor . . . . . . . . E. J. Manion, Before United States Railroad Labor Board . . . . . « . + «+o + ee The “Savings” and “Cultural” Wage . . . . . Significant Controversies . . . « . « . . The Practicability of the Living Wage . Formal Precedents Established Standards Evolved . . . . . The Budgetary Method Accepted . . . . . . . . General Conclusions as to a Living or Adequate Basic ACE. . 711 PAGE 103 104 105 05 05 he] 06 07 07 108 08 108 109 109 109 t10 110 (10 "0 0 2 13 4 4 4 5 15 6 16 117 117 117 118 124 131 40 151 154 155 VIII—ACCEPTANCE AND GENERAL APPLICATION OF THE THEORY OF PRODUCTIVE EFFICIENCY 160 The Productivity Theory of Wages . . . . . . . 161 The Productive Efficiency Theory Becomes the Basis of American Industrial Statesmanship . . . 167 Extent of the Sanction of the New Theory . . . . 169