Cole, David L. (David Lawrence), 1902-1978

Independent abitrator and member of numerous state and federal advisory boards, including the National War Labor Board.

Independent arbitrator and member of numerous state and federal advisory boards, including the National War Labor Board.

An agreement between the parties provided that any issues in dispute would be submitted to a Board of Arbitration. This dispute arose when the parties were unable to agree upon a new wage scale at the wage interim reopening on a two year contract running from April 27, 1956 to April 27, 1958. The Board was composed of David L. Cole, Chairman, Edward D. Becker for the publishers and Woodward L. Cannon for the union. Hearings were held in Los Angeles on February 3 through February 6, 1958. The hearings concerned which adjustments should be made in salaries set forth in Schedules I-V of Section VIII of the Agreement as modified on November 27, 1957.

The National War Labor Board, a tri-partite body established in 1942 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was charged with acting as an arbitration tribunal in labor-management dispute cases, thereby preventing work stoppages which might hinder the war effort. It was also responsible for determining wage adjustments in accordance with anti-inflationary wage stabilization criteria and policies.

Independent arbitrator and member of numerous state and federal advisory boards, including the National War Labor Board.

The President's Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Policy was established by Executive Order of the president of the United States on February 16, 1961. The Committee was to recommend policies which would "promote free and responsible collective bargaining, industrial peace, sound wage and price policies, higher standards of living and increased productivity."

The Committee was composed of the secretary of labor, the secretary of commerce, and nineteen other members, seven representing labor, seven representing management, and five representing the public. Beyond recommending general labor-management policies, the Committee's charge was particularly to consider policies designed to ensure that American products were competitive on the world market and to review the benefits and problems connected with automation.

Independent arbitrator and member of numerous state and federal advisory boards, including the National War Labor Board.

The Governor's Committee on Public Employee Relations was established by Nelson Rockefeller on January 15, 1966 for the purpose of making "legislative proposals for protecting the public against the disruption of vital public services by illegal strikes, while at the same time protecting the rights of public employees." The Committee was also known as the Taylor Committee because it was chaired by George Taylor.

The National Commission for Industrial Peace (NCIP) was established by Executive Order 11710 on April 4, 1973. Its purpose was to encourage industrial peace in the private sector through collective bargaining.

The Commission, chaired by David Cole, was composed of labor and management members with governmental officials serving ex officio. It was charged "to explore methods by which labor and management may best reconcile their differences through the collective bargaining process..., to investigate means by which the government may be most helpful in achieving this goal,...to encourage labor and management...to facilitate resolutions of disputes...and make recommendations to the president concerning these matters."

Independent arbitrator and member of numerous state and federal advisory boards, including the National War Labor Board.

David Lawrence Cole was a graduate of Harvard University (BS.,1921) and Fairleigh Dickinson University (LL.B.,1924, LL.D.,1964.) Although he practiced law in Paterson, N.J. from 1926 until his death as senior partner in the law firm of Cole, Berman & Belksy, David Cole will chiefly be remembered for a distinguished career as a government arbitrator and mediator. In this field he served on numerous state and federal boards and in various governmental agencies. Cole was chairman of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation; a public member of Region 2, United States War Labor Board; and chairman of the Presidential Boards of Inquiry in the bituminous coal industry (1948) and in the longshore industry (1953, 1968). Cole was also a member or chairman of numerous Presidential Emergency Boards which settled disputes in the railroad and airline industries (1948-1958); the chairman of the conciliation service for the New York City transit service (1961-1965); director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (1952-1953); chairman of the New Jersey Governor's Committee on Public Utility Strike Service (1952-1953); member of the President's Labor-Management Advisory Committee (1961-1964); and member of the New York Governor's Public Employee Relations Committee (1966-1968). Cole was also appointed as chairman of the President's Commission on Industrial Peace in 1973.

Beyond his public service, Mr. Cole was active as a counsel for employer groups in the textile industry (1926-1942) and as an impartial chairman for other labor-management contract disputes. He was also impartial arbitrator for the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan (1954-1976), served as a visiting professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University (1954-1955) and was Kestenbaum lecturer at Harvard in 1962. Mr. Cole was the author of INDUSTRIAL PEACE (1963).

David Lawrence Cole was a graduate of Harvard University (BS., 1921) and Fairleigh Dickinson University (LL.B., 1924, LL.D., 1964.) Although he practiced law in Paterson, N.J. from 1926 until his death as senior partner in the law firm of Cole, Berman & Belksy, David Cole will chiefly be remembered for a distinguished career as a government arbitrator and mediator. In this field he served on numerous state and federal boards and in various governmental agencies. Cole was chairman of the New Jersey State Board of Mediation; a public member of Region 2, United States War Labor Board; and chairman of the Presidential Boards of Inquiry in the bituminous coal industry (1948) and in the longshore industry (1953, 1968). Cole was also a member or chairman of numerous Presidential Emergency Boards which settled disputes in the railroad and airline industries (1948-1958); the chairman of the conciliation service for the New York City transit service (1961-1965); director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (1952-1953); chairman of the New Jersey Governor's Committee on Public Utility Strike Service (1952-1953); member of the President's Labor-Management Advisory Committee (1961-1964); and member of the New York Governor's Public Employee Relations Committee (1966-1968), which established the New York State Public Employee Relations Board. Cole was also appointed as chairman of the President's Commission on Industrial Peace in 1973.

Beyond his public service, Mr. Cole was active as a counsel for employer groups in the textile industry (1926-1942) and as an impartial chairman for other labor-management contract disputes. He was also impartial arbitrator for the AFL-CIO Internal Disputes Plan (1954-1976), served as a visiting professor at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University (1954-1955) and was Kestenbaum lecturer at Harvard in 1962. Mr. Cole was the author of INDUSTRIAL PEACE (1963).