The Washington herald., 1917-04-03
WAR NOT TO Be PLAY,
SAYS LABOR LEADER
Advisory Commission Committee Meets
to Discuss Defense.

With approximately rs OF the leading
men and women OF organized labor, the
professions, civic organizations and en-
p'oyers In attendance out of ia who have
accepted invitations to membership the
committee on labor, including Conserva-
uon Of Health and Welfare of Workers,
OF which Samuel Gompers Is chairman
met and organized for work yesterday.
The committee is a subcommittee of the
advisory commission to the Council OF
National Defense.
President Gompers opened the meeting
with an address in which he spoke of the
purposes of the committee, emphasizing
tnat war Is not an opera bouffe. He call
ed attention to the fact that all of Eng
Iands war plans are being made upon
oasis OF two more years of war.
Howard Comm. member of the advisory
commission. said: Every plan which We
lay down will be on a basis of three
years Of warfare"
Secretary Of Labor Wilson spoke and
was applauded vigorously when he said
tnat America must come out of the war
WIN more democracy than il had when
went into the war and that war. IL 1t
comes. must find in America the proof
mat democracy Is more eficient than
autocracy
Mr.. Gompers denied that he had given
an interview favoring the Chamberlain
Dill Il have said nothing" he declared
saying also that the labor declaration of
March l. stated his position
The names of those who have accepted
membership on the committee follow:
Edgar A. Adams. Frank C Armstrong
Alfred Farwell Bemis. Robert Bass, Ger
trude Beeks, NJ. l.. Berger. Major Cen
J. f. Bloom. Col Lewis T. Bryant. An
thony Camineti DR. w. Irving Clark
'. \. Cnn1iHga nr Iohn
Thomas Darlington. DIR. John Dewey. DR.
y +. Oitman. A. E. Dodd. NJ A. Dow
Dr. Aivah II. Doty. Ralph NJ Easley
J. NJ. Eaton. John Fitch. Dr. Lee X.
Frankel DR.. Felix Frankfurter. DIR. Hol-
us Godfrey. William c. Gorgas, Dr. Alice
Hamilton. Mrs. Borden Hartman. Dr.
Franklin Hoffman. DR.. W. c. Hudson
William johnson l.. W Eearney. Dr..
George NJ. Eober. Robert D. Kahn, Dr.
Fred l.. Lee. " Everit Macy. DR.. ROYAL
heeIer. Basil Manly. Van II. Manning
"nis f. Marks. II. f. Miles. W. H.
No''ion. Mrs. Henry Muscowitz. Dr.
T'""dOre e. Merrill Oscar Nelson. DR..
"haries p. Nein Father o'Grady, Leo
-. e" Fcckitt. y. J. Porter Dr. George
" Prize. Edith :. Reider. r. c. Rich
a"''. Charles f. Russell. Dr. j. w
sr'"T"$chewsky. Louis Schramm. E L.
H"u"y.. Percy s Straus. DR.. W. Gilman
""-"F>"". DR. J. NJ. Wainwright Frank
't't. 1T. IuSlaNuS " erDer,
N"'i'"m T. White A F. Adams.
= "ark"r, Paul Bennett. w W. Brit
v. =. RrvaC. Frank Butterworth
''""N. William p. Clarke, T J.
80. y. L'Alcssandro. Charles DoId.
i~S Eceney. Thomas F. Flaherty. Ed
~'rl Florc. J. ]. FreeI. J. 4. Franklin,
FC~r"stcr. John Golden Benjamin
fo'7s"" orthv. Timothy Healy. S. e.
'-" ~. stephen &. Hogan. William L.
'N' s"H. \. {. Hughes. J. J. Hynes,
- J"irston. J. W. Kline S. Konen-
~. Wi'l'am \. Logan. Murt Malone
'''S N"yer {. H. Moycr. ]. A.
!.a"" NmthOnv McAndrew. ]. F. Nc
F:I1k McNulty. William J. Nc
"'''. r. V. O'Connor, George W.
'rFirs. Joseph ProebstIe. T. A. Rickert.
= Ryan, John W. Scully, c. c.
-'''' \ p. Sovey. Charles B. Stillman.
' W. Sui'or. Thomas Sweeney,
" Thorntc". John F. Tobin. John
VOL. Joseph n. Weber. W. NJ. Welsh.
Williams. Jas. Wilson. Matthew
u Max Zuckerman. N. p. Antas.
- =; Nninc. 4. ]. Berres Peter J.
~'- w. s. Carter. W. NJ. Clark. Will
Id'Tr"nd. John DonIin. Frank Dufry.
. Fran. John p. Frey. Hugh Frayne
=. Giles. William Green. R. Lee
g ard. Grant Hamilton. J. w Hayes.
hrthur r. Holder. w. G. Lee. John 3.
Lennon. James Lord. w. d. Mahor,
Frank Morrison. John Murray. ]. NJ.
Eeenan. James O'Connell. f. B. Per-
nam. F. !. Purtill T. ]. Savage, Will
ram J. Spencer. Warren s. Stone.
Florence g. Thorne. Jos F Valentine.
&. c. Van Bones, A. o. Wharton. H
z. Wills Chester NJ Wright