Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-29
GREAT LABOR MEETING
NOW BEING ORGANIZED
international Organization Will Sit
at Same Time and Place as
Peace Conference.
WILL PORT PRESIDENT
Tradc-Cnionists Realize Their Power
and That Future Wars Are ImpoS-
siblc Without Their Consent.
Hope to Cooperate With Capital.
WILL PORT PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON. November 2S.-Giant
steps ar" being taken toward control
of world !cgislat: through Il j.int
undertaking. by capital and labor.
Abroad this is regarded, as the inevit-
able result al the war
The Labor party in England is loom
ing stronger each day. and its fina.
control OF the government is regarded
as foGeGonc conclusion. but side by
side Will! the growth OF labor influence
is developing program of better
understanding between labor and
capital.
one sten In this program is the meet
ing OF the great International labor
peace conference at the same time and
place as the peace conference OF the
nations. whoss voice is expected to
reach int" the conference OF the nu-
ions ar so influence il that the pro-
srani OF laho" will be made part of
me me fuiuIe Lndcr taking of the nations.
ny TINS means Bolshevikism In all it's
phases is to be eradicatcd
WILL BACK STEPS no 'E'
PREVENT FUTURE: WARS
Labor has come to realize its strength
during The war and knows now that
n"ans1 n" var ri is possible without, its CO.
backing the program of Presidcn, Will
son when he moves for such steps as
VIII make a future war Impossible. IL
tn" employers of the world when it
makes it's position heard in the peace
chambers.
The world organization of labor be-
gan in the interallied labor conference
from which Samuel Compers nrnsi
aent OF the American Federation OF
LABOR. recently returned. On that trip
ne ~. made contac, with the English.
rrench and Italian labor movement
no relations were established with the
German laborites and he is on rccord
ms ms deciaring that no relations would
be established with them until the var
and its problems were closed
y second step in the world labor or
SanlHatlon was the Pan-Amcrican Ia
Dor convention last week at Laredo
leNas; Here again Mr.. Gompers
brought the message OF an lntcrnatiou
al labor movement. The fruit OF thes.
conferences is 10 he ripencd at the In.
ternational conference coincidentnl with
the peace conference
ne plan outlines Il national indus
'riai council. with equal representation
oi employers and work people from ali
cqual representatives of employers and
union representatives in each lroun nj
trades. whore there is complete unionI-
Iation of the employees and orc.rniI,
ton of tho employers: trade co,imriI.
With equal representation Of cmplovcrs
and trade unonistS in "A puri i,.i,I.,,
trade or section Of industry; trade
boards. with representatives of ~,
workers and the employers and also
representatives Of the labor ministrv
TO be appointed by the labor ministry
~ INDUSTRIES where the workers ana
the industry are not organized. and
work committees elected in each works
by the employees to represent them i'm
presentation OF grievances and discus.
SION Oh shop conditions with the en-
ployers. The program of this co,nm;t
Tee Is adverse TO compulsory arbiirn
tion and is an extension OF the volum
y tary arbitration worked out during the