Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-12-07
RECOGNISE AUCTION
 CONGRESS WANTS
 ID AID DELEGATES
By Sending Commission of Repre- sentative Business Men to Europe To Conference.

By Sending Commission of Repre-
 sentative Business Men to Europe
 To Conference.
 Atlantic City, \. J., Dee. 6.-Ap- pointment of a European commission representative Of American business of men representative American busi- ness to France and be available for any aid it might be aDie to give to the peace delegates from the United States ill considering economic pro- blems that might enter into the peace negotiations, was decided up on today at the final session of the Reconstruction Congress of the In dustrial War Service Committee Other esoutions adopted urged the speedy return, under federal char ter to their owners of all railroads now operated by the government, op posed government ownership and operations of telegraphs, telephones and cables, appealed for modification of the Sherman antitrust laws. en- dorsed the industrial creed respect ing labor enunciated ty John D. Rockefeller, Jr., yesterday and the creation of a central board of war service committees.
 The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, through it's president, Harry A. Wheeler, of Chicago, re- gently inquired of President Wilson whether such a commission would be helpful, but according to Mir. Wheeler, the President made no re- ply.
 The proposed commission while abroad will also study the recon struction needs of Europe.
 Mr. Wheeler, it is said, may be one of the commission the size of which has not been decided upon. It is planned to pick at least one rep resentative from each of the impor- tant industrial groups of the coun- try.
 Only one voice, that of a delegate from Lynn, Mass. was raised against the passage of the resolution for the prompt return of the railroads to their owners, and he only asked delay until more light could be had on the situation. The, railroad re- solution also urged congress to enact legislation that will permit the eli imitation of 'wasteful competition, the pooling of equipment, cOmbina- tions or consultations through own ership or otherwise ill the operation of terminals, and such ether prac- tices as will tend to economies with out destroying competition in serv- ice."
 The resolution favoring modification in the antitrust laws declared that the war has demonstrated that thru industrial cooperation great econo- mics may bc achieved, waste elimi- mated and efficiency increased. ''It is in the public interest" the resolution stated, "that reasonable trade agreements should be entered into, but the failure of the goveru- ment to ether clearly define the di- viding line between those agreements which are. and those which are not, in unreasonable restraint of com merce, restricts wholesome co-opera- tion, and deprives both industry and the general public of it's benefits A rising vote of unanimous en- dorsement was given the Rockefeller principles of industrial relations. It urges upon all units of industry where they may not now be employ ed, the application of such princi- ples.
 The resolution stated, however, i that it neither approved nor re- ] jects Mr. Rockefeller's particular plan or machinery for carrying out the principles.
 Regarding the cancellation of war contracts, the congress decided that l it is in the public interest that all
 war orders placed by the govern
 ment, whether regularly executed or
 not should upon cancellation be promptly and equitably adjusted and ] satisfied as if every formality had been observed.
 What it regarded as an important step in the work of stabilizing busi- ness through the readjustment peH-
 cd was the creation of a war service
 executive committee which will keer l the business and industrial interests
 of the country in close touch witl | the 3ggyerhment One; of. the duties X of the cotnmittee swiA De to keep the I various war service committees con 1 tinuously informed on matters ol common interest and to co-ordinats -rtA eie: csx xea;as,on. .r&t'o"a' ','~h'"'"T~ J ment to take
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