The Washington herald., 1919-10-20

lsneo with himself as q hAndsoms MN
care be- He n the newer type of
American Jew. American NE has
pressed almost ths last vestire Of Ms
o,ooo trom his metn- Il 10 q strcng
oaoom put this N q strong c3vi1tzaftpu
We are making here and IN Baruch We
see ,ne Two forces graphing with one
10 fairly vel prevailing. But he has
antthe high vision that his blood en-
titles him TO: al the capacity for
honorable ccmpromiss, the ability 70
put himsen In the other mans placS
Chsdseurn< Of E.xfl-x c-rte.
He 10 fscfle. gentle and has tre-
menoous personal charm He leads
py charm rather than by force He
70 yoked tn leadership Of the public
group win Thomas C Chadbourue,
. New York corporation lawyer, a
big fellow OF an Engfish carte, OF
tace and ngure. q fighting soui.
pleasant enough, but always pleas-
ant from q height; not yfthcuf
charm but always with purpose BE-
fore charm He s the Chairman Of
. committee Of ffteen, a committee
which has tn IT'S power che most TN
portant work Of the couferencs- 4
Upon IT'S vork and lsrrely upou
MS leaderxhtp wfn depend the sue-
cess OF me coufercnca And m %
far as leadership must dfrect The
noPnAl must hold the sverzFe, -
WIN do wen He h not the tntss-
lectua1 equal OF Gary. perhaps not
even Of GompaI but he um NOT
MAKE TIE mfstake OF high bruwfnr
his ieaderzhtp- n vfu be EoSd- a.
rect American leaderrhfp IN COM
mftteeS The high and the low may
Reasonably cxped q good Sob from
HIM es head Of This Committee he
has strong Important men 20 Zeal
Win President EIliott with his
own notions. may not be negieeted-
He insists upon being heard vbe.
necessary IN the, confereDce ne
ts rather the leader Of the Brnhnnfn
group he knows cheir Language.
understands thefr aspfratfons and
they WIN follow him into conprorn-
ises where they would not fonew
another. he In an intellectual
force rather chan q personal one
Ishn sp<rrs ss.rt.
The most conspicious Of the public
group Is John spargo. socialist He
is smart No other word fts him.
ference is playing. BE knows par
lismentary usage. is active, cannot
be trtpped. likes TO talk. n full
Of resources. has an unbreakable
WIZ feels himself detached from
the group more Or less rejected OF
men" and is the only crusader in the
conference. He is Of slight build.
wtry bodied. with a hunting dog
face and .brovn look as TO hair,
rnustache, complexion and eyes
brown look which he accentuates In
his dress- He makes a striking ng-
ure when he talks He Is restless
but never out OF control. and has a
quick temper but knows how 20
smother n and Is the most combat
i've man in the conference The
public group think him TO be more
radical than he really ts. His sug-
gestfons are on the whole conserva-
tive rather than radical, which ind
Gates great self control Most OF
the women are m the pubic group
Miss TarbeIl, Mrx Burnham. and
Miss Wald- Miss wald has spoken
more often than the others- She ha.
clear. nne rich voice. poise. good
looks and she always lays back In
her conservatism IN order 70 he fair
wheeler Hstzbfe rruN
In the capitalist group is one no
table figure. that Of fts chairman. Mr..
h A Wheeler. He 10 Of conventional
size, conventional dress, conventional
fane and conventional speech. but he
Is leader OF hts group. When he n
on his feet his words come with great
elaboration as though be were choos-
ing each syflable He carries oonv1c-
ton because he IN deliberate he has
bankers caution and N alvays fair,
almost judicial In his utteraDces, bot
he gives one the impression OF ereat
repression IN his strength He fs a
/ man who charms by his repressed
force He is the sort Of man that
the Republican party OF McKinIey's
day would have turned TO for the
President or q Cabinet member. He
has real size as q man and great quail
ties OF leadership in his kind. The
rest Of the employer group look a.
they should look, Ike bankerS. manu-
facturers, capitalists, men Of great
caution. but no very great sympathies.
their faces are intelligent but not
particularly kindly faces and there Is
among them one man named Fish
who is so perfectly made up for the
part Of capitalist that Il seems un-
believable that he should have done
it so exactly. He is about feet Il
inches, weighs 20 pounds. ovaI-shapea.
/ round-headed. narrow-eyed. with a
voice that sounds IKE q Ford auto
mobile running over an iron bridge.
who looks straight ahead. never up
or down, nor to the right or left. and
would have been the incarnation OF
property In the morality play. II he
should walk on the stage as the cap
tain OF industry the stage manager
would have TO send him back TO re-
duce his makeup; nothing Is want
( ing and his body is the reflex OF
his mind
Now II is out OF these personalities
that must come the compromises
which shall insure Industrial peace IN
America. This Industrial Confereuce
must succeed or America must 90 into
( the business OF repression instead OF
compromise.
I 1t will take force in a score OF DIS
tricts TO get the United States through
! the winter II this Industrial Confer
ence fails. and force is q dangerous
weapon. Il breeds force and foros
meeting force means war. And thIs
I country, while il viii rise aboFe Any
/ civil war. can only have civil lwar
at a tremendous cost Of the splendid
/ feeling that has been bred aInonp
all Americans Of all castes and SEQ
tions during the last five years
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