The Washington times., 1919-11-29

tinually fighting to their own ana
the public's detriment?
The seventeen. chosen not as capt.
talists or laborites but because ~
their reputation broad -minf-d
Americans and profound think rs
along lines the conference must foi-
low. are expected to frame a new set
Of rules, perhaps a new sort OF Mag IA
Charta, for the guidance of employ
ers and employees in their work q -,iity
relations with one another.
The President hopes they may lay
down certain broad principles that
our industry may be conducted with
such regard for justice and fair deal
ing that the workman will feel him
self imbued to put forth his best ef-
forts: that the employer will have an
encouraging profit; ana that the pub
lie will not suffer at the hands OF
either class"
Many Topics Fer study.
II is regarded as certain that the
existing forms OF representation Of
employees, as well as employers, upon
the governing bodies of industries
Will be gone into and lessons drawn
therefrom. A number of great Amer
lean enterprises have put such rep
resentation into actual practice and
the results will probably be studied
That the public interest demands
the peaceful adjustment of industrial
disputes will probably be the back
bone principle upon which the seven
teen Will go to WORK just as it has
been behind all the latest acts of the
Federal Government in recent disputes
between wage earners and wage
payers.
Regularity and continuity of en-
ployment; the right of workers to
organize and bargain collectively: the
faithful observance of Industrial con-
fracts once entered into; an efficient
method of the settlement of contro-
Ytrsies; the relation between wages
and the purchasing power Of the dol
lar; the right OF the worker TO a Iiv-
ing wage. adjusted upon such a basis:
the right Of the WORKER TO a legiti-
riate share of the PROFITS of industry:
the problem of a basic day and the
necessity for striking an equation be-
tween efficient production and ade-
quate wage; means for closer con-
tact and better understanding be-
tween the employer and employe-all
these, and kindred subjects. are be-
lieyed to form part of the vast prob
lem that conference will be called
upon to study and. perhap. olive.
A. r. of l.. EesentfuI.
1t is known here that at least some
OF the members OF the American
Federation of Labor are resentfuI OF
the fact that the conference has no
labor member. strictly speaking.
These are said to be already aues-
tioning the chances of success which
the eventeen may have OF doing
Snythtng vital or consequential
On December 13 a conference be-
tween labor and farmers will begin
here at the call of the executive COM
mittee of the American Federation OF
Labor. IL the conference Of seven
teen Is still in session onithis date-ss
in all human probability IL will be
the country may see something OF Z;
rival show between the two confer
ences. The December Is conference
II is said, may express itself upop
some OF the problems which the first
conference to etinto action will be
considering.
The feeling in Washington. how
ever. without party distinctions. Is
that not only is the moment very op-
perfume. but IL is hoped that some
thing big may result.
They point 10 the black rIOud hover
ing over the county. full Of rnenacing
rumbles. and openly confess their fear
for the consequence unless something
that Will appeHl 80 all classes aiik .
Is done by patriotic Nr,,e-icau Iaadevs
and done quickly At that