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service, in schools and elsewhere. are
primarily concerned in the establish
ment and maintenance of such rela-
tons between employer and employe
as will secure increased production,
adequate compensation for services
rendered. and proper return for cap
tai invested and for management.
Moreover, each and every cltizen'
whether or not employer or employe. IS
vitality interested in the maintenance
of suitable and equitable relations IN
industry as the basis Of social wellbelng
and as a consumer in securing that
economy and efficiency OF productlon
and distribution which IS tundamentally
necessary that the cost or llv'ng may
be reduced and fund created ade-
onote for nroper wages, suitable COM
nensatior for management, the re-
quired return on capital invested and
provisions for industrial growth.
Universal Feeling Sought
each member of this conference. ir-
respective of the source OF his appoint
ment, should feel that he is in true
sense the representative of all the peo-
ple of the community, of labor, organ
lied and unorganized, Of employers
large and small. of those who work for
salaries or whose income IN whole or
in part is derived from investment, OF
those who get their living in trade,
industry or through professional work;
in fact, of every element OF our people.
1t may we'll be that each member can
best promote this common interest by
maintaining fairly and honestly the
views and aspirations of those with
whom he is most closely identified, but
he should always recognize the rights
and needs of others and that it is in
consistent with the principles Of Amer
lean life and American institutions
that the special interests of any group
of the people should be held paramount
to the general good"
Frederick r. Fish read the resolution
10 the conference, and it was sought
10 obtain immediate action, but the
chairman ruled that it must 60 to the
committee of fifteen. The conference.
however, broke the rule unceremo-
niously to adopt resolution extend
ing sympathy to the President in his
illness ana wishing him rapid recov-
cry.
Employers Against Unions
With the newness Of the conference
worn off by the first day there was
more or less checking up in process to-
day, and more or less serious calcula-
ton as to possible results. The check
lng-up process revealed the fact that
with probably less than half dozen
exceptions. the employers in the con-
terence, both IN the group of employers
and in the public group, are either
non-unlon employers or are anti-union
in attitude There is strong represent
alton for company unions" and profit
soaring, but trade unionism has scant
sympathy.
Ebert H. Gary is, of course, engaged
in a great dispute over the issue of
unionism at this time. 1t is not re-
sarded as likely that he will change
MS position here. John D. Rockefeller,
pany union" idea. j. W. O'Leary Is
president of the National Metal Trades
Association, which ranxs among the
opponents of unionism. DR.. Eliot ap-
proves profit sharing.
In the minds of some here it will be
amazing good fortune if groups in
which such minds as these are of pow
erful influence can be brought into
agreement with the labor group headed
ty Samuel Gompers.
Labor at Work on Plan
Some also raise the question Of the
extent to which union employers of the
country will wish to be bound by an
agreement reached in conference
where employer representation is over
whelmingly from unorganized indus
try These questions are admittedly
of vital Importance and must be con-
sidered in any estimate of the posi-
bilitie', that lie in the conference.
President Gompers announced to
the conference Just before adjourn
ment that the labor delegation had no
proposals ready for submission. 1t
is known, however, that the labor
group is working earnestly on matters
to be submitted. and it is not unlikely
that most formidable document may