Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-25
PUBLIC W!NC IN ECONOMIC MEET
 ALSO DEPARTS
Recommends That Wilson Name Commission to Do Work
 They Did Not Do.
MEETING WHICH HELD
 UP STRIKES FAILURE
Final Group Approves Plans for h. dustrial ROards-Attempt to Act on H. C.. l.. Problem FrOwned
 Upon.

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 Washington, Oct 24 - With recommendation to President Wilson that he create a commission to carry on the work which the national indus trial conference was unable to ac- complish, the public group, the last remaining element of the body, fin ally adjourned tonight.
 Despite two attempts by MT. Will son to save- from dissolution the gathering( tonight's adjournment brought to formal close the con- ference called by the executive to find some common ground of cooperation between labor and capital, on the out come of which were held in abeyance strikes affecting the entire industrial life of the nation.
 The report of the public represen- tatives, declining to assume the task for which the original gathering was called, was transmitted to the White House through Chairman Bernard M Baruch, in the form of thousand word letter. No information was forthcoming from the White House as to the presidents next move to bring industrial peace to the coun- try.
 Although the report was not made public. it was learned that the docu- ment summarized the proceedings of the fourteen days the conference was in session; put the stamp of approval on the plan for industrial boards sug- gested by Secretary of Labor Wilson, and recommended the calling of an- Nfh hnr hnIxy +a;1 .o1 perts to undertake the peace adjust ment. It was drafted by commit tee of five delegates of which John ID. Rockefeller, Jr. was chairman. Although four or five conferees were opposed to final adjustment only Dr. Charles w. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, voted against the motion on final test.
 Labor Pessimistic
 Delegates urged that the high cost of living and other problems be pressed for immediate solution before dissolution but strong majority of the representatives, it was said, felt that the conference virtually came to an end with the withdrawal of the labor group on Wednesday, and that the public group was not sufficiently represented to undertake a general program and also was handicapped by popular disfavor.
 Secretary Lane, who first suggest ed the industrial conference and who was selected as it's chairman, said to- day he believed the president would organize new conference which would endeavor to bring about basis for industrial peace.
 MT. Lane, said the industrial dis putes which have been held in abey- ance pending the outcome of the orig inal conference probably would and should be further postponed. Officials of the American Fedora tion of Labor, however. were not so optomistic as to the disputes. They explained while action in a number of pending controversies had been held up at the presidents suggestion, labor generally had not been optimis- tic as to the results of this effort to bring about industrial ueace and they were inclined to the belief that noth- ing was to be gained by further de- laying the issues.
 Asserting that the industrial prob lems of the nation are of importance to every citizen, regardless of wheth- CT he be wage earner or a salaried person, MT. Baruch. in his letter of transmittal, said all workers merit not alone proper financial treatment, but the recognition of their position as part of the foundations of society itself. This recognition, he said, must come not as privilege granted, but as matter of inherent right
 "The outcome of this conference" MT. Baruch asserted, "must be, in my opinion, that there will be manifest ed an increasing effort on the part of the employers to see that not salone proper wages are paid, but that the human rights of the workers are con- sidered. The employer has certain rights which must be recognized, and coupled with these rights is the obli- gation to see that all of his employees lnr1