Arizona republican., 1919-10-24
Labor Delegates Leave

Chalrman Lane, after laymg the presidents wishes before the two journed. The employers representa- tives, after issuing a statement in which they pointed out three distinct gains from the controversy over col lective bargaining, dissolved as a group and dispersed to their homes.
 The course which the public dele gates will pursue was far from clear tonight. After spending more than four hours in executive session, the major portion of the time being devoted to discussion of various interpretations of MT. Wilson's message, the public conferees reaching an agreement as to the presidents intentions and were still undecided whether they should merely make recommendations as to the origin of new conference or should undertake the mission of the original body.
 In official circles it was said that the latter course was the one the presi- dent had in mind and hope was ex- pressed that the public delegates, a reality in themselves. representing all three groups would be able to formu- late program acceptable to both cap ital and labor. Secretary Wilson told conferees that the president would n 0 m i n a t e further representatives. should that action be deemed advisable, and suggested that industrial experts be called in case the group decided to make extended investigations before | formulating a report
 Some of the public delegates main tained that their duty was only to re- l port what has been done up to the | time labor withdrew and then await | the further pleasure of the president, while other insisted that they were | called upon to proceed with the pro- | gram outlined in the original call. | ConfereeS who were willing to con- tinue as a new conference objected to | being considered as the left overs l from the wreckage of the old groups. l As the debate waxed acrimonious and 1 the members showed the signs of nervous strain which they have un- l dergone since October 6, an attempt was made to obtain a recess of two 1 weeks, but the motion was defeatd by close vote and instead it was de- cided to meet again tomorrow after noon.
 Prepare New Plan
 Meantime a committee, of which John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is chairman and John Spargo, Ida Tarbull, Thomas | D. Jones and Ward M Burgess are members, will prepare a recommenda,- tion as to the groups future action. President Wilson on being informed early in the day of labor's withdrawal dictated from his sick bed a message to Chairman Lane.
 Later in the day Mir. Lane appeared | before the public group and read the l message in the form of a memorandum l but declined to make it public.
 Before the conference was adjourned
 the employers representatives ex- pressed their willingness to remain
 also realizing that without the labor | delegates little could be achieved In their statement the employers declared that collective bargaining.
 an accepted and desirable policy in in n-
 dustry, had been brought more prom
 inently before the country" with the
 realization that the term must be un-
 derstood as having various applica-
 tions under definite conditions. Col
 lectfve bargaining is interpreted by
 labor in only one way, the statement
 said, and that is as organizing and
 bargaining through trade and labor
 unions" On the other hand, Samuel
 Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a statement
 explaining the stand of the labor group.
 declared that it is worse than useless to sit in conference" with employers , unless they agree to & declaration of , the right of workers to organize with out discriminating.
 l Had Planned Withdrawal
 Asserting that the labor delegates
 are not jumping jacks" and would