Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-08
No Provision For
 Minority Expression
Caused Early Adjournment of Industrial Conference Yes terday-To Be Remedied.

Washington Oct. 7-After perfect ing an organization today, the Indus
 trial Conference called by President WilsoTs got tangled up in it's own rules and adjourned until tomorrow Secretary Lane was elected perma- nent chairman. In his speech of ac- ceptance, he stirred the delegates, rep resenting capital, labor and the public
 to great enthusiasm by declaring that the high purpose of the gathering made failure impossible in the effort to harmOniZe industrial >elatiOnS In this country.
 Proceeding to the adoption of rules the conference struck it's first snag in a protest by John Spargo, of New Yorw, >cpresen ta tive of the public. that the report \ the rules commit
 tee made no provision for minority expression and was d "travesty" on
 free deliberatAon. HIS criticism
 caused early adjournment of the morning session to permit amend ments to be formulated by the re- spective groups, but on reconvening the rules were amended without ma teiarl change. They provide for puk- lie sessions and unanimous vote by groups on all conclusions and deci- sionS, ad require the asset of a group before any member of it can intro duce a resolution.
 A committee of fifteen was named to recommend for or against all res olutions introduced as follows
 Representing the public: Thomas l.. Chadbourne A A. Landon, H. B. Endi- colt, Charles Edward Russell and Miss Lillian Wald.
 Representing capital: S. Pember- ton Hutchinson, John w. OLeary, John J. Raskob, Herbert F. Perkins and J. N. Tittermore.
 Representing organized labor: Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison, Matthew Wolf, w. D. Mahon and L. E. Sheppard.
 The employers group was the only one ready, under the rules, with any business, Frederick P. Fish, of Boston, offering a resolution declaring the need of the industrial situation was 'incre; |. d production, adequate com pens;itlpn for services and just return on capital, and that each delegate should be guided in his actions by the good of the country as a whole, rather than by the interests of his particular group
 Motion then was made to adjourn, strenuous action from the. conference. egates who have been demanding which evoked quick protest from del Gavin McNab, San Francisco, a rep resentative of the public, said he would offer another resolution to give the conference something to do, but MT. Spargo made a point of order that the resolution had not been presented to the group first and MT. Gavin was forced to desist. Il then was sug- SeSted that the > nmlttee of fifteen hold 6 meeting and the groHpS also get together asa means of se-N, editing busilN ss. but this was deemed unxise as the committee members would be absent from their group meetings and besides the committee had no business cussion about the rules, it was decided before it except the perfunctory elec- tiOn of it's chairman. After much dis to adjourn anyway to mee tomorro " at 9:30 o'clock, when each group is expected to have something to offer for consideration.
 Disregarding the rules, the confer ence paused in it's work to adopt a resolution of sympathy with President Wilson in his illness and hope for a speedy recovery.