Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-25
RECOMMENDS NEW
BODY AND ADJOURNS
Last Unit of Conference Quits
Work on Effort for In
dustrial Peace.
EXPECTS PRESIDENT TO ACT
Secretary Lane Thinks Execu-
tive Will Call New Labor
Conference at Once.
EXPECTS PRESIDENT TO ACT
Inv Associated Pres.1

Try Associated Pres.l
WASHINGTON. oct 24--With
recomm endation to President Wilson
that he create a commission to carry
ON the work which the national indus
trial conference was unable to accom-
dish. the public group. the last re-
naming element of the body, finally
adjourned tonight
Despite two attempts by MI Wilson
10 save from dissolution the gathering.
tonishts adjournment brought TO a
formal close tho conference. called by
ground OF cooperation between labor
ana capital. on the outcome CT which
We weie nG!d IN aoeynnce strikes affecting
lhe cntire industrial life of the nation.
Decline to Assume Task.
The report OF the public representa-
ives declining to assume the task for
which the original gathering was call
through Chairman Bernard NJ. Baruch,
IN me form OF thousand word letter.
nuhiir HhiIiinoqsh the report was not made
ment summarized the proceedings OF
the fourteen days the conference was
on the plan for industrial boards. sug-
SeSted by Secretary of Labor Wilson
and recommended the calling OF an
mcnt.
1t was drafted by committee of
teller. Jr., was chairman. Although
four or five conferees were opposed 10
hnal h,l adjournment. only DR.. Charles w
Eliot. president emeritus of Harvard
University. voted against the motion
on final test.
Felt Work Was Mt End.
Delegates urged that the high cost
OF living and other problems be press
ed Tor immediate soiution before dis
so1uti%n sl. but strong majority of the
~
end with the withdrawal of the labor
gromD D Wednesday. and that the public
tive 10 undertake a general program
and also was handicapped by popular
The industrial board plan of secre-
tary Wilson. which met with favor
among the dele gates. provides for
Of appeals. and. as final resort in
cases OF dispute an umpire chosen by
standing. list of twenty named by the
Several public representatives were
these. Judge Ebert H. Gary, chairman
OF the board of the United States Steel
Corporation. went to New York Wed
j. j; Forrcster president OF the Order
OF halfway Clerks, withdrew following
similar action on the part OF the rep
resentat!Ves or organized labor
Thinks President VIII Act.
Secretary Lane, who first suggested
the industrial conference and who was
selected as its chairman, said today he
believed the President would organize
new conference which would en-
deavor 10 bring about basis for in
dustrial peace.
Mr. Lane said the industrial disputes
which have been held in allegiance
bending the outcome of the ori gina
conference probably would and should
Officials OF the American Federation
of Labor. however, we're not, so op
pained While ace acton in num6sr nfs Of
pending controversies has been held
up at the Presidents suggestion. labor
TO the results OF this effort to bring
about indutr!al peace and they were
inclined TO the belief that nothing was
TO be gained by further delaying the
Tells of Accomplishments.
Holding that the industrial confer
ence, as originally constituted, accom-
plished more than appeared on, the
five results OF the gathering. These
he outlined as follows:
volyed home TO the entire nation.
Second, it demonstrated the great
difficulty Of the solution;
Of setting the entire people thinking
and from this thought will come the
to all participants the intimate reia-
ton that exists between the mining
of all industrial questions.
clearly Mas taat bah eat aad
owed to society-which is inclusive OF
capital and labor-the duty to pro-
commensurate with the protection Of
both capitat and labor. all of the
things that are necessary to keep up
the proper. just, and human standards
OF modern life"
Touch Elbows on Vitai issues.
The public group in its report points
out that. while the groups member
ship lacked the homogenc,y of the
other units in the conference, there
ishng amount of agreement upon the
most vital subjects" which the group
reels is a most hopeful sign for the
tuturc and an evidence of the possi-
bilfty OF a united action in the interest |
of the entire nation"
In this connection deem II i'm
portant to emphasize the fact that the |
conference did not at any time reject
the principle Of the right of workers |
to organ lie and TO bargain collectively
terence as whole, nor any one group
IN the conference, opposed that right. !
The difficulty that arose and the issue
upon aprGc which the conference r., failed to
volved. but upon the method of max |
ing IT effective.
Approached Task Wrong Way.
''In our judgment, even this difficulty
would not have been insurmountable |
had the conferescc approached its
task in another way
obviously. the important principle |
OF collective barga ming cannot be !
sharply separated from other elements
In the great problem OF the relations !
OF employers and employees The |
right OF organization. the protection.
In the exercise OF their lawful right |
OF those who seek to organize the |
workers: the careful definition OF the