Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-24
Gompers Reveals Plan
in Reply to Illinois
Federation.
CONFERENCE DATE
TO BE DETERMINED
Public Group; Last Of In.
dustrial Farley, Defeats
Unrest Commission Idea.

Immediate dissolution of the
public group-the remaining ele-
ment of the national industrial
conference-is proposed in a rec
Ommendation of the committee Of
i've which will be made to the
group this afternoon. should the
recommendation be adopted the
conference would end tonight.
The committee also framed n
tentative report for submission to
Prexident Wilson outlining the
work of the conference up to the
time the representa- ives of organ
lied labor withdrew.
A conference of officials of inter-
national unions affiliated with the
American Federation Of Labor will be
held in Washington soon to consider
Industrial disputes now in progress
and impending.
Announcement of the new confer
ence was made today in the following
telegram sent by Samuel Gompers.
president of the Federation. to the
Illinois State Federation of Labor, in
session at Peoria:
Tells Of Decision.
Executive council. American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, before it's adjourn
ment Tuesday evening, adopted a dec
laration calling for conference to be
held In Washington at an early date
to deal with several Of the subjects
contained in your message"
The Illinois federation had asked
that a special convention of the Amer
lean federation be held here for the
purpose Of perfecting an alliance Of
the international unions Of the United
to fight out the lke-and-death strug-
giles of the workers now in progress"
The date for the conference author
lied by the executive council has not
yet been determined.
Against "unlsit commission."
John D. RSelssseaier. Il, .ehsssnan
Of the COMMITTEES appointed to deter
mine the future course Of the public
reprASAntatives who now alone con-
stitute the national Industrial confer
ence. suggested today that report be
made TO, President Wilson that the
conference was bankrupt and urging
the appointment Of a commission on
unrest" 70 take up the work of the
conference.
This suggestion did not meet with
the approval Of some Of the public
delegates. who held that the president
desired them to continue the work OF
seeking some basis of agreement for
Industrial peace over the country.
Mr.. sRockefeller's position was that
the public delegates. having partic-
ipated In the full conference. would
be Handicapped by unfavorabie public
opinion and that an entirely new body
should be created
Oficials Of the American Federation
of Labor have been approached as to
their attitude toward the proposal
that the public group go ahead with
the conference work. and they were
understood to have promised cooper
alton.
The committee on the future course
of the public group was to report at
. meeting of the group called for this
afternoon.
Hurley Approves Labor's Stand.
Edward NJ Hurley. former chair
nan of the shipping board. who
called at the White House today to
inquire as to the Presidents health,
approved the stand taken by organ
lied labor in Withdrawing from the
conference.
81 do not see how Mr.. Gompers
could have done anything different"
Mr.. Hurley said. He did the best
thing from his standpoint. and prob
ably the best thing for the country
Congress Fails to Provide Pay.
Congress has SO far failed to make
an appropriation of $4,000 needed
to defray expenses of the conference.
As a result corps of young women,
under direction of Mrs. c. S. Taylor,
have been working, some of them
since the LIST of October. without pay.
Report was made this morning that
several of the girls actually need sal
airy now.
Application for the appropriation
was made in September. The matter
received no definite attention at the
Capitol until after the conference
was under way. Then this appropria-
ton request of the Department OF
Labor and a second one needed to
defray expenses of the international
labor conference, which opens here
october 29 were combined in a meas
ure calling for $11S.000. Congress
sional action has been stalled, how
ever, and the needed funds have MOI
been forthcoming