The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-23
PRESIDENT
STRIVES TO
SAVE WRECK
Out of Collapse of Industrial
Conference, Caused by
Withdrawal of Labor, VIII
son Hopes Results.
TO CONTINUE WORK
(RY Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, Oct 23-Out Of the
wreck of the national industrial con-
ference, President Wilson today sought
TO build up new machinery to bring
about Industrial peace in the country.
In a message to Chairman Lane he
asked that the public representatives
in the conference continue their work
and make report to him.
Department of labor officials were
said to favor further action on the part
of public representative in the hope
that a program originating with that
group would be acceptable to labor
Samuel Gompers, President of the
American Federation of Labor, in a
formal statement today, reiterated that
unless the employers grouped in the
conference agreed to the declaration
that the workers without discrimina-
tion, had the right to organize, it was
worse than useless for labor's repre-
sentatives to continue tie deIbera-
tiOns.
Hope New Program.
1t is the hope of the president and
other administration officials that the
public's delegates, who were appointed
by Mr.. Wilson, and who represent
both employers and workers, can for
mulate a program which would be &C
ceptable to capital and tabor.
Gompers is urging the Immediate
issuance of call for a special con-
vention Of the American Federation Of
Labor in Washington.
The letter of President Wilson ap-
pealing to the delegates to continue
their deliberations until a program of
industrial peace was adopted, failed
to scotch the withdrawal of the labor
group. The decision of the labor
group was announced by Samuel
Gompers, President of the American
Federation of Labor.
Only one vote defeated the labor
groups resolution aid that came from
the capital group. Rules of the con-
ference required a unanimous vote
for passage Of a resolution. After the
vote had been taken, Mr. Gompers
announced that the labor group had
been forced to withdraw, and declared
But we will meet you again IN con-
! ference and when we do meet you
there you will be glad to talk corec-
! tive bargaining"
To Continue Work.
After announcing that he had re-
ceived President Wilson's message
! Chairman Lane declared the national
| industrial conference as originally con-
/ SL4IulC0, o1OJOOA LbO, anu lIluSu4dICIN
called the members OF the public
group into sessions as a new confer
| ence
President Wilson did not write a
| formal letter to the conference. His
| wishes We're made known to Mr.. Lane
! through Secretary Tumulty. who went
to the conference room after a talk
with the president, during which MI
! Wilson was informed not only of III q
events in the conference, but also of
| the views of the conference leaders.
Secretary Lane told the delegates
| that withdrawal of the labor groups
had changed the nature of the confer
ence. He said he had been commits
stoned by the president to explain to
the employers group, the changed ma
ture of the conference and to say that
! the president desired the public group
| to remain in session to carry on the
work, inasmuch as the burden OF the
results of industrial disputes fall ulti.
mately on the public.