The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-10-09
CONFERENCE WILL BEGIN REAL WORK
 ON BUSINESS NOW
 BEFORE II TODAY
Only Brief Session Tester day, Adjournment Being Taken to Permit Rep
 resentative Groups to
 Draw Up Proposals
By Associated Pres.

Washington, October S. After three days spent in or ganization, the industrial con- ference called by President Wilson will come to a show down tomorrow on the business to be transacted.
 Only a brief session was held today, adjournment being taken to permit the groups representing capital. labor and the public, to formulate such sugges- tions and proposals they wish to sub init for consideration. None was ready for submission today except the pre- ambIe of a resolution to be introduced by Charles $. Barrett of Georgia, rep resenting the Farmers union. The resE olution will demand comprehensive national agricultural policy The pre- amble asserted the farihers were not being given due consideration in the present conference and the failure of any attempt to settle national ques- tions without the consent of the agri- cultural element of the population was predicted.
 All the groups were busy after ad- journment considering suggestions of their members to be submitted to the conference. Apparently with an agreed unanimity of action not other xise characterizing the deliberations the three groups refused to discuss specifically what was under discussion or what would be presented to the con ference. Each group was understood to be ready with definite proposals on industrial problems affecting domestic peace, the labor group especially hay ing a complete programme alseady formulated, it was reported, but each seemingly was waiting to see what the others were going to do before showing it's own hand.
 WAITING ABANDONED From the public group came the au- thoritative in animation that the mem hers representing the innocent by- standers'' in the war between capital and labor were prepared to abandon the attitude of watchfu. waiting ana benevolent neutrality which they at first thought was their best policy. Not
  said to be in the making, but the group sent to the shipping board for docu- Jnents dealing with the American and English shipyards arrangements TOT adjusting wages and Iorestaiilns strikes by means of permanent com mittees constantly considering grlev- ances likely to cause industrial disrup- tion. The opinion is growing that the public group, led by Bernard M. Ba- ruch as chairman, will not rest until the right and left divisions of the con- ference accept some forward looking proposal to allay unrest and maintain steady production.
 Iabor,s proposals are considered certain to include reaffirmation of the right of collective bargaining and Of the strike, the people of the eight-hour day, and perhaps the more advanced suggestions for profit sharing and par ticipation in industrial control. Capi- tai already has indicated it's stand in . resolution by Frederick P. Fish of Boston, declaring the good of the coun- try to be paramount to the interests Of any one group, and asserting the pres ent need to be increased production, adequate wages and a just return on capital
 COMPROMISE LIKELY
 Whatever is done by the conference, and everybody, including the permanent 
 confidence that real results will be forthcomingsx seems likely to be com promise under the voting rules, which permit no conclusions except all three groups concur and require a majority of the membership of each group for the expression of that groups opinion.
 Magnus W. Alevander. managing di- rector of the national industrial con- ference board, was represented in the conference by five delegates, tonight issued the following statement:
 saThe employer group was disappcint- ed because no. programme had been prepared so that the industrial confer ence might proceed at once to business. uts members, however. were glad to avail themselves of ire day in order to enter into earnest discussion of lead ing industrial issues for the capitaliza4- ton and clear definition of their own thought in order that they may be bet xAA vs ovr~A ~f IT. sx-rtr tracf