New-York tribune., 1919-11-21
President Wilson Calls
New Industrial Congress

you will give me the pleasure of naming
you as one of its members.
Guided by the experience Of the last
conference. have thought it advisable
that in this new body there should be
no recognition of distinctive groups,
but that all of the new representatives
should have concern that our lndustrie J,
may be conducted with such regard for
Justice and fair dea ing that the work
man will fee. himself induced to put
forth his best efforts, that the employer
will have an encouraging proht and
that the public will no, suffer at the
that this conference may lay the
foundation for the development of
standards and machinery within our
industries by which these results may
be attained.
s'It is not expected that you will deal
directly with any conditions which ex-
Is, to day but that you may be for
tunate enough to find such ways as viii
avold the repetition OF these deplorable
conditions
"The conference will meet at a place
to be hereafter designated in this city
on December l next"
Who's Who Among Delegates
Secretary Wilson, formerly Repre-
sentative in Congress from Penn VI
vanla has been d member of Pre- esident
Wilson's Cabinet since March 8, 1918.
Before his first election to Congre ss
he was the secretary and treasurer of
the National Union Of Miners, and prior
to his election for that Office had been
an officer in many local organizations
Of mine workers. He had worked in the
mines of Northern Pennsylvania for
twenty seven years.
Thomas w. Gregory first gained fame
by his prosecutions Of corporations ac-
cused of antitrust law violations by
the State of Teas IN 1913. In August,
1914 President Wilson named Mr..
Gregory Attorney Genera. of the
United States, and he served NEARLY five
years in that capacity.
George Wicker ham, noteG as an au-
thority on international and corpora
ton law, was Attorney General under
President Taft, from 1908 to 1913. He
has in turn been counsel to the New
York Savings Bank Association and a
member of the commission which reor-
ganized the Chicago traction lines. In
1915 he was cho en- delegate at-large
and chairman of the judiciary commit
tee of the New York Constitutional
Convention. He was pre-. ident Of the
New York Bar Association from l914
to 1917.
Hoover Is an Engineer
Herbert C. Hoover first became a
national character in 1914-'l5, when he
was named chairman of the Anne rican
Relief Commission to London, but he
had gained fame internationally long
before that as mining engineer, by
his explorations in nearly every section
Of the world.
Oscar S. Straus, three-time Ambas-
sador to Turkey and Secretary of Com
merce and Labor in President Roose-
velt's Cabinet, is regarded q an author
ity on political economy and diplomacy.
From 1915 to 1918 he was chairman of
the New York Public Service Commits
sion, LIST Di trict. The largest indus
trial assignment ever undertaken by
Mr. Straus was the Craftsmanship Of
the arbitration commission which in
1914, decided the wage dispute be-
tween the Eastern railroads and their
engineers.
Frank Williams Taussig is a politi-
cal economist of international reputa-
ton and was the Henry Lee profess or
in that subject at Harvard University
from 1901 to 1917. He is the editor
of the "Quarterly Journal of Econom-
les"
The Three Former Governors
Samuel Walker McCa'l has practiced
law in Boston since 1881. For six months