Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-18

work them into an adjustment The
labor group at the end Of six hours Of
solid oratory and argument declared
that It can make no further conces-
sions.
Its spokesman said II would be a
calamity II the conference disintegrat-
ed, but that unless some declaration
soon Is forthcoming on the basic Idea
Of group bargaining. perhaps It will
be impossible to hold longer In leash
strikes that conservative leaders have
held up by counseling workers to wait
for some action from the conference.
Samuel Gompers and others ham,
mered away on the idea that the con-
servative part OF organized labor is
the bulwark against radicalism In
American industry.
'Tf you think the labor group will
yield more than 1t has In the resolu-
ton Of the public group. you're mis-
taken" said w. G. Lee, Of the train
men. In urging a vote before adjourn
ment tonight. 1T would be calamity
for this conference to break up, yet
after two weeks of work we have not
formulated a declaration on a single
principle. The men I represent on
Oct. 1 agreed to hold in abeyance the
question of a strike until after the con-
ference could meet and formulate
something" z. i.
Harry A. Wheeler. of the employers
group, said the days debate had yield
ed his bloc much. information on
cloudy points and better understand
ing OF the entire question. He urged
delay until Monday.
GIVE US this time and Il will not be
time wasted" he said.
AS affairs stand now the real point at
issue is still Upside control versus out
side interference"
The two really important points on
which employers are standing out from
the labor and public group are:
Express avowal Of the right of an
employer not to deal with representa-
tives Of labor who are not his en-
ployes. If the moral situation requires
1t ,and II the representatives are not
really representative Of his men.
2-Declaration that government en-
ployes have no right to belong to a
"supergovernment" organization. La
Dor points out this would deny the
right Of the railroad employees to their
brotherhoods during government oper-
alton.
Capitals declaration on collective
bargaining was presented by Mr..
Wheeler this morning. The feature in
which Is differs most prominently
from the avowal as supported by the
public and labor is statement Of the
right OF an employer not to deal with
men who are not his employees"
This upholds the position taken by
Chairman E. H. Gary In the steel
strike. The declaration by the pub
lie and labor by setting forth the right
Of workers to select agents from out
side to deal with the company for them
10 the antithesis Of the Gary attitude.
The steel strike, in fact. looms over
the entire sessions. 1t has enveloped
the deliberations over collective bar
gaining. Members Of the capital group
complain that, the public tendency is
to regard the situation between the
steel companies and the thousands Of
skilled and unskilisd stee, sAd ion
workers ~ typical Of fefndustry. To
Nombat that view they have been
painting q far different picture, depict
ing the great bulk Of American indus
try a. still in the old "shirt sleeves"
stage. when the employer had close
personal contact with his workers.