Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-10-10
UNREST SOLvERS
OFFER INDUSTRY
8 PEACE DEVICES.
Permanent Arbitration
Board Of Ex-Presi-
dents, One Plan.
GOMPERs PROPOSES Il
BASIC LABOR PRINCIPLES

Washington, Oct 9.-Concrete pro-
posals designed to bring about better re
lations between employers and the en-
ployed were laid before the national in
dustral conference, today. by members
Of the various groups. making up the
gathering. The proposals included:
Arbitration of the nationwide
steel strike, with return of the men
to work, pending settlement; an in
dustrial truce starting Immediately
and continuing three months; crea-
tion of an arbitration board by the
president and congress and including
among its members all ex-presi-
dents; and comprehensive plan
for adjudication Of industrial dis
nutes through boards of arbitration
in the various industries.
viii Investigate H. c. L.
The conference. today. also took its
first concrete action in adopting a MO
ton offered BY Thomas L. Chadbourne.
representative Of the public, providing
that committee. consisting of three
members from each of the groups OF
employers. labor. and the public. be ap-
pointed t. investigate the high cost Of
living
Bernard NJ. Baruch. chairman of the
public group, made the proposal for the
industrial truce, while Samuel Gompefs
president of the American Federation Of
Labor and chairman Of the labor group,
proposed arbitration of the steel strike
Mr.. Gompers' plan contemplated i'm
mediate return of the steel strikers to
work, pending the outcome Of efforts to
arbitratc the dispute.
Gompers' Steel Strike Plan.
Gavin McNab. of San Francisco pro-
posed permanent board. His resohl-
tion, which had the approval Of the pub
lie group, provided that all living ex-
presidents be members.
Mr. Gompers board for arbitrat Of
the steel strike would be composed oil
six members, to be appointed by each Of
the three groups in the conference-cap-
ital. labor and the public
Mr.. Gompers also presented a resoln-
tlon embodYing II fundamental princi.
pals. which. he emphasized had the unan-
imoas approval Of the labor group. in
clud,ng the representatives Of the four
railroad brotherhoods.
fundamentals OF Gompers.
fTncy Were:
Rights Of wake earncrs 80 organize.
Right Of collective bargaining.
Right of wage earners to organize
sented by representatives of their owr
choosing in negotiations with employers
Freedom of speech, of the press and
Of asscmblage.
Right Of employers to organize and
bargain collectively
Eliot Objects on Strike.
DR.. Charles w Eliot. president emer-
titus Of Harvard university, representative
Of the public. took vigorous exception
to the injection of the strike issue int
the conference and denounced the group
method of procedure because, he said. il
promotes combat over "old conditions
Declaring that the substitution Of con
fidence for distrust. Of good will for en-
nifty, of corporation for antagonism
between capital and labor, are the funda
mental necessities involved in the solu-
ton of present industrial problems. John
ID. Rockefeller, Dr.. representative ot
the public, presented resolution pro
viding recognition Of the principle OF
representation in industry under which
the employees shall have an effective
voice in determining their terms of en-
ployment an dtheir working and living
conditions.
Minimum eight-hour day with one day
of rest in each week. and with half
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