Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-23
Conference Formally Ad-
iourned Following With
drawal of Laborites.
PUBLIC GROUP TO
CONTINUE EFFORTS
President Wilson Asks Delegates From
. One Of Three Groups to Undertake
4 Task Of Bringing Capital and Labor
In Asresment--Io Both Labor
and Capital Groups in New Con-
ference.

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7 Washington, Oct. 23.-out OF the
wreck Of the national industrial, con-
ference President Wilson sought to
bring Industrial peace. In message
to Chairman Lane he asked that the
public delegatas continue their work
and report to him. It Is the hope OF
the president that the public delegates
who represent both employers and
workers, can formulate q program
WATCH will be acceptable to both capi-
tai an, labor.
After announcing that he had re-
ceived the message Chairman Lane an
nounced the national conference ad-
1ourned and called the public group In
to session ns new conference.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor in q
formal statement today reiterated that
9 unless the employers group agreed 70
the declaration that the workers had
their right to organize without dis
elimination. It was worse than useless
to continue
The industrial coufsrsncs blew mp
last night.
The labor group withdrew after ths
employers bloc had killed new rsso-
luton ON collective bargaining. Public
and labor supported It. but capital CAS-
Q negative vots.
samuel 0ompers led his colleagues
out Of the marble hall after speech
IN which he held the smploysrr group
respons,bls for the break. He said the
employers held the same attitude ~ the
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.,ys sung my swan song You have
lextslatsd usy out Of this conferences.
te said. with o. sweepinS Eeatnre
towards the representatives Of capital
eve cM no longer remain
Caoital Dossn'e Echo Real Sentiment.
Mr.. Gompers said tho employers
group did not represent the actual sem
timent Of the employers OF America.
This was .echoed In somo remarks from
the public group. !.
Harry A. Wheeler for the capital
! group. said it would not. accept re-
sponsibility for the smash-up and that
Il was ready and willing TO stick and
proceed.
The labor bloc. which had arranged
20 meet to consider tho critical situa-
don facing the conference, retired De-
fore the final meeting to map plan OF
action. In the corridors, the Bentiment
was that the labor delegation had been
put In boat and that II tho CONFER.
ence cracked responsibility weuld feli
upon Mr.. Gompers and his associates
Straw That Crippled Camel. (.
After a long consultation. however
( labor finally emerged with q collective
bargaining proposition. It made no
reference by word to trade or labor
organizations, but was 9 statement
Of principle In general terms. 1t read:
"The right Of wage earners to organ
re without discrimination, to- bargain
collectively, TO be represented by rep
resentatives Of their own choosing IN
negotiations and adjustments with
employers in respect to wages, hours
Of labor, and relations and conditions
of employment, is recognized"
Employers In the public sroup said
tho resolution was perfectly satisSac-
tory, that It was merely an affirmation
OF principles which are generally rec
1 Ognixed.
Dr.. Charles W. Eliot, dR Harvard. ap-
pealed to for expert opinion, said It
4 was perfectly plain and simple. clear
60 anybody's mind. contained nothing
but what al Intelligent leaders OF In
dustry afe now accepting and are now
acting upon.
Principle Generally Accepted. !.
Several speakers pointed out that
during the entire conference there has
been no denial Of the principle Of col
lectiye bargaining. the controversy be-
ing merely over its definition. method
and interpretation.
Fredericiq p. Fish, chairman OF the
national Industrial board. for the Cap
Itai group, advanced the objection that
z, Il was "the thought behind the wcrds''
that counted.
rIf this resolution should pc adopted
by the employers group" ihe said. 1T
would 60 out to the world az conces-
sion on the part Of the employers
4 group that they recognise the neccs-.
4 sityef the unioniIation OF all the In
dustrial establishments in the country
X and the Kind OF collective bargaining
that the labor unions insist upon az
distinguished from other kinds"
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