The sun., 1919-09-03
Conference to Discuss In
dustrial Crisis Waits on
Presidents Tour.
INVITATIONS ARE OUT
Biggest Men in Finance
and Trade Will Be
Summoned.
GOMPERS HEADS WORKERS
President at First Session
Only to Give Own Views
and Suggestions.
INVITATIONS ARE OUT
1OMPERS HEADS WORKERS
Special Despatch to THE son.

Special Despatch to THE suS.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.--Letters of in
vitation to the conference between Ia
Dor and industry to be called by the
President will be sent from the White
House tomorrow before the Presi-
dents departure on his speechmaking
tour of the country in behalf of the
peace treaty and the League of Ma
tions. The men selected to serve will
not be made known until acceptances
are received by the President. 1t Is
known, however, that the biggest and
dustry and in finance will be asked TO
sit with the representatives of labor In
an effort to bring fundamental changes
in the labor situation and to recon-
mend means to bring a new industrial
era.
The conference is to be held early in
October, after the Presidents return.
II will not be in the nature Of a con-
vention and the gathering win be re-
stricted in size probably to fifteen or
twenty men, who are expected to ex-
change ideas across the table" Press
ii6ent Wilson is to sit in at the first
meeting and is expected to outline his
own ideas on the subject, as we'll as
the purpose of the call. Supplement
tary meetings probably will be pre-
sided over by Secretary OF the Inte-
rior Lane, who declared himself for
the conference before the President is
sued the call.
Gompers to RepreSent Labor.
While there is little doubt that Sam
uel Gompers. president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, will head the
labor representatives at the confer
ence and that presidents Of the vari-
Gus great international unions will sit
with him, it is much more difficult 10
forecast thu identity of tn erepresen-
tatives Of capital"
1t is President Wilson'S intention to
meut will carry weight. So far as is
possible there will be representatives
of the great branches of industry as
well as of the great branches of labor.
The list probably will include banker
of national renown representing
finance; representative of transpor-
tation, of one or more of the raw ma
terial industries. of manufacturing in
terests and of mining
The composition and the nature of
the conference was one of the princi-
pal topics of discussion at the Cabinet
meeting to-day. The President, il is
understood, went .over the entire sit
uatlon with his official advisers and
asked for suggestions for those to be
invited to serve. 1t is likely that sew
erai members of the Cabinet will nj
tend one or more of the meetings
of the conference when it sits here.
The meetings, or many of them. at
least, will be executive, but daily an
nouncements OF progress are to be
made.
Trip Plans Completed
Final arrangements were completed
to-daN for President Wilson'S trip, which
will start tomorrow night and end on
September 80. Thirty set speeches have
been scheduled by .the President. the
hrst to be delivered at Columbus, Ohio.
on Thursday morning and the last at
LOUISVILLE. Ky, on September 29 In
addition 1t is expected that Mr Wilson
will make several short platform ad-
dresses NJ the smaller towns along the
route.
In the party accompanying the Presi-
dent will be Mrs. Wilson, Rear Admiral
Cary 7. Grayson, personal physician to
the President Secretary Tumulty, stem
ographers secret service men and news
paper correspondents. The Presidential
train will be composed of the Presi-
dents private car, one for the stenogra-
piers and secret service men, and an
other for the correspondents, with a
dining car and baggage car. Along the
entire route a pilot engine will be run
ahead as a precautionary measure
against accidents and other eventuaIi-
ties. The train schedule will not be
made public until il has been fulfilled
city after city.
Members of the party will live on
the train practically during the twenty
seven days OF the "trip, only few over
night stops being planned.
President Wilson's tour at this time
will only add chaos to the present in
dustrlal crisis, Representative Roden.
beTs tHi.) declared or the aoor oc TIE
House to-day in speaking on his reso-
hutton suggesting that Mr.. Wilson re-
main in Washington until the present
difficulties are settled. Mr. Rodenberg
pointed out that the President asked
Congress To stay to help save the
present critical situation and then
runs of himself"
ROdenberR Attacks Tour.
"ln his address to the laboring people
yesterday he emphasized the great ne
cesslty for team work." Mr.. RodenberE
said. How can you have team work