The Washington times., 1919-10-21

tue tueo1ys NJ oefof tuA1 tuer< ~
soms dAagsr Of certain nsueefr. -
f1& aa4 Il wAs tntspdeA t. prevs1R
tha1 Personally. ne said. he did not
fosf there So rea1 0anesr Of this. ana
said II might net BE necessary 10
read the letter.
Lahsr Grs~p sn Cs.e~s.
The conference held no morning
session. the labor group going into
caucus at about 10 o'clock. The ens-
ployer group came to the meeting
prepared to stand by their previous
position and disrtption seemed GER
tain
President Wilson was Appealed 10
at the eleventh heur, and II 10 be-
lieved that his interventtou WI foros
the delegates to stay in conferences
and adopt some new line Of discus-
sion or. 1T least sine new course sf
policy.
The pubic sroup came to sAe 1ss.-
ingss session with Q new resolut3cA,
which they had decided to try TO
force upon the employers- In this
resolution. five words are taken a.
rectly from the labor clause of the
League Of Nations covenant These
words are Representatives Of tn ov1
choosing"
Pvts Lsagse up 10 E.USsyUA
The employers are baking on -
ing required to meet representative
of labor" said q member of the puAke
group today. They cannot agres On
how such Representatives ahAn es
chosen The covenant of the League
OF Nations is now world Law. In that
covenant labor IL given the right TO
be represented by men Whom the
workers themselves select % We
have put that portion Of the eovsnaat
into our resolution and We are gofn9
to try to md out whether ARerfcaz
employers win refuse TO recognise tAa
League of Nations covenant"
The employers group was split NJ
on the issue Of the open shop The
bankers and aGrtculturalists In the
group were the liberal ements IN yes
terday's caucus. The manufacturers,
however. stood pat
LskSr Asks Aece1A
The labor group asked for . recess
because they wanted to consider tie
new resolu.ios which had been pre-
pared by the public group. The use
of the five words taken from the
League Of Nations covenant caught
their immediate interest.
During the recess. while labor was
in secret session. IL was suggested
that perhaps the League OF Nations
might prevent the conference from
going on the rocks.
The labor men felt that IL the en-
ployers could be put in the light OF
refusing to vote for q phrase which
is taken directly from a paragraph
in the League of Nations covenant
they would appear TO be voting
against clause OF the worlds Law.
Pessimism prevails among delegates
today az to the outcome. Most of
them read into the speeches made by
Judge Gary and Samuel Gompers. yea
terday, the breakup of the round
table, for the differences between the
two conflicting forces appear a. gres:
as ever. The employers group Gag
cused throughout the entire day yes
terdsy. without being stle to set an.-
where
Bar.eh Real Pswcs.
Bernard Baruch's influence hsE oeen
responsible fer Keeping Tho confer
ence going 10 the present moment, fov
six days ago q deadlock developed
and not an inch of prnsress has teen
made since that time.
The employer group say ir eFo-.
that they are withort power TO corr
init their respective organizations 10
collective bargaining on the basiS that
the unions have proposed. aud thEs
they have been aeIuged with tet~-
grams from business men in supncrs
OF their position. The speech which
Judge 0ary made ycste roxy I'm sup
port OF bis refusal 10 arestratc tie
steel strike. served TO strengthen ths
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