The Washington times., 1919-10-19
LLDELEGATESON
GROUP BARGAINING
Favorable Vote Wlll Enable Con-
ference to Reach Quick
Agreement Tomorrow

Delegates to the National Indus
trial Conference today are being poll
cd By telegraph and long distance
telephone calls on q comproEise col
lectiVe bargaining resolution written
BY the Central Committee Of Biffeen
ih q session that lasted al yesterday
and part Of last night
A favorable poll, leaders said here
today. win enable the conferences to
reach quick agreement tomorrow On
collective Bargaining, which has nei-
the conference mOtionles8 for two
VaeIEs.
With this question settled, the con-
ference can hurry through q code for
settlement Of Industrial disputes in
time, it - suggested, to Be applied %
Tire thFelteued strike Of miners No
vamber in case meaiation nov -heipg
directed by Secretary Wilson, of the
Labor panart1eht, MIS- -st
settle Fzithoua sttEEss
Backed By public opinion. this code.
delegates believe. would BE used 90
settle ala existing labQf disputes with
out strikes
Il could be applied nfst to the steel
strike, % % -urged, and % the tense
labor situation in 8hiby6rds thrquga-
out the country 6nd % t1e strike ~
.iongshorbmeu fn New York.
sToday's p6ll, az delegates 20 the
industrial conference % being taken
By the central committee. which VIII
meet tonight TO canvass the result
II the new. resolution q approved
st the meeting Of the fcommittee to-
uight. q viii Be reported 70 tie con-
ference hooF Monday At 0s9D q. ~,
as the GFgt order Of busiRess,
WouIl start Co-speFatioa.
A favorable report BY the commit
tee would indicate probable adoption
Of the resolution By the copferenee
and the beginning Of cp-operatioa
by the three major groups Of deto-
gates toward the WoFzipg out Of =
complete new code p govern inqus-
trial relations Throughout the
country.
Indioatlpas l8f aEraemeit - the
committea FOR q fdVofable report on
the. re9olution were the most hopeful
since the conference oEganiEed two
weeks ago; members said.
The collective baFgRiping resolu-
tion succeeded the proposal 70 arbi-
trats the steel strike az the main
E4AAAN - NaA4-tA@ aa- HAAA lraAaH
One resolution ipdorsing collective
bargaining which was referred to the
commitee earIv his week Was re-
ported to the conference floor with
out recommendation because the com
mittes could not agree on L.
Majority vots NEEDED.
Agreement. in the committee must
come through 9 majority vote q each
group iu it. Bach Of the three major
groups in the conference has hVs
representatives on the committee.
A majority vote in the COMMITTEES
means, under the conference rules,
favorable vote by at least three Of the
ave members from each group.
The hrst sollbcfVe bargaining reso-
luton FefsfF6d q tto committee re-
eeived q majority vote Of two groups,
those reDFe1enting the public and
labor. Thig resolution Endorsed the
rirht ofswOFkeFo 70 organize, ana bar
gain collectively on questions OF
wages, hours Of labor and working
conditions Through representative
OF their own choosing"
Employers in the committee re-
fused TO vote for the resolution be-
cause OF the last clause, which they
charged would permit interference In
strikes BY men not IN their employ.
in. the rough draft Of the resolu-
tion now being framed BY the COM
nfttes this clause has been changed
to, read: Through representatives,
chosen BY q majority vote OF those
concerned"
Vhs collective bargaining question
has prevented the industrial confer
eDce from considering and passing on
tlIfrtv-fye resolutions introduced.