New-York tribune., 1919-10-23

reasonable, just and modern declara-
tion that labor stands to-day upon a
different plane than it has ever occu-
pied before"
The vote on the labor resolution was
taken after q recess. During deep ST.
lence the groups recorded their votes.
1T was known by all that the labor
group would announce its decision a.
to the future. Daniel j. Tobin and
JACOB Fischer, of the labor group, had
already left the conference to take
trains for their homes. Ebert II. Gary
had not returned for the afternoon
session.
Mr.. Gompers arose end pronounced
the verdict that ended the Industrial
conference so far rs labor is concerned
u feel it incumbent upon me at this
!uncture to ask that l may be heard
IN connection with the present situa
ton" Mr.. Gompers began. AS
stated upon ou, convening early this
afternoon, the group of which | am
part felt Impressed very dceply with
the urgent request Of The President.
and under its influence prepared for
submission to this conference a rcso
luton which by the vote of tho en-
pioyers group has been rejected.
"Regrettable," Says Gompers
The situation thus created can
, nrlng satisfaction to no man. It is
! regrettab!e, far beyond what words can
express. 1t is regrcttable from every
viewpoint. 1t is not only regrcttable
from the standpoint of labor; it is
not only regrettable from the stand
point of the public, but it IS regrettable
from the standpoint of EMPLOYERS. ana
how regrettable it is and viii be viii viii
{ be developed more sharply and keenly
as time goes on.
A.. harller IN these proceedings I took
/ the opportunity of stating that the
employers, by the attitude that thew
| nave assumed in this conference. are
placlng themselves exactly in the same
position as the l. w. W. in the United
states. The I. W. W., in its propa-
g'hoa and IN Its documents. in it's lit
era'ure' IN ITS declarations, has taken
the position that workers should not
enter ehte INTO agreements with employers.
ne position in which the employing
/ group has placed the employers Of
! Amcrlca is not an enviablc one.
The preamble Of the l. w. w. organ
lAatloh mas for its sentence this: THE
"orKlng class and employing class
nave nothing III common Having moth
ing N common, they do not seek agree
.hhcn'' 'heS 90 not seek conciliation
Vhey 90 not seek collective bargaining.
bu'i"ii'E pom QulCkSand"
ne declaration which we have pro-
posed IS rejected and repudiated by
.he employing group. They want shor
II they can get away with it, why. that
is their job; but they are buildine
upon Gulcksand: They are re ting theil
nope upon a fiimsy ground and one
which will not take long to turn unor
them in their benevolent and solicitor,
att'lude toward the workers in thei,
employ.
The shop organization, the emplov
ers union OF workers, never bring.
anyone anywhere. 1t may be held b,
employers that their workmen arc con
tented Perhaps in so far as thew ar,
concerned, they know the workers ar,
contented; but they are content ius
hKe the people Of Poland were con
tent- 1hey were content at the poiu
or the bayonet there. and in the in
oustrlal plants they are content at tn,
POINT OF starvation. | do not mea,
the starvation that brings about III,
want Of food Hunger Is n relativ,
term, after all.
There is no man 80 thorouehl,
starved as the one who has his asplrn
ton destroyed.
Not There by "Sufferancc"
"Mr. Chairman. ladies and pcnt1c
men: My associates and in this abo]
group in this conference ars not here
by sutterance: we are here, as are tht
employers, at the direct request Of tn.
President for our reresentaticn, ant
the group representing the public wa,
appointed by the President directly.
would like, at this juncturc, withou
| reading the invitation extended by tn,
president, to refer TO it. for the pur
pose Of saying that he asked that fif
teen representatives of the American
Federation Of Labor be selected fo,
the purpose Of participating in thi,
conference.
"ls it imaginable that we, as the rep
resentativcs of tho organized worker
of America, representing, with the rep
rcscntatives Of the railroad brother
hoods, four md half million wag,
workers. in the unitcd States, can 'cn