Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-25
WORLD DELEGATES
OF LABOR TO MEET
HERENEXT MONDAY
Both Germany and Austria
Participants With Allied
and Other Bodies.

The International Federation OF
Trade Unions conference. authorized
and provided for by the international
Federation of Trade Unions congress,
which was formed at Amsterdam
Holland, last July among the labor
leaders of the allied countries, will
meet in Washington Monday
An Interesting feature of the per-
sonnet Of the conference will be the
presence of delegates from both Ger
many and Austria, who were not par
Elephants in the formation Of the new
international labor alliance. but will
be represented in the conference here
by invitation.
1t is understood that the objects of
the conference cover labor and in
dustrial matters of an international
character. having to do with the re-
construction of the allied countries
and the upbuilding of industry which
in some of the allied countries has
been practically wiped out. Another
important feature of the deliberations
will be the cementing of the interests
of the trades unionists of the coun-
tries that form the membership of
the international labor alliance. The
conference will hold it's deliberations
in the executive council room of the
American Federation of Labor head
quarters.
The conference, it is said, probably
will be in session a week or more.
Countries Represented.
The countries that will be repre-
sented in the conference are the
United States, Great Britain, France.
Belgium. Luxembourg, Germany, Aus
tria, Holland. Switzerland, Sweden.
Norway, Denmark. Spain and Czecho-
slovakia. These delegates represent
in the aggregate 17.741.00 trades
unionists Of their countries-America,
with an organized body Of 100000:
Great Britain, 4,750,0O0; France. L.
100000; Germany, 100000. and the
other countries. with lesser numbers,
running between 100000 and 100000
workmen.
The delegates Of the international
federation are Samuel Gompers and
Daniel Tobin, America; A. Hueber and
Franz Domes. Austria: Cor. Mertens
and G. Solau. Belgium; L. Jouhaux
and ]. Dumoulin. France; c. Legion
and job. Sassenbach. Germany; W. A.
Appleton and Ben Tillet. Great
men, Holland; Ole o. Lain and Jens
Tiegen. Norway; F. L. Caballero and
j. Besterio, Spain; Arvid Thorberg
and Chr. Sjostrom, Sweden, and K.
Durr and Charles Schurch, Switzer-
land.
Officers of Alliance.
The officers of the alliance are:
President. w A. Appleton. Great
Britain; first vice president. L. Jou-
haux, France; second vice president.
Corneille Mertens, Belgium; treasurer.
L. Oudegeest, Holland, and secretary
editor, Edo Fimmen, Holland. The
headquarters of the federation is
being maintained at Amsterdam.
At the July meeting in Amsterdam
decision was reached that none of
the countries represented in the fed
Grafton would participate in the in
ternational labor conference, which
convenes here next Wednesday, unless
German and Austrian delegates were
admitted. Officials in charge of the
conference have stated that former
enemy countries are not entitled to a
vote at the opening Of the conference,
but that they may be admitted by
vote of the conference.
All of the delegates to the confer
ence of the International Federation
Of Trades Unions are also delegates to
the international labor conference
called in compliance with the Paris
peace treaty, which meets in Wash
in Ofop the 29th inst