Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-23

country. IN a message
to Chairman Lane he
asked that the public Representatives
.inue their work and make a re.
port to him.
1t is the hope OF Mr.. Wilson and
other administration officials that the
public delegates who We're appointed
by the President, and who represent
both employers and workers, can for
mulate a program which will be ac-
centabe to both sides. After an
nouncing that he had received Presl-
dent Wilson's message, Chairman
Lane declared the conference as orig
inally constituted adjourned, and I'M
mediatelv called the members OF the
public group into session as new
conference.
Mr.. Lane said il was probable the
President would increase the men,
bership of the public group so as 10
make that body more representatie'
Organized labor may be asked to par
ticinate thru delegates to be named
by the President. The public group
later held an execute session and
membersaid the delegates were will
ing to respond to the Presidents ap-
, peal.
| Bernard Baruch, chairman Of the
group. presided It developed at the
meeting that there were some uncer-
/ tainties as to the Presidents desires
and recess was taken until 4 o'clock.
Z ,l.,,, fn
communicated with Thomas l..
Chadbourne did not interpret the
Presidents message az did Secretary
Lane. Mr. Chadbourne held the
President intended the group should
merely wind up" the conference by
making short report, while Mr.. Lane
said the representatives should con-
tiuue in conference Representatives
of captal were called to meet and
continue their course. Some of the
delegates said that since they were
dismissed there was nothing further
for them to do,
We have withdrawn and that ends
il as far as we are concerAed,' sald
lacks. We are not only men reapon-
SlDIe as CltlHtnS, Dul ItHpou9ioic W
millions OF workers.
The representatives OF the PUBIC
group. largely employers, ana people
who have been antagOnistic to the
labor cause, and LABOR movement.
voted in favor of our declaration.
"lnf0rmatiOn has come to me that
the employers group. in their confer
euco, voted against the declarations
hy a majority Of one. ! am convinced
trat those employers in that group,
who voted against the declaration are
unrepresentatiye of the intelligent
fair-minded employers OF the coun-
try"
Both the public and capital groups
were present at the conference meet
ing place today awaiting word from
Pesldent Wilson spokesman tor
aacn said that further deliberations
appeared hopeless since the repre-
sentativos of labor had withdrawn
from the conference, 0ut the puolc
delegate were expected to comply
with Mr. Wi 'ou's request TO continue.
While President Gompers of the
American Federation of Labor relter'
ated that the labor delegates would
not again meet with employers group
unless majority Of the employers
representatives changed their attitude
on The issue of collective bargaining
Officials had not abandoned nope that
1abor would assent 70 principles which
might be formulated by the puohc
group. acting alone.
Whether capitals representatives
would assent to the arrangement pro-
posed renamed to be deveopen.
Their spokesman said before the
Presidents message Was received that
, they had stood for what they regarded
as just principles and were content
D., to rest their case before the public on
the conference record
Pro idrnt Wilson did not write y
> formal letter to the conference Ills
wishes were made TO Mr. Lane thru
Secretary Tumulty who went to the
conference room alter q talk with the
+ President, during which Mr.. Wilson
WIS informed. not only Of the events
in the conference hut also OF the
\ views OF the conference leader,
# To Reject Coal Settlement
n Washington. Oct. % Secretary
II Wilson's proposal for settlement oi
T. the coal strike viii be rejected by the
= Miurrs, officers of the United Mine
n Workers % America announced today
= on their way TO meeting called q
n formulate an answer This was taken
n to mean that the joint conference with
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