The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-18

/ talks well. has big, aggressive face
and a pugnacious, parliamentary
manner. His trigger Is little loose
and he goes of sometimes when he
should not. He has not the self
restraint that Gompers has, but he
is not as old as Gompers by half and
he is not oriental for minute. He
might have come out Of the Mennon-
ite colony In Kansas or from around
the gas works in Chicago, but Amer
lea has claimed him for her own and
he will go far II some of life's handi-
caps do not throw him. M
6aruch and Others.
In the public group aside from Gary
are half dozen interesting figures.
The leader Of the group Is BERNARD
Baruch, feet 2, trim, keen open face,
candid as to countenance, quick NOV
ing. decisive. friendly. resourceful and
as little satisfied with himself as a
handsome man dare be. He is the
newer type of American Jew. Ameri-
can life has pressed almost the last
vestige of his blood from his mein. 1t
Is a strong blood, but this is a strong
civilization we are making here, and
in Baruch we see the two forces grap-
pling with one another, and the west
ern civilization is fairly well prevail
ing. But he has all the high vision
that his blood entities him to. all the
capacity for honorable compromise. the
ability to put himself III the other
mans place. He is facile, gentle and
has tremendous personal charm. He
leads by char mrather than by force, as
David must have led of old. He yoked
in leadership of the public group with
Thomas C.. .Chadbourne. a. New York
corporatio nlawyer, big fellow OF an
English caste. of face and figure, a
fighting soul. pleasant enough but ,l-
ways pleasant from height, not with
out charm but always with purpose be-
fore charm. He Is the chairman Of a
committee of fifteen, a. commit ee
which has in its power the most inl-
portant work of the conference. Upon
ship will depend the success OF the
conference. and in so far as leadership
must direct the normal. must hold the
average he will do well. He Is not the
intellectual equal of Gary perhaps, not
even of Gompers. but he will not make
the mistake of highbrowing his leader
ship. 1t will be good direct American
and the low may reasonably expect q
good job from him as head of this COM
mittee. He has strong, important men
to deal with. President and his own
notions may not be neglected. He In
sists upon being heard when necessary
leader of the Brahmin group. He
knows their language. understands
their aspirations, and they will follow
him into compromises where tney
would not follow another. He is an In
telligent force, rather personal one.
group is John Spargo. socialist. He Is
smart: no other word fits him. He
knows the game which the conference
is playing. He knows parliamentary
usage, Is active, cannot be tripped.
likes to talk. is full OF resources, mas
an unbreakable will. feels himself &C.
tached from the group. more or less
rejected of men," and is the only cru
sader in the conference. He is slight
of build wiry- bodied. with q hunting
dog face and brown look as 10 halr'
mustache, complexion and eyesLa
brown look which he accentuates IN ms
dress. He makes striking ngure
when he talks. he Is restless nu. nv m1v
er out Of control and has quick tenn,
per but knows how to smother II, ana
Ia the most .conbatixe man in the con-
farence. The public group think MN
to be more radical than he really is.
His suggestions are on the whole con-
servative rather than RADICAL which ih-
dicates great self-controi.
Most of the women in the perform
ance are in the public group. Miss TAR
hell. Mrs Burnham and Miss Waid.
Miss Wald has spoken more often tnah
the Others. She has clear, nne, rlcn
voice, poise, good looks. and she az
ways lays back in her conservatism IN
order to be fair.
In the capitalistic group Is one nota-
BILE figure, that of its chairman, Mr.. n.
A. Wheeler. He is is conventional slze,
n0nUpfnlOnAl
and conventional speech. But ne is
leader of his group. When he is on m ms
feet his words come with great deiio-
Grafton as though he were CHOOSING
each syllable. He carries convictlon Pc
cause he is deliberate. He has a DanK-
ers' caution and is always 1airi aiM"sS ,'.Ss
judicial in his utterances. but ne gMes er,
fhe impression of great representation
in his strength. He is man VINO
charms by his repressed force. he Is
the sort of man that the republican
party of McKinley's day wouio nav n;
turned to for the president or caoi,
net mcmber.> He mas reat 1aadership see
in his kind The rest OF the employers
group look as they should look: nke
bankers manufacturers, capltals.S.
men of great caution but no very srea.
sympathies. Their faces are inteillsenSs
hut not particularly kindly races any
there is among them ,.,i, one ,,,nde n,de mn % tor
Fish who is SO perfectly maue up ,,n. M
the part of capitalist that IT seems u';
hel,evable that he should have done o.e "a
so exactly. He Is about feet II, IcV
hounds. oval-shaped, round -heaueSu,
narrow-eyed, with voice that M sou"uo IS,
like a Ford automobile running Over az
iron bridge, who looks straight aheau.
neyer nm or down, nor to the rlght vi
the left, and would have Deen ll,e ~, :,
carnation of property in the morality
nIav IF he should walk on tn estase
% the car,tain of industry the stase
manager would have to send nm pach IN
To reduce his makeup. Nothlng ~ ~
wanting. and his body is the reheA VI
his mind.
Making Of Compromise 49,,
Now it is out of these personalities
that must come the compromises which
shall insure industrial peace in Amer
lea. The industrial conference must
succeed or America must go INTO the
business of repression instead OF COM
Spromise. 1t will take force in score
Of districts to get the United states
through the winter if this industrlai
conference fails. and force Is DANGER
ous weapon. 1t breeds force, and force
meeting force means war. And tnls
country. while it will rise above any
civil war, can only have civil war az
tremendous cost of the splendid 1eehng
that has been bred among all Ameri-
cans of all castles and sections during
the last five years.
Maurice Mays Sentenced