El Nuevo mexicano., 1919-10-30
INTERNATIONAL CON-
FAB ON LABOR IN
SESSION UNDER AN
UNRAT|F|ED TREATY
Secretary Wilson to Be
Chief; Ratification
Sure, He Says
SO COUNTRIES
ARE REPRESENTED

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Washington. Oct. 29.-Representa-
tives Of labor and capital in the
United States will participate UNI
officially in the international labor
conference which began its sessions
here today. and Secretary Wilson of
the labor department, who called the
conference to order. will be named
president.
The invitation for the United
states to be nnofficiasly represented
in the conference was extended by
the delegates on motion OF the Ital-
ian delegation. Secretary Wilson
later announced he had requested
the American Federation Of Labor
to appoint the labor delegates and
the chamber Of ommerc of the
United States to choose representa-
,tiyes of the employers.
Mr.. Wilson was agreed upon by the
delegates for president Of the con
ference. The secretary explained that
as the conference still is being or
~ganized" he wal authorized to pre-.
side as the representative Of the
United States, which is charged I'M
der the terms of the treaty OF Yer
l~sailIes with the organization Of the
conference.
The United States cannot be Of
lficially represented because the peace
treaty has not yet been ratified and
because Of congressional prohibition.
Mr.. Wilson however, told the dele
4 gates that while the league of ma
tions had not technically come into
existence, it was an assured fact
and that consequently it was the
duty of the United States to organize
The conference.
The secretary declared the CON
ference represented the first con
certed effort in history to deal with
1.-THE labor problems progressively. y
Representatives of So countries
seated in alphabetical order in a large
circle in the same hall in the PAN
american building where the national
Industrial conference came to grief,
heard the ~secretary's address.
Ambassadors and ministers Of many
nations occupied places Of honor on
either side Of the chairman's plat
form.
Samuel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation Of Labor, and
a member of the conference organ
izing committee, was present
Countries having delegates present
to-day included, Great Britain. Japan,
France, Italy, Belgium, Spain, Hol-
land Sweden Canada, China, Czecho-
l~Sl0vakia, Switzerland, Denmark, Nor
way Greece and practically all OF
the central and southern American
republics.
ANY conclusion that this confer
Bence arrives at that does not give
full consideration to the fact that
workers are living, sentiment beings,
bwill fail Of its purpose, said Sec
rotary Wilson.
Declaring that the problem OF the
relation between labor and capital
was the oldest in the world. Mr..
Wilson said that from the DAYS Of
Moses, when the biblical leader set
lout as a walking delegate for the
bookmakers Of Israel, the best means
.of obtaining a fair adjustment be-
tween employers and employees and
of securing the acme of production
while at the same time protecting
the workers, has been an ever pres
ent question.
"0n the proper solution of this
question depends the future pros
perity OF the world he continued,
adding a warming that all social ex-
.periments should be conducted SO
carefully that no explosions could
take place.