El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-10


Criticisms Of Procedure.
John Spargo seemed TO think there
was something wrong with the rules
and that subcommittees should be ap-
pointed. to which chairman Lane re
piled that already authority 70 make
such a subdivision Of tasks existed in
the committee Of 10 Dr. Elliott, Of
Harvard, had an idea too. that per
haps the conference had gone OF on
the wrong foot BY keeping three dis
tinct groups instead Of harmonlzings
and Gavin McNabb, OF California, jok-
lngly remarked that he favored
'unionism" in the conference where
upon Mr. Chadbourne again insisted
that 81 would be miraculous II the
three groups could be fused erect
lively 50 early IN the session and that
the very purpose OF me eoInmiitlee OF OF
10, containing five representatives OF
each group. was to start the processes
OF collaboration
There seemed TO be much sentiment
IN favor Of making a composite plan
out OF all the various plans submitted
to the conference, but for the present
the different schemes for adjusting
labor difficulties have merely been
presented and read in order that
things might get started and the true
purposes OF the conference developed
To Urge Strike Settlement.
But while suggestions and plans
we're brought forward for future dis
cussion. the concrete thing that came
out Of the labor group Thursday,
aside from the several propositions
presented BY Il as future basis for
capital and labor. was the direct re-
quest that the conference take cognl-
zancs OF the steel strike and bring the
issue into court, so 10 speak should
the conference take action settling
the steel strike. public confidence in
its power and influence would take
an upward bound. Many OF the mem
bers OF the conference will press for
Immediate cons Iteration Of the steel
strike difficulty OF at least tempo
rlry suspension OF hostilties pending
the outcome o. the main discussions
now being carried on with respect TO
the relations between capital and Ia
Dor as a whole.
Some Are Extremists.
There are many men on the side
OF employers who show a disposition
70 90 half way I'm meeting the re-
quests OF labor. but until the extrem-
lists on either side are brought into
line-indeed. until man ike judge
Gary and a man like Bernard n
Baruch or Thomas Chadbourne, both
OF whom sit ar the table OF the public
group, begin 70 have a common view
point. until a man like John Spargo.
begin at least TO approximate a pro-
gram OF principles. the work OF the
conference VIII be necessarily OF slow
speed and without effectiveness. but
counsel and discussion and the pres
sure from the outside-the numerous
strikes that have not been called
pending the outcome OF the industrial
conference and the present disturb
ances in industry-c an ef-
fectire brake on academic arguments.
The speech OF NJ. sheppard. Of
the railroad brotherhOods, re-
realed the conHclOuEnezE which
labor feels At its economic
strength and the readlnesH which
Il exhibits to use the strike a. a
weapon q warfare
His hints OF the seriousness Of the
situation industriany we're hardly
needed, for they are commonly real
lied and seemed in one sense 10 give
an impression OF threat OF coercion.
but before the conference IS over
there doubtless viii be more Of this
and the important thing is not TO
watch the radicalisn Of the confer
ence. but the calm conservatism at
both the capital and labor tables, for
once these forces fuse there viii be
basis OF adiustn1ent.-Co Copyright,
1913, The Fl Paso Herald