The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-23
1--WE Are Not Jun1pin.-
Jacks, Says Gon1pers
Labor Has Made All Conces-
sionS Possible, Declares
Veteran Leader.
LANE REMAINS HOPEFUL.
Chadbourne, of Public Group,
Says, I'VE Cant Play Ham
let Without Hamlet"

let Without Hamlet"
Washington, Oct. 23.-The labor
! group does not intend to return TO
President Wilson's industrial confer
ence.
This statement was made by Sam
uel oompers, president Of the Amer
ican Federation Of Labor, at his Of.
flee.
1--WE are not Jumping jacks" said
Gompers. I'VE don't walk out Of
conference and walk right back. We
have been patient. We are always
willing to meet with men who are
wilma to meet with US on common
ground. We made all the concessions
possible. We could not have made
more and faced the millions Of work.
ers we represented"
Depending on Wilson.
The future of the industrial con-
ference rests with President Wilson
now, IT was stated at the White
House today. After meeting with
Chairman Lane, Bernard Baruch and
Thomas l.. Chadbourne. Secretary
Tumulty conveyed to the president
information of the action taken by the
labor group yesterday. Secretary
Tumulty was also instructed to, in
form the president that there In a
division in opinion among the re-
naming members of the conference
as to whether the conference should
continue in session
Chairman Lane still was hopeful
President Wilson would be able to
find some way out, but in the alb
sence of any word from the presl-
dent, leaders of both the public and
capital groups We're agreed that fur
ther sessions were useless
"No Hamlet Without Hamlet"
"You cannot play Hamlet without
Hamlet" said Thomas L. Chadbourne,
| chairman OF the committee of fifteen.
He added he planned to recommend
to the public group, of which he is a
member, that n committee be named
to formulate n report to the president
and then have the group disperse.
Bernard NJ Baruch, chairman of
the public group, said he considered
that the conference virtually had
! ended when the labor delegates with
drew last night The issue is now
\ before tho public Mr.. Baruch said,
and public opinion alone can decide Il.
Representatives Of capital also,
! were of the opinion that the sessions
should not be prolonged.
Meantime President Wilson had
under advisement the future fate OF
the conference. He had before him
recommendation of Chairman Lane
that the conference continue its ses-
sions even though only the repre-
! sentatives of the public group were
present. Mr. Baruch and Mr.. Chad
bourne, however, did not agree with
this recommendation and their views
were made known to the president.
Barney Baruch's Comment.
The ruling of Chairman Lane that
the conference was still in existence
wis being disputed even by Bernard
Baruch, who as unofficial. representa-
tive of the White House exhausted
every means in an effort to keep the
conference together. There's no
conference left" Baruch said today.
ITS like going into court to present
only one side of a case II we try
to keep the conference going with
labor absent"
Samuel Gompers and Frank Nor
rison are still in Washington, but
several members of the labor group
left the cnpital last night.
President Wilson summoned Secre-
tary Tumulty to the sick room
shortly after 1880 and Chairman
Lane was connected with the White
House on the telephone Immediately
after 1T was understood the president
had reached n decision on the future
course of the industrial conference.
Gompers' Formal Statement.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, in a
formal statement today, reiterated
that unless the employers group in
the conference agreed to the decla-
ration that the workers without dis
elimination had the right to organize
it was worse than useless for labors
representatives. TO continue the de-
lberations.