Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-11

and who are contented and prosperous
under n system of high wages, good
living conditions and the best of home
surroundings.
Old School Socialism
Down near the front of the table sits
John Spargo, an Americanized Eng
lsh Socialist of twenty years stand
ing, and Charles Edward Russell, an
other leading Socialist both of whom
repudiated advanced Socialism for its
unpatriotic stand during the war.
Gavin McNab, whose name is sug
gestiye of the James NJ. Barrie school
of Scotch literature, has come all the
way from San Francisco to sit at the
peoples table. He is lawyer student
of industrial problems. and the man
who settled the shipyard strikes on the
Pacific coast.
Paul l.. Feiss. a youngish man, but
big manufacturer of Cleveland, sits
facing Bert NJ. Jewell, member of
the Federation of Labor, with radical
tendencies, who is Peoples reprcsen-
tative by virtue of his appointment by
the Department of Labor.
In the Employers group sit such men
as j. w. OLeary. of Chicago, president
Of the National Metal Trades Associa
Philadelphia. president of the West
moreland Coal Company; Leon +.
Loree, of New York. full bearded and
sturdy and one of the big figures in
the railroad world.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
country has its representatives seated
at the Employers table. Among them
are Harry A. Wheeler. of Chicago, for
mer president of the Chamber of Com
merce of the United States Earnest #.
Trigg. president of the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce; and John j.
Raskob. of Wilmington. Del. one of the
enterprises--all of them instant and at
all times in attendance and activity.
Labor's Powerful Group
OF the Labor group, besides Mr..
Gompers, there stand conspicuous M.
+. Tighe, president of the Steel Work =
crs; Frank Morrison. secretary of the
American Federation of Labor; w. d.
Mahon. of Detroit' head of the street
l.. e. Sheppard, of Iowa, executive
head of the conductors branch of the
Tfainmen's Brotherhood. Sheppard is
a forceful speaker, with an excellent
command of language. and is second only
to Mahon in oratorical power.
One thing that has attracted attention
is that to half dozen men in each
group are .relegated the actual work of
the conference. They take the lead,
speak for their colleagues. and by sort
of natural selection, are forced into the
limelight.
Another noticeable feature is the
gradual growth of the warming up
process. the practical working of the
''get together" idea. The members OF
the Peoples group are the best mixers
they realize that they are the mediat
ing force between the groups of Capital
and Labor. Their attentions are di
rected mainly to the Labor representa- =
tives. 1t is not with any idea of curry
ing favor, or any display of snobbish
condescension. 1t is a frank effort to
make the Labor group feel that sincere
desire animates the Peoples section tC
get in sympathetic touch and under
standing with them.
There is better understanding grow
ing among the Laborites as result
They realize, | think that friendly ip-
tercourse, as man TO man, with those
who may not be in full sympathy with
them. does not involve n sacrifice OF
principle
Radicalism Common Enemy
Perhaps the most vital force that will
bring these people together is the con
stant menaces of radicalism, whose
triumph spell defeat for Labor as well
as Capital. The anarchist, the i. w.
W., the crack Drained Russian agitator
Chs Bolsheyist. are enemies Of organized