Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-09-05
WILSON HAS CALL
ISSUED FOR MEET
THEY WILL DISCUSS QUESTION
OF PUTTING WAGES ON
NEW FOOTING.
WANTS CAPITAL AND LABOR
Pleased With Results So Far in Cut.
ting Cost Of Living-Appeals to
Citizens to Do All Possible to
Promote Production.

Washington, d. C.-President Wilson
in Labor day message to American
workers announced that he would
call in the near future a conference
of representatives of labor and in
dustry ito discuss fundamental means
of lettering the whole relationship
of capital and labor and putting the
whole question OF wages upon another
footing
Text of Message.
The Labor day message as made
public at the White House follows:
Il am encouraged and gratified by
the progress which is being made in
controlling the cost of living The
support of the movement is wide
spread and l confidently look for
substantial results, although l must
counsel patience as well as vigilance
because such results will not come
instantly or without teamwork.
Let me again emphasize my appeal
to every citizen of the country to
continue to give his personal support
in this matter and to make it as
active as possible. Let him not only
at the moment might tend to increase
the cost of living, but let him do all
in his power to increase production;
and further than that let him at the
same time himself carefully econo-
mize in the matter of consumption
BY common action in this direction
we shall overcome a danger greater
than the danger of war. We will
hold steady situation which is
fraught with possibilities OF hard
ship and suffering to large part of
our population; we will enable the
processes OF consumption and we will
speed the restoration of an adequate
purchasing power for wages
Gratified at Support.
81 am particularly gratified at the
support which the governments
policy has received from the repre-
sentatives OF organized labor and
earnestly hope that the workers gen
orally will emphatically indorse the
position of their leaders and thereby
move with the government instead of
against it in the solution of this great
domestic problem
Il am calling for as early date
as practicable conference in which
authoritative representatives of labor
and those who direct labor will dis
cuss fundamental means of lettering
the whole relationship of capital and
labor and putting the whole question
of wages upon another footing.
(Signed) WOODROW WILSON"
Meet Late in September.
The proposed conference, it was
stated authoritatively Monday, would
be called to meet soon after Presi-
dent Wilson returns at the end of
September from his speech-making
tour OF the west. 1t was thought
likely that the meeting would be held
at the White House as was the re-
construction conference of governors
and mayors last spring.
Proposals that conference between
labor and employees be held has been
urged from a number of quarters
Secretary Lane expressed the belief
in statement a few days ago that
the president should call such a meet
ing. Resolutions are pending in both
houses of congress urging that work
ers and employers be brought to-
gether.
In the presidents promise to call
labor-capital conference officials saw
alienation of the tension existing
among organized labor. Coming on
the eve of Labor day 1t was believed
it would have most beneficial eff
feet.