The Washington herald., 1919-10-10

ARBITRATION OF STEEL
STRIKE Is DEMANDED ]
Proposal Of an Industrial truce Of
three month"; duration TO begin i'm
mediateiy was the outstanding feature
OF today's sessions OF the Industrial
Conferences. Bernard ~ Baruch.
ehairmas Of the public group. ofier-
Immediate arbitration Of the steel
strike was asked by Samuel Gompers,
chairman Of the labor group. He call
| ed on the conference to appoint a
committee Of six to settle the steel
strike, the men to return TO work
while the settlement was being ef-
fected-
Other Developments at yesterdays
meeting were:
L The labor group called on the
conference to appoint a committee OF
six to settle the steel strike, and to
request at the same time that the men
return to work without opposition
from their employers.
2. The labor group submitted its
"irreducible minimum" including the
right Of organization. collective bar
gaining. q minimum living wage and
the eisht-hour day.
Secretary Wilson Has Plan
8. The public group presented q la
Dor adjustment plan by Secretary OF
Labor Wilson for representative
boards in the industries, q general
board and final recourse. IL necessa-
~. to an umpire named by the Pres
ident.
4. John d. Rockefeller, jr.. OF the
public group, introduced a resolution
rec g n izing collective bargaining
within the limits OF singie-plant
unionism.
s. Gavin McNab. Of the public
group. presented a plan for q national
board of Cancellation and arbitration.
to be created by Congress on a plan
modelled after the War Labor Board.
g. Conference adopted a resolution
introduced by Chairman Chadbourne,
OF the committee OF fifteen, for ap-
pointment OF a committee Of nine to
take up high-cost-of-living matters.
Wants AntI-Pronteer Act.
:. Proposal by Charles Edward Rus
sell that the conference recommend
that Congress pass an 1nti-profteer-
ing act like that OF Great Britain.
with provision also for public ac-
countancy for corporations
| S.-Resolution by A. A Landon of
the public group for development of
committees freely elected by en-
\ ployes in factories either as part of
the trade union system or at least
not antagonistic to unionism-
s.-Resolution by Henry S. Denni-
son of the public group that en-
lployers should themselves provide
for alleviation OF the burden placed
ION employees during periods of un-
employment.
1o.-Resolution by Mr.. Dennison
that employers recognize the right
of the workers to organize for col
lective bargaining. but that en-
ployes admit the right OF employers
to deal directly with their own men.
11-Resolution by Paul. L. Feiss of
the public group classifying inter
ests involved in the deliberations OF
the conference.
Eliot Criticises Procedure.
12.-Portrayal OF successful oper-
alton of the profit-sharing plan in
a Georgia mill by Fuller Z. Galway
jof La Grange, Ga
L. Criticism hy DR.. Charles W.
Eliot OF the conference method Of
proceeding by groups. He said that
the conference can be brought TO
no successful issue il its business is
to be conducted by groups and II
its opinions are to be recorded by
groups"
The outstanding sensation OF the
| ha a-d h.r
the labor group that the conference
demonstrate that IL is a practical
and not an academic organization by
appointing a committee to clear up
the steel strike. The resolution calls
for a committee OF six. with two
members from each group. and that
| existing differences between the work
ers and the employers in the steel
industry be referred to the commit
tee for adjudication and settlement
RockefeIIer's Plan.
Mr.. Rockefeller,s proposition. al
though not so labeled. is a declaration
for the principle OF company or mira
plant unionism. He uses as a pre-
amble that the problem OF the confer
ence must be approached ''in the spirit
Of justice. the coming of which meahs
the substitution of confidence for dis
trust, OF good will for enmity. of CO.
operation for antagonism."
Leaving the form in which the en-
ployes shall be given representation
in each individual plant or corpo-
ration" to the workers and the en-
ployers concerned. he says that TO
be adequate:
Ample provision must be made
whereby the stockholders and the