The Washington times., 1919-10-17

luton went no further than the eL-
preston OF that one general princi-
pie. which ne did not think was
enough
Sees NuuihcutiOn.
Gertrude Barnum, OF Chicago, and
Berkeley, California, said that as a
daughter OF a lawyer, she felt while
hearing the resolution OF the en-
ployers that it seemed to nUllify the
entire principle Of the right Of bar
gain. 1t gave the employers all the
best Of IL.
Miss Barnum admitted that union
ism sometimes chose undesirable rep
resentatives, but more often their
spOkesmen we're good men. She said:
Let US agree on the compromise
suggested in the resolution presented
yesterday?
Let us leave the year 700 B. c."
she exclaimed turning toward the
employers, "and move on the year
1920"
As the session progressed il de-
veloped that the representatives Of
the employers were opposed by the
two other groups and by a part Of
their own group. The line OF cleav-
age came on the isEue between the
Wheeler resolution Of today and the
general committees resolution Of
yesterday.
When Thomas L. Chadbourne,
chairman Of the steering committee,
reported the resolution supporting
collective bargaining to the confer
ence yesterday, saying that the Ia
Dor and public representative on the
committee favored il unanimously,
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il, dramatic debate was precipitated.
brilliant Address.
John d. Rockefeller, jr. made a
brilliant and sensational address in
which he championed the labor con-
tention and stated that political
democracy must be supported by in
dustrial democracy.
Labor, capital, management, and
the public, he said, accomplished
great results during the war by CO.
operation, and he expressed the hope
that the conference groups might
stand together as unselfishly as
hey did In settling the problems Of
the war"
Justice and fairness only, not leg
islation, viii solve industrial prob
lems, Rockefeller emphasized.
workers and employers, now, are
too often strangers" he declared. He
called for the establishment OF
friendly relations between labor and
capital
Rockefeller quoted an unnamed in
vestigator who surveyed the national
industrial field and concluded that
the workers are demanding, not high
er wages, but recognition as human
beings.
1--WE have been called together to
consider the industrial problem"
Rockefeller said. "Only az each Of
US discharges his duties as a mem
Der Of this conference in the same
high spirit Of patriotism, Of unselhsh
allegiance to right and justice, OF de-
vOtion to the principles OF democracy
and brotherhood with which we ap-
preached the problems OF the war,
can we hope for success in the sOlu-
tiOn Of the industrial problem, which
is no less vital to the life Of the
nation. There are pessimists who say
that there is no solution short Of
revolution and the OvertUrn Of the
existing social order. Surely the men
and women who have shown them
selves capable Of such lofty sacrifice
are capable also Of settling this great
problem before US in the same spirit.
Need Industrial DemoeFaey.
"Our people have political democ-
racy. They must also have industrial
democracy. The time is coming when
all industry must be cooperative, q
matter OF partnership, That is evolu-
tionary."
Rockefeller was followed by Frank
Morrison, secretary OF the American
Federation Of Labor, VINO stated the
full case for collective bargaining
from the economic viewpoint, and by
John Spargo, the Socialist, who made
the clearest exposition OF the mean