The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1919-11-06
Cabinet Takes Over Rule of Ma
ton Pending Recovery of
the President.
HIS 'AILMENT NOT REVEALED
Doings Of the Industrial Conference
Army Is Hot After "Reds"-League
of Nations Comes Into Being
Anti-BoIshevist Armies Closing
In on Soviet Russia.
BY EDWARD w. PickARD.

Because of the certainty that the
| resumption of his official duties by
President Wilson will be long delayed,
the cabinet has taken matters into it's
own hands and is virtually running
the government For the first time
since Mr.. Wilson became the chief
magistrate, it is performing the func-
tions allotted it by the Constitution.
Each member of the cabinet is handling
all executive matters within it's juris
diction, and all other questions that
come up are passed on by the full cab
met. The most important decisions
are submitted to Mr. Wilson for his
approval, through Admiral Grayson.
| Specifically, the industrial and eco
nomic situation which has been
brought to a crisis by the steel strike
| is being handled by Secretary Baker.
Secretary of Labor Wilson is looking
after the threatened coal miners
strike, and Secretary of Agriculture
Houston is doing what he can to avert
| the sugar famine.
The presidents physicians and ev-
erybody at the White House have COM
bined to keep from the public the real
character of his illness. Admiral Gray
son told the cabinet what it is, but
pledged it to secrecy. All the people
are permitted to know is contained
/ In the official bulletins, which report
| Mr.. Wilson's continued Improvement
with occasional slight set-backs such
as headache, and restlessnesS due to
swelling of the prostate gland. The
story that he had a lesion of the brain
has been vigorously though unofficially
complete recovery is contingent on
keeping him absolutely at rest in mind
and body. The truth appears to be
that he has had no cerebral attack but
is suffering from a general nervous
and physical breakdown.
Apparently irreconcilable differences
between the several groups are crop
ping out in the industrial conference,
as might have been expected. In the
first place, Mr.. Gon1pers, as head Of
the labor group insisted that the con-
ference should arrange for arbitration
Of the steel strike. His resolution
was doomed to defeat, and the vote
was deferred by order of the confer
ence until the steering committee
should bring in it's report on collective
bargaining. This also was a matter
/ on which agreement seemed almost
impossible, for labor insists on the
right of workers to bargain through
the unions and to pick its representa-
tives from outside the plant or indus
FRY if it wishes; while capital declares
the employer should be required to
deal only with committees OF his own
| employees. Furthermore. capital says
the plant must be recognized as the
| unit, while labor demands that the in
dustry be recognized as the unit. In
these questions it seems that capital
has the support of considerable part
of the public group.
The farmers representatives, who
! are classed among the capitalists, pre-
scented a statement OF principles IN
which these demands of the agricul-
turists are set forth:
/. Such returns as will fairly com
pensate them for their capital IN
vested, their technical skill, their man
agerial ability, and their manual labor
2. That they and their families have
social, educational, and political op'
nortunities equal to those engaged in
| other industries.
Attorney General Palmer has beer
44ao,,ad in CONGRESS- for his apparent