Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-24
WILSON'S Group
ALONE IS LEFT
OF CONFERENCE:
Future of Work Is Murky; EN-
pl0yers' Wing Issues State
ment On Gains
NEW CONFERENCE is
PROBABLE RESULT
Right to Maintain Open Shop, AN
American institution Sustain
ed, Say Capitalists In
Swan Song.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Out Of the
national industrial conference, which
began it's sessions here thirteen days
ago, with representatives of labor,
employers and the public in attend
ance, there remained tonight only
the delegates appointed by President
Wilson to act for the public group.
Meeting today after the withdraw
al late yesterday of the labor dele
gates, the employer and public
groups heard through Secretary
message from President Wilson re-
questing the public delegates to cav
ry on the work for which the body
was called-the establishment of q
new relationship between capital and
labor.
Chairman Lane, after laying the
presidents wishes before the two
groups. declared the conference ad-
journed. The employers represen-
tatives, after issuing a statement in
which they pointed out three dis
tinct gains from the controversy
over collective BARGAINING. dissolved
as group and dispersed to their
homes.
The course which the public dele
gates will pursue was far from clear
tonight. After spending more than
four hours in executive session, the
major portion of the time being de-
voted to discussion of various inter-
nretations of Mr.. Wilson's message,
the public conferees were not IN
ony,f 10
tentions and were still undecided
whether thew should merely make
recommendations as to the Organize
ton of new conference or shoul'
undertake the mission of the original
body.
In official circles it wos said tn at
the latter cnursn was tho ono the
president bad IL, wind. nrd hone was
expressed that tho ruh1ic DELEGATES.
in rea''tv in themselves renrnean+,-
t'vn If all thrnn grouns. would he
ah'e TO forn'ula+o nroora~, ACCENT
"hle t" both conital and lahor. cno.
Lane told conferens That the rrnsi
dent would ror''rato further repres-
entatives sho,'d that ac+io,, no
doomed advisah1o and su~~ostnd that
industrial exnorte ha called in ~ SO
The orour deci1nd to make nv+nnded
Investigations before formulating a
report.
Gnmners Picucd
Conferees who wern willing tn CON-
tim" as new conference obiec+e'
to helm" considered as the "lee+
overs" from tHo wra"lsaoe If tho old
ororrs. AS thn debate waved ac-
r'monious and the members showed
the sipns Of nervous strain which
thew have undergone since October G.,
an attemnt was made to obtain re-
cess If two weeks. but the mctioy
was defeated nv close vote and i,,-
stead it wae decided tho roee+ again
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O O'Clock.
Meantime. committee If which
John D. Rockefeller. .Tr.. is cha;~.
wan. and John Spar~o Ida Tarhell
Thomas D. Jones and Ward M. Bur-
CESS are members. will prepare a re-
commentator as to the groups fu-
tu~a action.
President Wilson on being ;nforr,-
ed early in the dav of labor's with.
drawal. dictated from his sick-bed a
message to Chairman Lane.
oCCI CIle udy, Wr. Lane an
peared before the public group and
read the message. in the form of a
memorandum, but declined to make
lit public.
Before the conference was adjourn
ed, the employers representatives
expressed their willingness to re-
main. although realizing that with
out the labor delegates little could
be achieved
In their statement, the employers
declared that collective bargaining
an accepted and desirable policy in
industry, has been brought more
prominently before the country" with
the realization that the term must
be understood as having various ap.
plications under different conditions
Collective bargaining is interpreted
by labor in only one way, the state
ment said, and that is as "organizina
and bargaining through trade and
labor unions"
On the other hand, Samuel Conn
ers, president of the American Fed.
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