Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-02
CONFERENCE CALLED az PRESl.
DENT WILSON TO BREAK ALL
pREcEpENTs.
REPUBLICANS BELIEVE
IT POLITICAL MOVE
President Seen a. Desirious Of Making
Labor lssue In Next Election, Side.
tracking Peace Covenant and himself
Becoming candidate For Third Term
--Secretary Wilson in Charge.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The first big
drive of organized labor, aided by
President Wilson and his entire ad-
ministration, for the characterization
of industry and division Of profits
between employers and employees viii
be staged at the conference Of capital
and labor to be called by the execu-
tive.
At the White House today 1t was
stated that thepresident is considering
the projectstn a general way and prob
ably,.will call the meeting here early
In October.
Details of the plan will be left to
SECRETARIES Wilson. labor. and Redfield,
commerce. assisted by former members
of the war labor board, and President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor.
Workers to be Directors.
Proposals to be presented will de-
volve around the suggestion that in
dustrial and other corporations hence
forth be operated on the principle of
a partnership between the employers
and workers, the latter being repre-
scented on the boards of directors by
men of their own, selection. and GER
tain percentage Of the profits being
distributed among the employees in ad-
dition to their wages.
Whether losses also would be appor-
toned among the employees is mat
ter upon which the available informa-
ton is extremely meagre, the propon-
ents of the characterization plan gen.
orally taking refpge behind the con-
tentio6 that "there won't be any
losses"
Secretary Outlines Aims.
s cretary Wilson, who will be active
in promoting this economic revolu-
ton, states the proposition in these
general terms:
3.'Employers and the employees have
mutual interest in securing the larg-
est possible production with given
amount of labor. having due regard
to the health, safety, rest. recreation
and Improvement of the workers.
These being safeguarded, the larger
the amount produced the larger the
amount to divide. II there is nothing
produced, there will be nothing to d.
vide.
How They Will Work Out. :.
Their interests diverge only when
II comes to division Of what has been
mutually produced. and II they are
wise. with labor realizing its impor-
lance in the defense and maintenance
of the country, instead of solving the
problem by the use of the economic
power of the employer imposing his
Will upon the worker, or the use OF
collective power of the employees I'M
posing their will upon the employers
they will sit around the council Ia
Bile and endeavor to work OUT the
problem on democratic basis that
VIII secure to each all he is entitled to
receive"
The council proposal hes met
with general approval here among
members OF congress and leaders of
labor, altho some of the former say
term move" on the part of the pres
ident
SEQ Way Out Of Crisis.
Primarily, men in official life who
have been giving considerable thought
to the subject Of dieturbed economic
conditions believe the conference will
be<able to avert disastrous series OF
threatened strikes and to pave the way
for peaceful readjustment OF indus
I, trial conditions now threatened with
general Industrial warfare.
Several republican senator's insisted
today they saw in the presidents move
an effort to make the labor issue the
Fundamental one in the Forthcoming
presidential campaign. thereby side
I tracking the league OF nations and