The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-21
SIGNED IT IN
PENCIL AND SENT
TO SEC. LANE
The Communication Was
Not Set Before the Con-
ference at Once Because
Adjournment Had TAX
en- Place Promptly After
Convening This Morn
ing.

Washington, D. c., Oct. 2l.-presi-
dent Wilson, despite his illness, To-
day took a personal hand in the ma
tional industrial conference in an effort
to avert break which is threatened
as result of the inability of the cap
ital and labor groups to reach a salts
factory agreement on the collective
bargaining issue.
In 600-word letter to Secretary
Lane, chairman of the conference, die
tated from his sick bed, the president
outlined his views as to the conference
situation. The letter was Immediately
dispatched to Mr.. Lane, who, it was ex-
planned, was to use it at his discre.
ton.
The conference was not in session
when Mr.. Lane received the commI-
nication, having met at l0:l5 a. m, and
adjourned at the request of the labor
group after two resolutions had been
presented. Ii was said the letter might
not be presented to the conference inn
mediately, but held in reserve to be
used only when danger OF the eonIers
ence breaking up became acute.
The serious situation in the confer
ence was reported to the president to-
day after a conference between Chair
man Lane. Secretary Wilson of the
labor department; Bernard NJ. Baruch.
chairman of the public group; Thomas
L. Chadbourne, chairman of the com
mittee of Is, and Secretary Tumulty
The president Immediately dictated the
letter to a stencgrapher and signed the
completed copy with lead pencil.
The presidents signature was writ
ten on the bias across the sheet and
apparently his hand was somewhat
shaky when he signed it.
Before the brief session to-day Chair
man Lane said the conference would
not be permitted TO end its work and
that the leaders of the three groups
capital, labor and the public-had de-
cided to frame a new~and confprehen-
siye program, involving all industrial
issues of a general nature. 1t was un-
derstood that reference to the specific
issue that has caused the present sit
uation will be avoided.
While there was no talk of boiling
| the conference, several members of the
labor group plainly were inpatient.
Delegates in the public group, however,
were confident that the labor represen-
tatives would not leave the conference.
Among the resolutions introduced
this morning was one by L. L. Lones
of the capital group, urging a declarssz
tion in favor of employers furnishing
insurance policies covering the five ma
| ior hazards, sickness, accident, unem-
ployment, approximation and death.
Loree said such policies would enable
the insured TO set up an estate with
the initial payment, would relieve from
future want, would give security and
independence and would encourage hab-
its Of thrift"
Under a resolution by T. G. Atkeson,
farmers delegate in the capital group.
the conference would declare in favor
of the right of the farmers to form CO.
operative marketing organizations in
| order to maintain the prices of their
products.
Timothy Shea, chief of the Brother
hood of Firemen and Enginemen, took
his seat in the labor group to-day in
the place of p. j. Mcnamara. Mr.. Shea
said he had been unable to attend here
/ tofore owing to negotiations with the
railroad administration.