Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-10
FEDERATION CHIEF
ASKS CONFERENCE
TO END TROUBLES
Suggests Arbitration by
Committee of 6 Members
of Industrial Body.
GENERAL TRUCE OF THREE
MONTHS Is ON PROGRAM
3 falo Delegate Would Have
Strikes and Lockouts sus-.
pended Immediately.
SEEKS ADJUSTMENT MACH1NERs
uoi1c's Group Proposes system -,
Joint Boards to Settle Ar
Labor Disputes. r. -,
GENERAL TRUCE OF THREE
MONTHS Is ON PROGRAM
SEEKS ADJUSTMENT MACH1NERs =
uoiic's Group Proposes System o,
JOINT Boards to Settle ALI -
Labor Disputes. -
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BY Associated Press.1
nronasn1 AsH iNGToN. Oct. o.-concrst.
ter relations 'faeo between to bring about hets
me employees were laid befors Ahd @
hi. national industrial conference a,odh tne
NJ, mem oers of the various rrouns
posals inciuded. Lns gathering. The pro-
expiration OF the nation
s,rike, S, with return OF the men re ,,s! sseet
Smung starting settlement; an INDUSTRIAL trY,cs
three months: theeiaseiy creation and nc continuing
gress u Doard aId by the President and Con
bers All 1no lheiudins among It's mem
prehensiv.e i .eNnrpiIresidents; niI and a COM
snahuqstrial - disputes through boards ot
aroltration in the varions inJn.... OF
TIE . confsrsesi 90 fsrsestiEate Living Cost.
nrst concrete action in aSon}1aL r9NK Lits
motion. offered by Thomas
no, nourhe, representative of TIA nnh1tr
ing Of 'n tbree ehnt :, -. committee conslstss
sroups OF employers, labor Sa,dtnns "a IN
pfuphc De appointed to investtrat. ne
ssEh seGtle cost Of living. The PROPOSAL fae fae
Gompers. G oreaisas ~ .hs steel strike by Samuel
Se,dion = SSe,oeration Of Labor, and ons nr ftbn
ueiegates, soon after the corfer.snoo w
sions "a c.n the hrst Of the days two sessl
ployers ana the yenr-
Hos Support Of Labor De1.x.,.-,S
In orering the proposal. Mr. r;nn,ns.r.s -
e;Hpiained I'M that 1t had the sunnort -
resentatives % aeiesates ar ,n including the.,rep.
moods Tho proposal. Ike al pFother- th
submitted today, under the con,Sanss ,saels
ini,,s. ui1S. 81 was referred to the general, CON-
tatives eaesa Of eaeS sroun at Of flye represen
I'VE WAS believed that the proposal WomiS
DC in the hands Of this committss o9aa sa
some time. i'iteee ior
MT. Gompers' board of arbitr,,;o,
of me steel strike would be comnnsati
~ ~ SIN members, two to be annnjn,ea
fSrss ey each Of the three groups in tbeeea tbeeoaaa
Mr.. Gp.rai' Gomnara a,s labor and the public.
,ution uoinpeIs also presented a reso-J
@Iution @ embodying eleven fund.- =, a., ESQ 80,
pslhciples. which. he emphasized H.i
group, gro "imSGs ineInaiSr approval th of the labor
Oh the four railroad brotherbooJs - -.
Fundamental PrInc,p,..
They were: l@9
PSnt SELL OF WaEe-earners to orran;zA
RiSht o. coil1ctive bargaining. = -
sented OF waI,-earners to be repre-
ployers. with ern-
freedom OF speech. of the pr.s.
OIL mblage. f9Ss aHo
Right of employees tn ors,,, .e,s =,
bargain collectively eo"i1o ana
ds minimum eight-hour day, With ~.
half f-holidsy isst IN ~ each week. and with. q
dna overtime discouraged $3.50. 90
IaSancnt OF living wage stYj@sr
for o,nen en' to receive same pay al m.nFs
LOT equal work. 90 iaeu
Prohibition OF labor 10 ohu, go
oeF sixteen years Of age.
fian to Secure Cooperation.
secure greater share OF cons;d
CO I'm ana cooperation to the work
try IN IN al rhi matters affecting the indus
.Ional conference board was pronoas,,
10 provide for the systematic rev;sw
1b tbis inhaustTial hn relations and conditions.
ber Of reppesenfa5fvos Do sensasf Of an equal mum
ana workers. having due regard to ttsS
oSfious os sections Of industry and classess
be boards GorKmen WoeId IL Formation sroa Of these
Department Of Labor. ~ 80 4s
Frohibition of all immigration; for
IT, ton 'east af nesrs two years after the declara-
AFTER as there may be an abnormaI con-
ditlon OF unemployment. At no tinaa
ceed "edid ths immigration be permitted to
the incoming foreigners. -
Proposes Industrial Truce.
AS chairman OF tn. nubIic
bernard M. Baruch. introduced the pro-
posai tor an industrial peace. formu-
the thseq n,sy ey =, a. Landon. Of Buffalo. and
which was put forward by Gavin Me-
Nab of San Francisco. In Offering the,
proposals. Mr. Baruch explaine ed thai
he was merely acting for his gToup
ana that under the conference rules.
me introduction OF the proposals did
not Indicate either that the proposals
set forth the chairman's views, or that
theN had the endorsement OF the group
Ihe Landon resolution provides that
INC status quo be resumed inmedIato-
ly between capital and labor: that lock-
outs and strikes be ended at once and
that during the truce all'agitation and
organization by labor be suspended. ~
Another resolution, by Henry S. Den. a
nison of birmingham, Mass. proposed
that employers make every cndeavor TO
reduce the burden placed on employees
by long seasons OF unemployment. ;.
and that employers and employees
work together to stabilize conditions.
Collective Bargaining Principle.
Declaring that "the right of ;collec-, 7,
tive bargaining on the part of cn,-
ployees carries with 1t tho right Of 4
employers to deal directly with their 3
workmen." another resolution Mr.. SDer,.ts
nison provided that employers should x
at all times recognize the right bf
their employees independent % of
ganize for the purpose OF coiIectiya
bargaining and should always be s4ady.