Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-03-05
SHARP CRITICISM
OF i. S. CONGRESS
Governors and Mayors Charge 1t
Failed to Provide APP
preparations.
PLANTS DENY MEN JOBS
Such Is Complaint Made by
Mayor Clark Burdick, of
Newport, r. l.
DENY MEN JOBS
IBy Associated Prs.,


WASHINGTON. March I-Sharp crit
icism of. Congress for mot passing ap-
propriation and other measures and Of
government departments for what was
termed failure to cooperate to the
fullest in providing employment and
In releasing raw materials. developed
today at the White House conference
Of Governors and Mayors called to
consider labor and business problems
Mayor Roiph. of San Francisco. who
led the discussion. declared Congress
had failed TO pass great appropriation
measures at a time when the country
was looking to the Federal government
to set an example to States and muni-
cipalities in the handling Of business.
Mayor Clark Burdick, Of Newport, r. l.,
charged that government plants in his
city had refused to re-employ men who
left the plants to go to war some Of
whom had returned bearing wound
stripes.
Momentary CONSERVATION was caused
when the deliberations in tho historic
East Room OF the White House were
Interrupted by a man who announced
himself as representative OF Boil
sheyism in America" and said he had
come to hear the representative of
Seattle tell Of recent troubles in that
ker. an engineer. OF Philadelphia. His
offer TO tell the conference Of hi. in
vestiSation into social unrest was re-
rssed no;ea ater ,ha, several delegates made the
the conference. Later he left the
executive mansion.
Mayor Rolph frequently was inter-
cussion Of conditions.
MAYOR RoLPH RLAsIEs
FILInUSTER FOR DEFEAT
The country and the cities are all
right; whatever trouble exists centers
aishs 5ss,a, here" .. the San Francisco Mayor
the great appropriations measures? why
shouldn't Congress be reconvcned to
take up problems faced by ell the
resigning? =
These are some OF the questions I
want to ask. but there Is nobody here
to,,in.s to answer r, them Consress has ad+
Paris and the vice-President to Phoenix,
Ariz Everybody has flown, the coop
except the Mayors" q
ficuIty which has arise q from the de.
mobilization OF the ARMY might nave
been averted by .discharging all men
pressed also by Lieutenant Governor
Crossley. OF Missouri and others 1t
was asserted many discharged men had
homes.
ANOTHER MAYOR SAYS
CONGRESS- HALTS PROGRESS
!, The Mayor OF Omaha sent word to
the conference that somebody In Wash
ington was standing on his foot" the
city being unable to proceed with ST..
100000 worth OF paving because the
railroads could not obtain permission
from the railroad administration to
spend money for their share. a rep
resentative Of Youngstown. Ohio; said
that city had $l.0oo.oo0 to spend
eliminating. grade crossings. but that
the railroads could not get permission
to do their part.
Mayors OF New England cities said
unrest there arising from strikes in
the textile industry was due largely to
the attitude Of employers. who refused
differences
Mayor Joseph h Gamer, of Provi-
dence, r. l.. disclosed that Providence
was one of several cities where Boil
shevist pamphlets recently had been
distributed secretly. The police de-
stroyed most OF them. he said, and the
ropaganda; never came to the notice
OF the public.
Less talk about cheap labor and more
about adequate labor and adequate pay
was recommended by Mayor Myers
OF Minneapolis.
resolution urging the country to
make the Victory loan, to be foated
next month. an overwhelming success,
was adopted unanimously by the con-
ference. Concluding sessions will be
held tomorrow.