The Washington times., 1919-10-05
rail- CHIEFS STILL
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Scores Of Schemes to Smooth
Industry to Be BrOaChed
AZ Round Table.

With preparations complete for the
3ndustrial conference 10 open here to-
morrow, railroad unions today are
sull uncertain as to whether they
would send delegates
Under this plan the four big rail-
- = road brOtherhoods only viii name
delegates to the conference These
four are the trainmen, conductors,
nremen and locomotive engineers. The
other ten rail- unions, all affiliated
with the A. Fl of J. would be repre-
sented through the Gfteeu delegates
manned BY President Samuel Gompers
20 speak for organized labor
Opens at ? D. m. TlmoFFOW.
The conference, scheduled to open
at ,. m. tomorrow in the Pan-Ameri-
can Union Building viii bring to
Washington FOR an indefinite period
many noted men and women.
The list includes four women, Of
whom the best known, probably, Is
Miss Ida TarbelL Facing her viii be
John p. Rockefeller. jr- Judge Ebert
IA Gary. Of the United States Steel
Corporation, and President Samuel L.
GOmpers, Of the American Federation
OF Labor.
II F. Tighe, q leader in the battle
between the A. +. Of l. and Judge
Gary's corporation, IS among those
g eWho win sit with the labor delegates.
Other Well-EnoWn labor delegates in
.ciude Secretary Frank Morrison, Of
The A. T. Of L; President W. D. Ma
hon, OF the Amalgamated Association
-of Street and Electric Railway En-
ployes OF America, and Mrs. Sara
Conboy, Of New York, union organ
iEeF.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent Of the National American Wom-
1Ru'g Suffrage Association, and Miss
- Gertrude Barnum, Of Chicago VIII be
among the women delegates.
Mention 8urueh Ter Chuirmnn.
: John Barrett director general Of
the Pan-American Union, viii well
come the delegates and introduce Sec
retary Wilson, Of the Labor Depart
4sment
The permanent chairman, Il Is ex-
pected. win be elected from among
teahe twenty-five persons nominated by
4 President Wilson as representatives OF
the public Bernard III. Baruch Is be-
inr mentioned as a possible chairman.
T,he problem OF whether employees
shall share profits and management Is
expected to arise early during the
tiecuesfons. other questions consid-
red certain 70 come up are union
recornition, the siL-hour Workoay,
and the forty-fouu-ho week.
More than 200 proposals for smooth
INK out Industrial problems tllaL cause
strikes and ~loczouts have been re-
ceived and hled for presentation TO
the conference.
Several groups and agencies in
vited 70 send representatives are
working out plans which they expect
10 present on the opening day.
Cne plan Is being worked out by
those connected with the Plumb
movement for( r(nationauzation Of the
railroads.
The biggest thing that can come
out OF the conference. officials said
here, wiz be some definite recon-
uhendations for the organization Of
permanent board OF boards to deal
1Tith ala industrial struggles and set
tie them without resort to strikes
end lOclzouts. With the steel strike
on as the conference convenes,
strikes and Ioclsouts now are cost
ing wage earners nearly 100000 q
day In lost wages and employers
nearly four times this amount per day
in commodities not produced.
Another thing which officials hope
the conference viii bring about Is the
framing OF an Industrial code or set
OF principles to guide all employers |
and all employees in their relations |
with each other