The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-09-18
PRESIDENT CERTAIN THAT THE
SHANTUNG QUESTION WILL BE
SETTLED AT THE PROPER TIME
Many Prominent Men
Will Discuss Labor
President Wilson Plans
Better Relationship Be-
tween Common People
and Capital.

San Francisco Sept, t7.--Twenty-
two men were invited by. President
Wilson here today to represent the
general public il the Industrial con-
ference he has called for October 8.
in Washington,
This means that sixty-six men VIII
take part in thr monentous meeting
which is to dec de the new order
that the president hopes to attain be-
tween capital and labor. Organized
labor will have twenty two represen-
tatives as will organized employers.
The conference will be held in the
cast room In tho White House and
i'll be presided over by the presi-
dent
The following are the men he has
sked TO serve on behalf of the gem
eral public:
Bernard NJ. Baruch. former chair
man of the war industries board and
this government S economic repre-
sentative at the peace conference in
arts
| o. E. Bradfute. Xenia Ohio, presi-
dent of the Ohio farm bureau fedora
ton and chairman of the committee
| CT state farm bureaus. whose mem
bers called on the president recently
in connection with the fight against
the high cost of living.
| Robert ]. Brookings, st. Louis. re-
/ tired business man.
! Ward Burgess. of Nebraska.
| Fuller P. Galloway. Cotton manu-
( facturer of Lagrange, Ga.
/ Thomas L. Chad bourne, New York
City,
Charles G. Dawes. brigadier gem
e.-al in the American Expeditionary
] Forces and the arrny's chief purchas-
ing agent in France. He is president
; OF the Central Trust company, OF
Chicago
DR.. Charles E. Eliot, Northeast
Harbor, Me
II. D. Endicott, Milton. Mass
Paul L. Feiss. clothing nanufac-
turer OF Cleveland.
! Ebert Fl. Gary. chairman OF tbs
/ United States Steel corporal ion8
/ Edwin F. GAY dean graduate
Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass
George r. Jones. manura cturer
farmer and banker OF Memphis. Tenn
( Thomas d. Jones. manufacturer, OF
Chicago.
| A. A. Landon, Buffalo. N. Y. vice
president of the American Radiator
com pany.
E. T. Meredith. editor of success
full Farming, Des Moines, Iowa.
Gavin McNab. San Francisco, al
torney
John p. Rockefeller. Jr,, Standard
Oil company. New York.
Charles Edward Russell. author
New York.
John snareo author. Old Ben,
nington. VT.
! ! co i 2 Sweet farther ea'Adnda's
! Louis Titus, san Francisco.
/ President Wilson'S TELEGRAM
! The telegram sent to each of the
I above men was as follows.
! II have called conference al
Washington for October for the
/ purpose of discussing the la Dor situn-
Z ton IN The country am, the possibil
/ ity Of formulating plans for the de-
/ veionment OF new relationship bA-
tween capital and labor. beg that
! you Will accept the appointment as
one of the representatives OF general
pubic at that conference. There will
! be twenty-five representatives Of the
! public and an equivalent number OF
representatives OF various bodies al
I organized labor and organized en-,
| ployers. ! sincerely hope that IL will
| be possible for you to undertake this
very important service
/ ts.gned) WOODROW WILSON"
/ Calvin McNab. of this city. named
as one of the representatives OF the
general public by the president today.
is chairman Of the reception commit
| tee that greeted the president here.