The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-10-22
PRESIDENTS APPEAL.
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have that one end in view and stay to- |
to that end or until it is revealed that
the men who work and the men who
manage American industry are so set
upon divergent tasks that all efforts
at cooperation is doomed to failure. i
81 renew my appeal with full eompre-
hension of the almost Incompatible i'm
portanee of your tasks to- this and to
other peoples and with full faith in the
high patriotism and good faith Of each
other that you push your task to a hap
Ipy conclusion.
Immediately after the letter was read
the conference recessed and the labor
group went into private sessions to de-
termine its future course. The members
| plainly were impatient and some of the
public and capital delegates seemed
| doubtful whether the labor representa-
/ tives would continue in the conference.
Before the recess Samuel Gompers,
president of the American federation of
| labor, declared that a motion by John
Spargo of the public group that the
| conference give the President a = sol
emn pledge binding every group and in
dividuals that nothing would be left
undone,'' to solve the problems before
the body, would be most unfortunate.
! The motion, which had been seconded
by Harry A. Wheeler. chairman of the
capital group, was withdrawn.
As they left the conference hall the
labor delegates expressed their indigna-
ton over Mr.. Spargo's motion. .'Do
you think we are going to stay here
to be crucifed from day to day. de
manded Frank Morrison, secretary OF
: the American federation of labor. Al
members of the labor group win return
to the conference today, Mr. Morrison
announced after the private confer
, ence of the labor delegation. Othe
: members said the group had decided a
whole to remain in the conference.
In session that ran long past tn
: adjournment hour and in which on
dramatic incident followed another tn
national industrial conference late yes
terday turned down resolution rec
ognizing the right of labor to collec
tive bargaining and another providin
e for arbitration of the steel strike.
These two resolutions were original
ly presented by the labor group, whic
made no secret of the fact that tn
resolutions were all that was asked b
a labor in constructive program bu
n that they were essential Disaster t
! the present industrial situation wa
10 frankly predicted in event of the fai
m ure of the conference to ratify them.
The Gompers resolution providing a.
Il bitration of the steel strike by a joiI
l. committee from the conference we
voted down without discussion. 1t We
brought up as the next order of bus
: ness after half score of resolution
and substitute resolutions on collectlN
bargaining had been voted down. En-
ployers and employees voted against re
olutions from the public group. En-
ployes end public groups voted again
the only one from the employers al
employers and public voted again
those acceptable to the labor groups.
The situation was an intense one al
was marked by much feeling. Pres
dent Gompers made an impassion,
!: plea for action. He told of the fore
within the American federation of |
ed Dor to unseat its conservative leade
VS. ship and in solemn voice declared tn
,r- if the American federation of labor W
torn down the employers would ha
n much worse and very dangerous thin
of to deal with
ID His speech came when the lab
tie group was in the last ditch on its c,
nd lective bargaining position and was
ad supreme effort. At times when
spoke of what might come if the fe
he Grafton were torn down his voice f
ed to whisper, but the dead silence I
lie speech commanded made every wo
he audible.
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