The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-20
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whole secretive, furtive.
/ Gompers looks curiously unwestern.
curiously Oriental, curiously ike
Persian potentate. All he would need
would be the front hall rug and a fez.
to simulate the satrap in his power.
Yet he is the ideal of the doughty
bunch Of Irish labor men who sur
round him and his will prevails with
out discussion or argument. They
have learned to believe in him, they
know they can trust him. He is abso-
lutely true, genuinely square in his
relations to those about him. For all
the furtive Oriental cast to his face
his character is Western, fundamental
~ American.
/ Near him sits a short, dark, young.
pugnacious, active little man, named
Vol. If he lives the world will hear
much more Of Vol. He brings some
strain Of blood to America that is
idealistic and yet his whole face is full
OF strength and peculiar power. In
cidentally he is ambitious. He talks
well, has a big aggressive face and a
pugnacious parliamentary manner.
His trigger is a little loose and he
goes off some times when he should
not.
He has not the self restraint that
GOmpers has, but he Is not as old as
Gompers by half, and he is not Orien-
tai for minute. He might have como
out Of the Mennonite Colony In Kan
sas or from around the gas works in
! Chicago but America has claimed him
for her own and he will go far if some
Of Lies handicaps do not throw him.
In the public group aside from Gary
are half a dozen interesting figures.
The leader of the group is Bernard
Baruch six feet two, probably; trim
/ keen, open face, grey eyed, candid Ia
1 to countenance, quick moving, decis-
i've, friendly, resourceful, and as little
satisfied with himself as a handsome
man dare be.
He is the newer type Of American
Jew. American life has pressed al
most the last vestige of his blood
from his mein. 1t is a strong blood,
but this is strong civilization We
! are making here, and in Baruch We
see the two forces graphing with one
another. And the western civilization
is fairly we'll prevailing. But he has
all the high vision that his blood en-
titles him to, all the capacity for hon
| Orable compromise, the ability to put
himself in the other mans place. He
is facile, gentle and has tremendous
personal charm. He leads by charm
have led Of old.
He yoked in leadership OF the pub
lie group with Thomas c. Chadbourne.
a New York corporation lawyer, a big
fellow OF an English caste, of face and
figure, a fighting soul, pleasant enough
but a!wtys pleasant from heighth;
not without charm but always with
purpose before charm. He is the
chairman of a committee OF fifteen,
: committee which has in its power the
< most important work Of the confer
i ence. Upon its work and largely upon
= his leadership will depend the success
+ Of the conference. And in so far as
d leadership must direct the normal.
f must hold the average, he will do well.
4 He is not the intellectual equal OF
Gary, perhaps not even Of Gompers.
but he will not make the mistake OF
high brewing his leadership, 1t will
be good direct American leadership
in committees. The high and the
low may reasonably expect a good
Job from him as head Of this commit
tee. He has strong important men to
deal with.
President Elliot, with his own no.
tons, may not be neglected. He in
sists upon being heard when neces-
sary in the conference. He is rather
The leader Of the BTahmin group. He
knows their language. understands
their aspirations and they will follow
\ him into compromises where they
y would not follow another. He is an in
= telIectual force rather than d personal
y one.
The most conspicuous Of the public
group is John Spargo. Socialist. He
| is smart; no other word fits him He
knows the game which the conference
{ is playing; he knows parliamentary
usage. is active. cannot be tripped
likes to talk. is full Of resources. has
an unbreakable will, feels himself de-
| tached from the group, more or less
rejected Of men," and is the only
! Crusader in the conference. He IS O.
slight build, wirv bodied with a hunt
ing dog face and brown look as to hair.
mustache. complexion and eyes, q
brown look, which he accentuates II
his dress, He makes a striking figure
/ when he talks He is restless but
never out Of control and has a quick
temper but knows how to smother Il
and is the most combative man in the
conference. The public group think
| him 70 be more radical than he really
is, His suggestions are on the whole
! ! conservative rather than radical.
= which Indicates great control
I Most Of the women in the perform
! ance are in the public group, Miss Tar
= hell, Mrs. Burnham, and Miss WaId
Miss Wald has spoken more often
than the others. She has a clear,
fine. rich voice, poise, good looks and
she always lays back in her conserva-
tiam in order to be fair
In the Capitalist group is one not
able figure. that Of its chairman, Mr.
Fl. A Wheeler. He is of conventional
size. conventional dress, conventional
face and conventional speech. But he
c is leader Of his group. When he is
y on his feet his words come with great
elaboration as though he were choos-
ing each syllable. He carries convic-
ton because he is deliberate. He has
, a bankers caution, and is always fair.
> almost judicial in his Utterances but
< he gives one the impression Of great
repression in his strength.