Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-18
VII SON PICKS MEN
FOR LABOR GABFEST
Baruch, Rockefeller, Dawes and Gary
Among Twenty two Leaders Called
to Consider Labor Unrest-Mered'th
of Des Moines Among Nnmber-
Conference Meets Oct. 6.

San Francisco, Sept. 1S.-Twenty-
two men were invited by President
Wilson today to represent the gen.
| eral public in the industrial confer
! ence he has called for oct. 6 in Wash
| inGton.
| This means that siXtysix men will
| take part in the monentous meeting
which is to decide the new order
the president hopes to attain between
capital and labor. Organized LABOR
will have twenty-five representatives.
as will organized employers. The con-
| ference will be held in the East Room
in the White House and will he pre-
sided over by the president.
Following are the men he has
asked to serve on behalf of the gen.
eral public:
| Bernard NJ Baruch, former chair
man of the war Industries board, and
] the governments economic repre-
sentative at the peace conference in
Paris.
| %. f. Bradfute, Xenia, O., president
of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
and chairman of the committee OF
state farm bureaus.
Robert s Brookings, st. Louis, re-
! tired business man.
! Ward Burgess of Nebraska.
Fuller r. Galloway, cotton manu-
facturer of La Grange, Ga.
Thomas L. Chadbourne, New York
City.
Charles G. Dawes, brigadicr general
in the American expcditionary forces
and the arlny's chief purchasing agent
in France He is president of the
Central Trust Company of Chicago.
DR.. Charles +. Elliot, Northeast Har-
Dor, Me.
H. b. Endicott, Milton, Mass.
Paul l.. Folas, clothing manufac-
turer of Cleveland.
Ebert II. Gary. chairman of the
United states Steel Corporation
Edwin f. Gay. dean. graduate school
of busincs administration, Harvard
University Cambridge, Mass.
George r. James, manufacturer
farmer and banker of Memphis. Tenn.
! Thomas D. Jones, manufacturer OF
Chicago.
, A. A. Landon, Buffalo. n. Y, vice
president of the American Radiator
Company.
f.. r. Meredith, editor Of Successful
Farming. Des Moines. Iowa.
Gavin MoNab, San Francisco at
torney.
| Asks Rockefeller Jr.
John D. Rockefeller Jr., Standard
Oil Company New York.
Charles Edward Russell, author,
New York.
John spargo, author. Old Bennlng-
ton. vt.
L. Sweet, farmer, Carbondale'
Colo.
| Louis Titus, San Francisco.
The telegram sent to each OF the
above men was as follows:
! II have called a conference NJ
(. Washington for Oct. 6 for the pur-
/ pose Of discussing the labor situation
| in the country and the possibility OF
/ formulating plans for the development
| of a new relationship between capltai
| and labor. I beg that you will accept
the appointment as one Of the repre-
sentatives Of the general public at that
| conference.
'There will be twenty-five repre-
I. sentatives Of the public and an equiva-
! lent number Of representatives OF vari-
/ Gus bodies Of organized labor and or
ganlzed employers. / sincerely hope 1t
will be possible for you to undertake
| this very important service.
/ tSigueGH Woodrow Wt!son.'
! Calvin McNab Of this city, named as
4 one of the representatives Of the gen
eraI public. is chairman OF the re-
ception committee that greeted the
president. r.