The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-05
INDUSTRY MEETING
SET FOR OCTOBER 6
Wilson Call Issued to Reach
common Ground in Con-
duct Of Affairs.
PERIL IN WAR WASTAGE
Note Summoning Leaders Tells
of Crisis in Economic
Development. r
Special Despatch to The sun.


conference called by President Wilson to
bring about fundamental changes in the
relations between capital and labor will
meet in Washington. October 6. The
date was made known to-day, when the
White House gave out letter sent by
the President to several national organi-
nations asking for the nomination Of
representatives at the conference.
Forty-hve men are to be named to
serve, fifteen of them representing In
dustry. finance and production, fifteen
representing labor, and fifteen represent
ing the public.
President Wilson's letter to organiza-
tons asking for the nomination of repre-
sentatives at the labor conference was
sent to Magnus w. Alexander, managing
director of the National Industrial Con-
ference Board. Boston Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation of
Labor; William G.. Baker, Jr., president
of the Investment Bankers Association,
Baltimore; ]. ". Tittmore, President OF
the American Society OF Equity. Omro.
Wis: Oliver Wilson, president of The
National Grange. Peoria, Ill. c. s. Bar
rett. president National Farmers Union.
Union City, Ca; and Homer l.. Fer
guson president Chamber OF Commerce
Of the United States, Washington.
The letters were: For the purpose
of reaching, If possible some common
ground of agreement and action with
regard to the future conduct OF indus
try, l desire to obtain the combined
Judgment of representative employers,
representative employees and represen-
tatives of the general public conversant
with these matters, and for the accom-
plishment Of that purpose / have de-
cided to call a conference of five per-
sons to be selected by the Chamber
of Commerce of the United States of
America. FIVE persons to be selected by
the National Industrial Conference
Board, fifteen persons to be selected by
the American Federation of Labor.
Three persons to be selected by the
farming organizations, and two persons
TO be selected by the Investment Bankers
to confer with fifteen representatives of
the general public whom l shall select,
these representatives meet in the city
of Washington on October 6, 1919. for
the purpose of consulting together on the
great and vital questions affecting our
Industrial life and their consequent eff
feet upon all our people, to discuss such
methods as have already been tried out
of bringing capital and labor into close
cooperation, and to canvass every rele-
want feature of the present Industrial
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to work out II possible in genuine
spirit of cooperation a practicable
method of association based upon
a real community of interest which Will
rebound to the welfare of all our people.
plan to Relieve Conditions.
"The wastages of war have seriously
interfered with the natural course or our
industrial and economic development.
The nervous tension of our people has
not yet relaxed to normal The neces-
sity of devising at once methods py
which we can speedily recover from this
condition and obviate the wastefulness
caused by the continued interruption OF
many of our important Industrial enter
prises by strikes and lockouts empha-
sizes the need for meeting Of minds in
a conference such as I have suggested.
I am sure that your organization will
gladly bear the expenses of its own rep
resentatives to a conference called for
such an important purpose, and l would
therefore request that you select five
persons to act as the representatives OF
the National Industrial Conference Board
in the conference. and advise the Secre-
tary of Labor of the names and ad-
dresses of the persons selected, SO that
he may make the necessary arrange
ments for the meetings.
Director-General of Railroads Hines
sent an ultimatum to striking railroad
shopmen in three sections of the coun-
try tonight. giving notice that unless
they. returned to work by a given hour
on Saturday that they would be dropped
from the rolls and their places filled.
Three kilograms were sent out by the
Dlrector-General, one to Regional Di-
rector Hardin in New York city with
reference to striking New York Central
men at Depew one to Regional Director
Markham with reference to Il. and o.
men at Cumberland, Md, who are out
and one to Regional Director Holden
with reference to c., B. and Q. men at
Havelock, Neb.
Message About Strikers.
In substance the messages were iden-
tical. That to Regional Director Hardin
follows:
81 am advised that certain mechanical
department employees of the New York
Central Railroad at Depew are engaged
in a violation OF their agreements with
the individual railroad upon which they
have been employed and in violation OF
The agreement for adjustment of the
grievances between United States Rail-
road Administration and the chief execu-
lives VI lIe 10 WHICH the
strikers belong, as well as in violation
of the laws OF the organization of which
they are members.
1.-THE chief executives of these organ
izations have definitely instructed their
members to return TO work. WIN you
please at once instruct the Federal man.
ager of the New York Central Railroad
to post copies of this telegram on bulle-
tin boards and in conspicuous places at
and in the shops affected as notice to all
employees who are on strike to resume
work not later than their regular report
ing time on that date. as failure will be
considered as evidence OF having per-
manently left the service of the United
States Railroad Administration and
their places will be filled, and II they
return to the service of the United
States Railroad Administration later Il
will be only as new employees.
This telegram will also be considered
by the Federal manager as his instruc-
tons TO proceed accordingly.
"WALKER d, HINES,
"Drector-General of Railroads"