Bisbee daily review., 1919-10-16
Conference Defers Action on
 Intervention Plan Pending Outcome of the Collective Bargaining by Committees
Definite Disposal
 Is Urged by Gary
Employers Object to Consid- eration Under Pressure and Intimate Desire to Remain
 Clear Out of Controversy


 WASHINGTON, Oct 15.-Despite repeated declarations by employers delegates that they never would ap- prove intervention in the steel strike and insistent demand from the same group that the labor arbitration pro- posal be disposed of definitely, the national industrial conference, voting as an assembly, today deferred action on the labor plan pending an effort by the central committee of 15 to agree on the question of collective bargaining.
 The motion to defer, made by Der nard M. Baruch, chairman of the pub lie group, was put aside under the group voting plan, the employers group voting against it, and the pub lie and labor group and supporting postponement. Consent of all three groups is required under the rules to validate action. On a point of order, however, Secretary Lane, presiding officer, ruled that the motion in- volved a question of procedure and not of policy, and therefor should be settled by simple majority vote of individual delegates.
 Judge Ebert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation board, and Ward M. Bargess of Om- aha, were the only members of the public group opposing postponement, and c. S. Barrett and T. c. Atkeson, farmers representatives, alone of the employers group, favored the motion. The labor group was solid for post ponement
 The central committee was directed to have a report ready when the con- ference reconvened at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but it struck a snag late today in attempting to de fine collective bargaining" and made but little headway during its three hour session. The right of employees to organize was generally recognized, it was said, but no agreement could be reached on the question of deal ing with non-employes of a company acting as spokesman for the workers. The committee will meet again to- morrow morning, bu it appeared prac- tically certain tonight that no agree ment would be reached and that the labor and public delegates in the com mittee would ask for more time. such action would mean further delay in obtaining a vote on the steel strike arbitration resolution.
 Labor delegates said today they would be willing to drop the steel strike resolution in case they can ob- tain a clean cut acceptance to the principle of "collective bargaining with the right of employees to select just as the compan- i ies hire counsel" Failure of the con ference to arbitrate the strike or to accept their view of collective bar gaining would mean disruption Of he conference, some labor represent ! atives went so far as to say.
 On the right" of the hall, employ srs objected to consideration under pressure" of a fundamental principle IS collective bargaining. Herbert F. Perkins of Chicago said: "We cannot ,e forced or hurried into arriving at my decision in such an important natter as collective bargaining, while J. W. O'Leary of Chicago de dared that "clear thinking" on the ssue was impossible with "other dis urbing influences"
 After the meeting, employers dele rates said that the labor steel strike arbitration was never intended TOT other purposes than to force recog- lition of the unions and their spokes- nen, inasmuch as agreement to arbl- ration of the strike by committee containing union officials and com ,any officers would have amounted O absolute acceptance of the things Or which labor is fighting.
 Charles Edward Russell of Ne" York. spokesman for the central com nittee, told press representatives after the committee meeting that both capital and labor were disposed 10 make conclusions and that nothing had transpired to shake his conVlc- ion that the conference would ac- romplish great and constructive results. He admitted, however, that here were serious differences or opinion which must be harmonzed before the committee could report.
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