New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
\ presenting the matter

in controversy.
"Whenever an agreement is reached
locally or by the unanimous vote Of
the Industrial Board or by the unani-
nous vote of the General Board or by
the decision Of the umpire the conclu-
sion arrived at shall have all the force
and effect Of a trade agreement which
morally bound to accept and abide by.
ut is understood that this plan
would not interfere with any system
of joint wage conferences now in
existence, unless or until the failure
to agree in such a conference made a
strike or lockout imminent"
Labor, in its proposal, which is in
reality also platform likewise calls
for an adjustment board, though work
ing ont the plan in less detail! than
is employed by Mr.. Wilson.
The first nine Of the eleven planks
follow closely the American labor pro
gramme presented to the peace con
ference at Paris.
In introducing the labor PROPOSE
tions Mr.. Gompers told the conference
that consideration of the issues had
begun some days before the confer.
ence opened He said that there was
"no pride of authorship" in the group
and that the proposals were submit.e |
as coming from the group and not from
individual members, among whom the1 e
was complete agreement as to the mat
ters submitted.
Gavin McNab proposed a national
board of conciiation to be created by
Congress. In this board there shall
be four members, at least one of whom
shall be woman, named by the Pres-
dent. two members named by the House
and two by the Senate. Ex-Presidents
and the Secretary of Labor are named
arbitrarily as members. This board
would be "available for determination
of all disputes between labor and cap
ital." The board would act only when
called upon, but never until both par
ties to the dispute had resumed
normal relations.
Russell After High Cost
Charles Edward Russell sponsore d
the high cost Of living resolution. His
resolution is brief. He declares that
it is absurd to increase wages when
the increase is at once absorbed by
increased prices, and calls for enact
ment of @ law similar to the British
profteering bill.
The British law gives the Board of
prices and profits at any stage, declare
prices that would yield Reasonable le
profit and order refunds of profits CON
sldered excessive. The board also may
authorize communities to buy and sell
ali articles to which the act apolies.
The shortest resolution # the day
was by Fuller E. Galloway, of Lagrange
Ga. 1t reads:
Resolved. that individual initiative
and enterprise should be encouraged' >
Industrial Truce Sought
Other resolutions and their authors
we're:
BY A. A. Landon, calling for aban-
donment of strikes and lockouts anc
cessation of agitation and organization
for three months.
By H. S. Denl4ison, for development
of committees in plants, whether trade
union or not, but not in antagonism to
unions, to consider with employers
constructive methods Of increasing
production
BY Mr.. Dennison, for cooperation be-
tween employers and employees to allie
vlate burden OF employment without
resort to state Insurance.
By Paul L. Feiss, defining titles of
social groups. for conference pur-
poses.
Tomorrow morning will see an ad-
ditional supply of resolutions, and it
10 P"sslOle lHaL De1Ore adJOurnmen
the conference may make an effort
to fix time prior to which resolutions
must be introduced.
1t is known that all three groups
still have matters to present. The
labor group is working tonight
on additional proposals. The public
representatives likewise are working
on new matters. The employers, in q
group subdivided into five sections are
having, as Chairman Wheeler s: a
hard time to get their measures into
shape for introduction. With them il
/ is a question of SO drafting proposals
that the group itself can assent to in
troduction