The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-09-04
DEPARTS
WITH TWO BIGGEST
PROBLEMS IN AIR
President Starts on Tour of
Nation Leaving Domestic
Labor Crisis and World
League in Dispute.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
n News selmltar's Special Cars
apondenA.

X SpsSiai SeFFS'
WASHINGTON, Sept. l.-President
wilson left Washington with the two
nlosi important problems Of his whole
%dIhlhistratton unsettled-the domestic
Aoor Crisis n the proposed entrance
III the united states In a partnership
u nations 70 preserve world peace.
During his absence the senate win
asoate but probably not vote finally on
We peace treaty and league OF nations,
also, the country will be preparing for
tne most vital struggle since the civil
NM,SsrS peaceful solution OF the acute
nlLIicuIties IN American Industry.
The president has called a conference
not eetwsen capital and labor, but be-
weep labor and those who direct Ia
por To him the world peace situa.
ton n the domestic unrest are Inter-
woven. he believes the senate's fail
nre 70 ratlfy the treaty has added 10
ne uncertainty OF Industrial conditions,
he thinks 30. -
Meanwhile the president believes his
action in calling q domestic labor con.
tersnse VIII have . salutary effect, that
y VIII br1ng about q truce; that II will
prevent all strikes while the captains
OF industry and the leaders of labor
endeaVor to work out a program OF in
dustrial reconstruction.
betwee 40 and % delegates will
R~NHi ~ Ihe WiuIS mouse anout Oct.
? ana discuss every phase OF indus.
trial conditions, wages, cost OF living.
strikes and the general idea OF bringing
about an equilibrium between the two
contendlng elasses--the employers and
the employees,
symptoms Dangerous.
The truth is that America has in
recent %eeks shown dangerous symp-
toms. social unrest has been growing.
Radical labor leaders have been getting
possession OF the relns OF authority in
various sections of the country where
conservative labor leaders hitherto gov.
erned. The demands under these new
leaders have often been wholly out Of
try and other Industries. No genera
principle o.. uniformity or action has
been possible. sam Gompers, for ex.
ample, controls n section OF Ameri-
ca's laborinE masses. but there are I.
W WIS ana mining organizations that
nave nite regard for the American
In the face OF such chaos, the situa-
ton In America has been drifting to-
ward an open break. Strikes affecting
me cost OF living I'M the welfare II
the American people al a whole have
peen growing. 1t has been feared in
some quarters, too, that the hitherto
unheard OF idea OF social revolution was
making o Roadway among the In.
articulate masses than the n6Wspaners
generally were able to reflect.
But federal agencies here, which have
means OF knowing what goes on in la
Dor councils everywhere, have learned
OF the strained relations, A truce was
Inevitable. or rather a meeting Of minds
before Industrial hostilities began, So
ths labor conference called by President
wilson Is an effort to work out the
problem by common counsel. Behind
the conference VIII not be any force of
law--no judicial compulsion. 1t will not
be an arbitration or mediation, but an
unofficial gathering. OF the heads OF sew
erai classes most Interested In indus
trial peace.
II agreement Is reached, the recon.
mendations to private industry will car
~ with them, however, even more COM
lpulSion than statute law, Fof pre-
surnably the whole moral force OF
American public opinion will back such
hvastment bankers, agricultural as.
soolations, the United States chamber
of commerce and the American FAderA.
ton OF Labor win a send about
eight or nine delegates and President
Wilson viii name about eight or nine
e represent, the public at large. About
\ n ~ wlil meet & n white House.
that they. will be geographically re-
ported and the proceedings given to the
press. In no other way might II be
possible TO get the attention OF large
masses OF radically inclined labor who
ave been opposing Samuel acmpers
1t is not known who will represent
the people at large, Il 10 quite likely
that the president win pick somesmAn
known TO be familiar with the so.cAiled
rsaioal point OF view and some men
known 70 be representative OF the great
body OF conservative mind folks In
America, None has yet been selected
The president wants to give the four
classes an opportunity TO pick whoever
they wish and he will select his men
rom those not named Of the other
There will be committees, OF eoursa
among the 46 and the conferences vii
be IN. session for several wAeke, maybe
months, eclipsinE In interest possibly
! the work OF congress itself.
May Urge Laws.
The conference may recommend leg.
. islAtion but nobody can foretell jusl
what II will recommend. Nor 10 the
president ~prejudeine the case. Should
certain committees Of the two houses
consultations OF that character can bl
I Mr. Wilson tsels that his anssnc,
from Washington will not affect tn
! situation adversely, for, on the ont
/. among the leaders OF the several CLASSES
. an opportunity for the delegates TX
? consult constituents. And on the othe,
hand It viii enable the president BY hii
series OF speeches to preach a doctrine
o. industrial reconciliation that. may
> help rally. public opinion behind the de-,
:, | cteione OF lhA cnnfarAnoA itaAlf