The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-01-08
NEW INDUSTRIAL
 COMMITTEE WILL MEET ON JAN. 12
Much Important Work Will Confront Board At Its
 Opening Session.

Washington, ID. C.. Jan. 8.---Presi | dent Wilson's industrial commission, the new body named by the Presi- dent late in November to study the industrial situation. will reconvene in ! Washington, January 12 and will settle down to a task that may prove of great and lasting benefit to entire country.
 The commission is working without fanfare of trumpets. It appreciates the magnitude of it's job and the con fidence placed individually in each member of the commission by the President who is seeking a solution of industrial troubles and a closer relationship between employer and employee.
 When members of the commission left Washington for the Christmas holidays it was agreed that, despite the recess, each member would give attention to the problem of industrial relations and return here early in January with additional ideas and suggestions.
 The Presidents commission has gone about the performance of it's duty quietly. It has not been press. agented and has not sought publicity
 
 league in this country between er- ployers and employees would be to &C., complish something really big and worth while. Such a fruition of the labors of the commission can come only with the most intelligent appli- cation to the subject and the taking into conscientious account of the many ramifcations of the industrial situation in this country today. Recent submission of a report of progress and tentative recommenda- tions, upon which public hearings later will be held, demonstrates how thoroughly the commission is doing it's work.
 In appointing the second indus | trial commission the President an- nounced that the conference has been l called not to investigate industrial 1 strife where it already exists, but to work out some plan whereby indus | trial differences in the future might ] be avoided and a better understand i ing reached all round between capit;. 1 l and labor, with the removal of the 1 causa of such disturbances as have recently seriously inconveaienced the ! country.
 Accepting the responsibility placed ] upon them, members of the commis- i to work steadily and in quiet Little has been published regarding it's ac- i tivities. although the commission was | in session almost three weeks before recessing for the Christmas holi- days.
 | It is estimated that the expenses of l the commission will not exceed twen- ty-five thousand dollars. Members of the commission themselves serve without compensation. Assuming that something tangible will be brought ] about by the conference of these pub. 1 lie servants, who include former gov. ernors, college professors, business men, former Federal officials and the Secretary of Labor, the nominal ex. pense involved will be one of the 1 cheapest investments ever made by the country. The modest sum ask ed for incidental expenses is not the cost of a strike of one hour in any of the great industries of the coun- try.
 While it is not the purpose of ths commission to discuss its work al ! length until a final report is ready, ii is shown that substantial progress has been made and there is confidence that out of the conferences will come some program for the betterment oj
 
 United States.
 Some idea of the scope of the com. missions work may be obtained by Q review of the several major sugges- tions which in all probability must necessarily be analysed and acted upon before there can be action. Al. though there has been no full officia, announcement of these various sub. jects, 1t is assumed here that the | commission of necessity must investi. gate and report upon such funda. mental propositions as permanent tri bunais to pass upon labor disputes collective bargaining as a principle proft-sharing systems; betterment O ! the conditions of labor: rights of ena ployers and capital invested; coop eratiVe agreements and possible part
 nerships between employers and erl l pioyes.
 The report Of the commission ma ! have no binding effect. but if it i backed by public opinion and is jus } in its terms there is belief that tn labors fthis new commission naI,lei by the President will prove eventual
 iy Of Inestinable benefit to the natio]
 as whole and mark the beginnin5 Of a new era in industrial relation , in the worlds greatest republic.