Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-03-22
PACKERS AND employees
MEET CABINET OFFICIALS
Adjourn After Nearly -Four Hours
tonfcrcncc-Dnvis Requests Par
ties Make No Statement.
INy Nssoclnted presa.l

WASHINGTON March 2l.-A:tcr
spending three hours and a half In
conference. with Secretaries Davis.
Hoover and Wallace. Representatives.
OF the dv" leading packers and OF
their union employees adjourned l1to
today to meet tomorrow afternoon.
None OF those participating In the
conference would make any state
meht as to The progress Of the inltia!
efforts of the new administration in
mcd.ating Il major labor dispute.
Representatives OF the packers and
Of the employees on coming out OF the
conference stated that Secretary Da
Wis had requested al parties 10 make
no statements regarding the status
or the discussions. The labor secre-
tary also sent word by his private
secretary tn newspaper men that he
had nothing to say regarding the
conference. and announced that the
discussions would hc resumed tomor
row following The regular Tuesday
Cabinet meeting. probably at 3
O'Clock, but carrier If possible.
The fact that there are To be no
morning conference was taken to in
bring the matter AS revealed NJ to-
days preliminary meeting TO the at
;cutiun OF President Harding and
other members OF the Cabinet. The
recess also viii allow the roprescn-
tativcs OF both sides to confer with
their advisers OF ask for further in
StruCti0nS. Secretary Davis remained
in conference after the session with
Hugh l.. Eerw.n. L. L. Marsh and
Howell Davis Of the Labor Depart
mcn;s board az cOnci!ators, who sat
in the conference by virtue of the
fact that they mad part in the
agrecncn; OF 1919 by tho packers and
their employees 10 extend the Aischu-
Ter agreement ni 1917.
The packers representatives.. Carl
Meyer and James l.. Condor. were un-
derstocd 10 have finished stating their
case at I o'clock, having been inter
rurted by few questions from the
employees. Whether the greater part
OF the remaining hour and half
was consumed by the employees in
presenting their side was not indi-
Gated. None of the confcrccs would
Indicate whether there was cause for
hope that the question AZ issue
might be adjusted and II strike
avcrt,d
Secretary DAVIS heard the en-
ployes side of the controversy at
IL o'clock. after both sides had as
scmbied. and ,hc meeting had been
adjourned UNFIT = o'clock. The Labor
Secretary In granting a private hear
ing TO Dennis Lane, secretary OF the
unions. and Redmond S. Brennan,
their attorney. gave them the same
privilege lie had previously given
Mcssrs condor and Meyer
The full conference then began at
o'clock, with the three Cabinet
members. the two representatives OF
III Labor Department: Cancellation
worked in shifts taking the tcsti-
mony.
Unions allied with the Butchers
and Meat Cutters order sent nine
Representatives to Washington to
advise with the representatives OF the
employees /: their advice should he
needed. Prior TO the joint confer
cnce. j. J. Brennan. of the Interna
,ional brotherhood OF Fireman and
Oilers. declared that the allied
unions would stand by the other
employees
I'VE will not yield" Brennan said.
IF il * necessary we can make the
packers stand by their agreement.
Industry ana organized labor aiik
is Watching the rcsul: Of the confer
cnces for it's effect on similar agree