The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13

sentative e ths League Of Nations Ill Tie
Q eaps u half q hundred clerks His
s6,es ass directly into that world orsani-
at5on wk6cA has been set up Ut Geneva. he
II rssp.ssfh,s b IL, b paid b. Il, IL un-
touched sd minhuenced BY any authority
q the 6sssRament Of the United States, but
b, nev.rtxeses, . loyal American Citizen,
employing q stat NJ less American tAaa
himself.
When found out that this nuclsus Of
de Lesene Of Nations existed over here I
walked bto its ONCE s1d asked the Amer
lean representative what II was an about
just how It vas that the League maintained
this American once and what II did.
Mr.. Greenwood stopped In his psckins.
for he was hurryins 70 catch the Adrtatie for
Q run over to Eurups for tie third annual
be in session by the time this gets In PRINT
A trim, graceful, intellectual young man
Il thirty eight, college bred, journalistically
trained, u Greenwood. q young man who
during the war found himself serving a. an
Official Il the United States Employment
Serviea- Having demonstrated certain ex-
ecutfve qualities, he was, at the time the
International Labor Conference was staged
in Washington back in October, 1919, ap-
pointed By Secretary Wilson a the executive
sficer Of that conference. he was the man
who ran the show, and It ID probably true
that few men have been given more difieult
tasks. 1t viii be remembered that this In
Sensational Labor Conference met before the
VGndIlss Treaty had been approved BIZ the
Dsesaary number Of nations to bring 1t into
sefnal existence. The treaty, however, had
I'D that an international Labor Conference
sAsuld be called In Washington during Oc-
tsser. 1919, so President Wilson carried out
n mandate and lis delegates, coming from
TIE various nations u IL world, arrived in
Wsshtngtsa.
TykHY cane into an atmosphere which
J. w.s highly charged with antagonism,
for ne great fight against the League Of
Nations, which was made In the United
States Senate. was Just then warming up.
Mr.. Greenwood asked for an appropriation
Of 500 900 with which to run this confer
enee, and Congress responded In joint reso-
lution, providing S64 900, and fixed things
% that even this sum was not available until
slfsr tie conference was brought to an end.
Hr. orsenvood's primary difficulty, there
FIRE, was 10 run this international eonfer-
nes without any money, q situation from
which & would have been very dinicult to
have extxiested himself had ft not been
hat a member Of the British Delegation
hanaed him q check for 200 and told
Inn b hank Il and get busy.
This Arst meeting of the Internationai
Labor Conference deliberated with much
snbarraament in the face Of the American
poltieaI situation which existed. There
were, q members Of It, seven Ambassadors
accredited to the United States from foreign
natisns, such men a Harold Butler, Dep
MY Ministsr Of Labor of England; Jules
Cariier, the biggest employer Of labor IN
Be1rium; G.. B. Robertssn, Minister Of
Iaber Of Canada Arthur Fontaine, chair
nan Of the Executive COMMITTEES Of the
French State Railways, and Louis Guerin,
vho n b the TrsncA textile industry what
n b. GARY b b ths American steel indus
IN. OF the delegates assembled seventy
two wsrs Govarnent delegates or repre-
srntatavss Of he public, twenty three rep
rented labor and twenty three represented
e.pitd. This inposins array, Of disnitaries )
from abroad did not, howsver. save the con-
ference from bsins often assailsd on the
eeor a. ConressL The peak Of disapproval
srou the am was reached when q Senator
:, the asor characterized this gathering -
I'm. made up Of Tie ''riR-rsf'' Of Europe.
n v.s because Il his heroic struggle
In Iris dflieult atuation that Ernest
Greenwood, the executive oficer Of this.
DE arse .Intsr.atisaal Labor Confsrsncs.
vas nade III American representative By
he League Il Nafisns. With this intro
Gnefion Ne win Let lin ten His story.
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