The Connecticut labor news., 1921-09-23
HOOVER NAMED AS CHAIRMAN WITH ORGANIZED LABOR WELL
 REPRESENTED IN MEMBERSHIP
Will Get Right Down to Business, Promises Lead CT, and EndeavOr to Bring in Plan That Will Solve Crisis Threatening Country-NO Charity to Be Considered in
 Deliberations.

Washington, Sept Z3.-Ihe confer ence on unemployment, called by Presi- dent Harding on demand of the country. will open in Washington on Monday and Secretary Hoover will be chairman of the meetings. Announcements of those invited to the conference were made this week and under demand of Organized Labor a number of recognized labor leaders, including President Gompers of the A. F. of L., have been invited A preliminary list of 38 men and women to attend was given out Monday and yes- terday an additional ten were named as follows:
 Mrs. Sarah Conboy, New York sec retary of the United Textile Workers of America.
 James B. Neal, Minerville, Pa, presi- dent of the Buckwin Coal company.
 John D. Ryan, New York, the United Metals Selling company.
 Benjamin Strong, New York, gover- nor of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
 M. F. Tighe, Pittsburgh, president of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers.
 James F. Gibson, Seattle. president of the Waterfront Employers Union.
 Bird s. Coler, New York; commits sioner of public welfare and chairman of the Industrial Aid bureau.
 John Donlin, Washington; president of the Building Trades department of the American Federation of Labor
 II. H. Stackhouse, Springfield, O., president of the National Implement and Vehicle association
 William Black, of Louisville, Ky.
 Early sessions of the conference, Mr. Hoover said, probably would be devoted to the selection of committees. Some recommendations, he added, probably would be submitted to the conference within two or three days by some of these committees.
 MT. Hoover was appointed by Presi- dent Harding, chairman of the confer ence, which, 1t was said, would at once dissolve itself into special committees for the formulation of definite plans for sub mission to the conference as a whole. These committees, MT. Hoover asserted, would no doubt seek cooperation from other representatives of labor, employers and civic bodies in the formulation of their views.
 Tn naming the members of the con- ference" MT. Hoover said, it has been the desire of the President to secure geographic representation and at the same time have regard to the different elements of the community who are in- terested and can be helpful i'll the problem without any attempt at proportional num- bers of particular groups. Those of ex- perience in those industries where there IS the largest degree of unemployment have been called upon in larger propor- ton than from trades where there Is less unemployment difficulty. It was impos- sible to include representation of the whole of some fifty trade groups in the conference and hold its size within work able limits"
 An economic advisory committee of twenty was appointed in advance of the conference and, MT. Hoover said has been at work on the preparation of unemploy- ment data and upon working program for the conference.
 Secretary Davis also has been cooper ating in formulating the conference plans, he said, and has been directing a renewed survey of unemployment throughout the country for the use of the conference.
 ' The conference was expected to get to work quickly in order that the administration might be in a position to combat unemployment before winter The Presidents limitations stated that the conference Is called to inquire into the volume and dis tribution of unemployment, to advise upon emergency measures that can be properly taken by employers, local authorities and civic bodies and to consider such measures as tend to give impulse to the recovery of busi- ness and commerce to normal"
 In arriving at a policy for provid- in gemployment, however, MT. HoOv- CT declared, the conference would avoid any charity arrangements such as have been put into effect by a number of foreign governments.
 While no announcement has been made as yet by the White House, 1t was considered probable that Presi- dent Harding would open the confer ence with an address outlining the administration desire to remedy the nations unemployment situation.
 A partia Hist of the members of the unemployment conference was made public as follows:
 Secretary of Commerce Hoover.
 Secretary of Labor Davis.
 Winslow R. Aver of Portland, Ore, president Eastern & Western Lumber Company, former member commits sion on minimum wages and indus trial conditions in Oregon, federal food administrator of Oregon in 1917.
 Julius H. Barnes of Duluth, Minn., president United States food admin istration grain corporation, 1917 to 1919; United States wheat director; chairman institute for public service, New York
 William M Butler of Boston, man. ufacturer; president and director of several New Bedford cotton cloth and yarn mills.
 w. S. Carter of Cleveland, presi- dent of the Brotherhood of Locomo. tive Bremen and Enginemen.
 Elizabeth Christmas of Chicago secretary of the International Glove Workers Union, secretary-treasurer of the National Women's Trade Union League
 Edgar E. Clark, ex-president Order of Railway Conductors; member Roosevelt anthracite commission ir 1902; formerly chairman interstate commerce commission.
 John T. Connery of Chicago, presi- dent Miami Coal Company.