The New York herald., 1921-04-01
NEW SOCIAL ORDER
PLANNED IN COLONY
Labor Leaders and Educators
Establish Centre Of Learn
ing in Westchester.
THEY WEAR MOCCASINS
BObbed Hair and Short Skirts
Supply the Usual Note Of
Revolt Against Things.

In an upper room of rambling frame
building of Colonial design at the end OF
a winding dirt road about a mile and a
half out of the village Of Katonah. West
chester county. group of labor leaders
and lesser known educators yesterday
objective of which. according to an
nouncement. is the substitution Of educa-
tion for violence in radical movements.
The utmost secrecy was maintained
ceedings and the identity OF those par
ticipating. The building in which the
conference is being held is known as
the Brookwood School and was founded
about two years ago by DR.. William NJ.
Fincke, formerly a Presbyterian clergy
man. He was pastor Of the Greenwich
Presbyterian Church. in West Thirteenth
street, but was forced to resign in May.
1917. after his congregation refused to
condone certain alleged pacifst utter
ances including declarations that he
could not pray for success of the allied
arms.
Yesterday when a reporter for THE
New YORK HERALD attempted to get
some news of the result OF the days pro-
ceedings he was met with a polite but
emphatic refusal of any sort of informa-
tion. When the reporter appeared at
the school long haired youth in a worn
army uniform scurried upstairs. A wom-
an, whom the reported later learned was
Mrs. Fincke and who wore an outing
costume with moccasins. appeared in
answer to the youths summons She an
nounced that she was in charge Of the
situation and demanded to know what
the inquisitive intruder wanted.
When this was explained she said
that there was no information to be
given out about the movement until
to-day.
Sounds of typewriters clicking came
from an adjoining room and perhaps
half a score of young men and women.
the latter with bobbed hair and all
wearing short skirts and moccasins or
sandals. peered inquisitively from door
ways opening into the hall.
Among those who were to participate
in the meeting were John Fitzpatrick
president of the Chicago Federation of
Labor. who was chairman of the
national committee for organizing iron
and steel workers which conducted the
steel strike; William z. Foster, leader
or the 1919 steel strike; James Maurer
president of the Pennsylvania State
Federatio of Labor; Jay G. Brown of
Seattle. president of the International
Timber Workers; A. ]. Music execu-
tive secretary of the Amalgamated Tex
tile Workers; Joseph Schlossberg. sec
retary of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers John Brophy of the United
Mine Workers and Edward Nockles.
secretary Of the Chicago Federation of
Labor.
As far as could be learned no known
member of the American Federation OK
Labor was at the conference. nor was
this body represented. This fact was
brought TO the attention of II. T. Brough-
am. one OF. the conferees, who seemed
to be handling what publicity was In
dulged In. but he refused to comment on
this phase OF the situation. although he
insisted that the movement involves the
founding of new school to be supported
by organized labor. The plans. he said,
are based on four fundamental tenets:
First that a new social order Is
needed and is coming--in fact, that is
already on the way.
Second. that education will not only