New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-25

,.Oniike such gatherings in the past
there viii Dc no oratorv President
Harding will greet the delegates and
tes them why they are here.
From that time on it will be work.
Herbert Hoover. Secretary of Com
nlcrce. who has been designated as
chairman. has outlined a course of pro-
eeedure that calls for organizing the
conference into 2 number of groups
or committees TO study various phases
Of the problem. 1t is his purpose to
begin IN earnest the first day Instead
OF devotlng two or three months to the
work assigned by President Harding he
intends TO complete the job within three
weeks
AThe only other representative of the
government will be James j. Davis,
Secretary of Labor Both Mr.. Hoover
f1d Mr.. Davis virtually have turned
their departments over to the prepare
tons for the conference They will
Furnish statistical and other informa-
ton for the delegates to study. 1t will
be for the members themselves to saw
what remedies shall or shall not be pro-
posed to the country OF course Mr..
Hoover and Mr.. Davis will give their
advce. But they are not going to die
tate. The unemployment conference
VIII be an open meetings its decisions
Will come from the membership.
The Administration is hopeful the
conference will bring results beneficial
to- the country President Harding has
taken keen interest in all of the ar
engagements for the gathering. He Sc
lected the delegates.
While the Administration expects
something worth while from the con-
ference, 1t is making no predictions or
promises Neither Mr.. Hoover nor Mr..
Davis, the authorized spokesmen on
this particular subject. will say word
iDr publication. This is no time, thcy
say. to De making promises to the pco-
ne. Let the conference speak for it.
sell. Is their attitude
Nocai Cooperation
10 he Keynote Of Plan
The unemployment conference has
rot been called with the idea that the
FEDERAL government will provide work
1sr the idle. The purpose is to bring
together representatives of all inter
ests concerned to discuss means of
f4iievre the situation through local
cooperation. The Administration atti-
tHdc is that each community or mu-
nripality must work out its own
problem. The conference here is ex.
pected to furnish advice to the local
people on how to proceed.
rln arranging for the unemployment
conference Secretary Hoover has pro-
f'led by some of the mistakes OF the
past in Washington. Cooperation is
necessary if the conference is to be a
success. Therefore, Mr.. Hoover has
barred contentious questions. Wage
reduction, open shop, collective bar
gaining and the like are taboo. The
industrial conference called bv Presi-
dent Wilson two years ago went on
the rocks at the outset on collective
bargaining
GROUP representation was partly re
snonsible for Mr.. Wilson's conference
breaking up in four days. Labor and
capital deadlocked on the principle of
collective bargaining. There were four
days of oratory, but absolutely nothing
WAS accomplished. The time, effort and
money put into the conference was
wasted
Secretary Hoover was member of
President Wilson's second conference,
which contained no group representa-
ton. After three months that confer
ence made report. but the damage
caused by the failure Of the first
spoiled the effect Of the recommends
tons made
Several of the persons who attended
President Wilson'S first conference are
coming to President Hardngs meet
ing. But Mr.. Hoover feels sure they
viii attend with a purpose Of cooper
atng to the limit instead of quar-
roling on matters that can be settled
at conferences. The failures in the
Wilson Administration point to some
ct, the things not to do.
All Europe has an unemployment
problem. Most OF the countries have
tried to meet it. And they have done
X by system of doles which is an
ether way of saving that unemployment
Is subsidized. The Administration is
opposed to any relie> measures even
Qoklns in this direction. Union labor
also is opposed to Federal pay for the
unemployed.
Conditions in Europe
Show What to Avoid
report of several hundred naoes
setting forth what other countries
nave done has been supplied to Secre.
sasy Hoover by Ernest Greenwood
american correspondent Of the Inter
national Labor Once, which was ere
ated under the Versailles Treaty. Mr.
Hoover asked for summary. He re
eeIved so much information he doesn,,
know what TO do with it, About the
only value of all this information is
that Il tells the American conference