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!, to bring out the duty of capital and
labor to society.
Secretary Lane said:, "The industrial
conference really never got started.
1t died at it's birth, because questions
arose which it was not prepared to
meet. This should not end the effort
to go at this business of adjusting la
Dor troubles by good sense instead of
force. / want to see new conference
"a real council of national defense
some seem to think another irrepressi-
BILE conflict"
Second Industrial Conference.
A second industrial conference was
called November p, 1919 consisting
of seventeen delegates. They were:
Secretary Wilson. Herbert Hoover.
Julius Rosenwald. George Wicker
sham, Oscar Strauss, Henry NJ. Rob-
inson of California, Prof. Frank W.
Taussig. former Gov. Mccall of Mas
sachusetts. Martin H. Glynn of New
York. Henry c. Stuart of Virginia.
George T. Slade of st. Paul, Owen w.
Young, Henry ]. Waters and Stanley
King of Boston.
This conference met in Washington
December 2, 1920. In calling it to-
gether President Wilson said that
LQefe SHOulu De AO SIoupSs dAO Su6
gested the establishment Of federal
court of fair dealing" This second
conference held secret sessions and
formulated an elaborate program OF
Industrial relations and for the ad-
justment Of industrial disputes, but
nothing ever came of 1t.
Unemployment Is both voluntary and
involuntary. Strikes are voluntary
unemployment. The conference which
meets in this city this coming week
will deal with involuntary unemploy-
ment.
A we'll known American economist
writes: 81 am troubled concerning that
class which is worthy, and willing to
! work, but often unable to secure the
necessary work and money to Keep life
j together. For this class l feel that
there should, be some kind OF unem-
ployment insurance"
Long ago many. countries in Europe
recognized their increasing responsible
ity to society by adopting unemploy-
ment insurance. This plan has been in
operation in France, Belgium, Germany,
Italy. Switzerland, Holland. Norway and
Britain, vexed even more than the
United States by the problem OF unem-
| ployment, has been compelled to ADOPT
this plan, called by some form OF
state socialism,
British Unemployment Insurance.
i The British unemployment insurance
act is administered by the board Of
trade through the employment ex-
; changes, trade unions and friendly So
cieties. Under the unemployment in
surance acts of 1920 and 1921, substan-
TALLY all persons covered by the health
insurance scheme. are compelled to- be
! insured against unemployment. except
/; art workers and persons employed in
agriculture and domestic service. Ger
tain others are exempted where the
! minister Of labor certifies that they are
employed under conditions which make
!. the national insurance unnecessary.
In the case of men of eighteen years
<, and over pence per week comes from
from the employe. In the case Of
women of eighteen or over pence is
| from the employer and 4 pence FROM the
| employe. In the case of boys between
sixteen AMI eighteen 8 pence comes
from the employer and 21t pence from
the employe. In the case Of girls be-
tween sixteen, and eighteen years III
pence per week comes from the employer
and 3 pence from the ennploye. The
state contributes In addition one. fourth
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