The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-14
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Cooperation.

1ESsiucHb hATulnE Unemployment
conference. after submitting a Fuide 20
remedy the unemployment situation
and business depression in the coun-
try. adjourned sine die yesterday, but
a standing committee is about 20 be
appointed to carry out the agreements
reached during the sessions
Minority reports against any reduc-
ton Of wages. against the repeal Of
the AdamsOn eight-hour law. and
favoring the absorption Of the War
Labor Board into the Interstate Com
merce Commission. were not adopted
by the conference as a whole. but
were read into the proceedings as in
formation"
In adjourning the session, Mr.
Hoover said:
Ladies' and gentlemen. am very
grateful for your expression. I. too.
not only convey my own thanks 10
you for your services here. but desire
to carry TO you a word from the
President Of his gratitude for your
willingness TO come here and consider
these questions. and 20 give TO the ed
ministration and to the country sou
Indication as to how this crisis can be
met
Seek TO Better Winter Conditions
We have, indeed. a great crisis. and
the purpose OF this conference has
been TO find a plan by which we can
get through this next winter into seas
less rough: into areas Of greater
economic prosperity; into times when
our labor will have been reabsorbed
into industry. You have laid out a
IL
cepted by a large section Of the coun-
try, and you have erected the
machinery 10 pursue that work, and
we will see IL We cannot get through
this crisis without calling on the funds
in the public purse for support and
subsistence Of our unemployed
Whether we can succeed in that
will depend greatly upon the CO
ordination and cooperation that We
can figure from industries and civic
bodies Of the United States That this
is a problem for voluntary OrganiIa-
ton is consonant with American spirit
and American institutions. II we
cannot secure its solution in that di
rection. we shall have made a distinct
step backward in the progress Of this
country. II Is. therefore. vital that
you who return for a term to your
own sections Of the United States
sho4ld insist. in season and out o.
season, that this is a problem tha.
rests upon the voluntary and neigh
borly action Of the American people
Ultra Extreme Brought Together.
To me the successful CO summa-
tion of the conference marks
milestone in the progress Of socia
.
Of war. I believe that this is tht
only conference held in Washingtor
under the auspices of the govern
ment where the ultra extreme in
social thought have been brough
together, and where the conferenc,
has come through for actual con
structive results and parts in goo,
will. We have found IL possible {,
agree upon every major issue; q
agree upon the emergency measure.
that are required-the social back
ground of those measures, and {,
agree upon the great principles tha
must be met II we are TO have
recuperatiOn OF employment and in
dustry.
We may have disagreement as {,
detail. II would be impossible u
bring together sixty persons
strength of mind capable Of sittinl
in conference OF this kind with
out having such minor disagree
ment. This, however. is the ont
standing thing that this conferenc.
has proved, that il is possible [,
bring together sixty people repre-
senting every particular avenue an,
come to a common agreement upo.
a subject that vitality affects escI
and every one Of them.
Spirit Il EneouraEIHs.
There has been a definite spiri
in this conference that, 1 itself.
an encouragement TO every one I.
the United States. That is, tina
I while we have been here dealini
with problems OF railways. of shops
and OF farms. and Of INSTRUMENTS o
| commerce and industry, there Ia
been in the background Of ever
| persons mind the fact that we wer
| dealing, not with mechanical thing
but that we were dealing with IN
problems OF men, women and chill
dren.
'Then has been in this confer
ence the dominating thought tha
| the better control Of economi
forces was in fact simply the bet
| our
With the appointment Of IN
standing committee. the proposal
will be carried out Already CO
Arthur Woods is going throug
with his community, civic and per
manent measures.
| Oppose ~Nuissnee TRxes,-
The standing committee whe
appointed proposes to push the re
peal OF nuisance taxes" the pa,
sage OF the tariff. lowering tari
rates: to exert its influence in obtair
ing limitations Of aramaments,
restrain the fluctuations OF exchanc
through responsible agencies, sue
as banks OF issue; TO remedy N
irregular periods Of employment
such seasonal industries as minIni
70 seek fair play for the farme
and particularly to establish bett,
prospects for vastly increased bus
ness activity.
Labor is satisfied because no tssu
has been decided by the conferenc
as a whole which would prejudie
the workers. claims. Although "ir
lformationsl" reports declared 10
reduced wages, the general bod
fought shy OF any oficial declars
ton.
Samuel Gompers, president OF th
American Federation OF Labo
stayed 90 the end, and said ne wa
"gratihed at the spirit manifesto