News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-10-19
IDL ENESS RELIEF
CONFERE nee ENDS
Labor and Capital Agree on
Final Findings of the
Washington Body.
EMERGENCY WORK GOES DIV
Manufacturers Committee Majority
for Eight-Hour Law Repeal, Mi.
nority for Highest Waees-Gon1-
pers Files Minority Report.

Washington.-Th National Confer.
ence of Unemployment after creating
standing committee with authority
to reconvene the full conference at any
time, concluded its deliberations and
adjourned sine die.
Divergent views as to needed eco
monte readjustments for relief of I'M
employment We're presented to the con-
ference by it's manufacturers commit
tee. The majority members through
James a. Campbell Of Youngstown, o.
committee chairman, recommended
several sweeping measures, including
repeal of the Adamson eight-hour rail
road law and denunciation of any
group seeking in its own interests ito
resist economic adjustment" Minority
members, through Samuel Gompers,
president of the American Federation
Of Labor, IN another report, strongly
emphasized that ''there must be adopt
ed no policy of wage reduction"
Ao wv IcI'oIlS were among q NUM-
Der from various subcommittee con-
sldered by the conference at what was
expected to be its final session. Con.
ference officials explained that the re-
ports were not to be taken as recon-
mendatiOns of the conference, but as
expression of opinion by various
groups.
The majority manufacturers COM
mittee report WIS signed by Chairman
Campbell, William NJ. Butler of Bos-
ton, 7. E. Edgertnn of Nashville, A. L.
Humphrey Of Pittsburgh. Thomas p.
Human of Pelham, Ga. w. n. Stack,
house Of SPrn@lield O., and John a.
Penton Of Cleveland. 1t recommended
Prompt enactment Of legislation
pending in Congress for funding the
obligations incurred by the railroads
during federal control; expedition of
payment Of government obligations to
he railroads growing out Of rental OBJ
legations; transfer Of the functions
now performed by the Railroad Labor
Board to the Interstate Commerce
Commission repeal of the AdamsOn
eight-hour law; prompt enactment by
Congress of a law free from ambiguity
providing for a substantial downward
revision of taxes prompt enactment
Of satisfactory tariff bill embracing
such rates of duty as may properly
safeguard the prosperity of employer
and employee, and that "every element
in our citizenship should frankly set
It's face against a group, whether In
business, labor or trans
DOrtation that selishly undertakes to
resist necessary economic adjustment
r any narrow .endeavor at the expense
national life"
The minority report filed by Mr..
IOmperS, Mrs. Sara A. COnboy of New
York secretary of the United Textile
Workers Of America, and Roy Dickin-
son of East Orange, n. J., associate
sditor of Printers Ink. categorically
IiSsented from the conclusions and the.
lecision of the majority members of
he committee, 1t said in part
There must be adopted no policy of
wage reduction. On the contrary, there
must be a policy calling for the high
st possible rate of wages in every in
ustry In terms of industrial we'll
eing this means the adoption of a
Olicy placing in the hands Of all of
he people the highest average of buy
IL power in order that there may be
he greatest possible consumption OF
and the greatest conse-
uent demand for the production of
Reduction of buying
over stops purchasing, which. in turn,
levltably stops manufacturing and
'eates unemployment"
The minority members also recon-
ended adoption of business stand
DIS which eliminate profiteering place
upon the market at the
west possible cost per unit and en-
lie manufacturers tC base unit costs
lon 100 per cent utilization Of the
oductive capacity of plants"