The Connecticut labor news., 1922-03-24
BAR UNTERMYER
In CONFERENCE ON
BUILDING TRADES
Committee Representing Public"
Also Refuses to Deal With
NJ Y Trades Council

New Iork, March 24.-Twenty-hve
representatives Of important banking
realty and insurance interests met
Tuesday in the Metropolitan Tower
at the invitation OF Walter Stabler
comptroller Of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, to consider, as a
committee representing the public
measures by which employers in the
building trades and unions governing
the workers in the same industry
might be brought together to avert a
general building strike which threat
ems on April I.
At the outset, the volunteer con-
ciliators were met by 4 communica-
ton from Christian e.. Norman, chair
man OF the board Of governors Of the
Building Trades Employers Associa-
ton, i'll which that organization
refused definitely to treat further
with the Building Trades Council.
Mr.. Norman pointed out that since
the American Federation Of Labor
had revoked the charter OF the Build
ing Trades Council and because the
council had failed to enforce previous
agreements he would recommend that
negotiations with that organization
cease.
MI 4NOIitldII SiIIlIldI us pOSCb vi
suggestions that the Lockwood COM
mittec, any OF its members, or its
counsel, act as representatives Of the
public.
THE Lockwood committee" he
wrote, is political body which has
disqualified itself from acting as a
conciliator Or arbitrator. Its counsel
has been for some time legal ad-
wiser OF the unions Of the clothing
industry, and has unqualifiedly COM
mitted himself on the question of
wages and the conditions Of employ
mcnt which should prevail in the
building industry. He is rejudiced
partisan who is now acting in an ad-
visory capacity to the Building
Trades Council"
The meeting closed with the adop-
ton OF a resolution providing that in
a final effort" to bring together en-
ployers and members OF the building
trades unions a public netting should
be called for the same place on Tues
day afternoon, March %, at 3 o'clock
The resolution provides there shall be
present three Representatives Of the
employers and the same number of
delegates from the Building Trades
Council, the so-called public group
and the Lockwood committee, pro-
vidcd the latter will come as citizens
and not as members Of legislative
committee.
1t was specially provided in the
resolution as it was finally adopted
that none Of the delegations accepting
invitations to the conference should
be represented by counsel No at
tempt was made to conceal the fact
that this provision was directed at
Samuel Cntermyer, counsel to the
Lockwood committee.
Several Of the delegates declared
his presence, although insisted upon
by the Building Trades Council,
would nullify any effort to bring the
two sides together, inaSmuch as the
building trades employers have en-
phatically stated they will not enter
conference in which the Lockwood
committee represented by Mr.. Inter
1nycr participates.
Patrick !. Crowley, president of the
Building Trades Council, said the
proposal for a conference with the
public group was agreeable to him,
but that Samuel Cntermyer would be
there TO represent them if they had to
initiate him into the Marble Cutters
Union first and send him as delegate
OF the council