Evening star., 1926-04-11
DC. MEN TOATTEND
INDUSTRY MEETING
Congress in Philadelphia to
Bring Capital and Labor
L Closer Together.

Washington is splendidly repre-
sented on the national committee
which is arranging for the Congress
of American Industry that is to be
held in Philadelphia next September
TO establish closer relationships be-
tween capital and labor by the free
discussion of the many problems in
which misunderstanding have SO
often occurred in the past. Bankers,
business men and industrial and labor
LADDERS are TO lead the discussions,
which are expected to he so thorough
as to have international results.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover and
Secretary of Labor Davis have long
been in favor of having such a con.
gresS and are heartily supporting
every move to make it Il success. The
Washington men on the national com
mittee include the following:
Harry J. Cunningham. president of
the Washington Board of Trade: Wal
ter A. Brown. real estate dealer;
James A. Emery, counsel National
Association of Manufacturers; VIII
liam Green, president of the American
Federation OF Labor; Rudolph Jose,
president Washington Cadillac Co.;
John r. Larner. president Washing
ton Loan and Trust Co: William
Washington University; +. W. Nc.
tullough. United States Chamber OF
Commerce: Howard Moran, vice pres
ident American Security and Trust
Co; Frank Morrison. secretary Amerl-
can Federation of Labor: James OCon-
nell, American Federation of Labor;
a. c. Oliphant. American Engineer
ing Council; H. l.. Rust, head of the
company by that name, and George
&. Shinn, attorney.
The congress will open September
Z and will last until the oath and
is naturally to be held in connection
with the sesquicentennial celebration
in order to draw visitors from every
part of the country. In addition to
the discussions and speeches, an exhi-
bition, impressive in size and scope
and portraying Industrial advance
ment in the United States during the
past century and half, will be in
Cluded.
The program. which SO far is only
tentative. provides for the discussion
of the following subjects:
Declaration of Independence, Con
stitution of the United States, reli-
gious liberty. education. natural re-
sources, the agriculturist. research.
the chemist, the engineer, power and
its distribution. illumination, trans
portation, communication, the finan-
Cier. the distributor. the publisher.
industrial associations; the employe,
his responsibilities: the employer, has
responsibilities; labor. industrial man
agement, business ethics. human re-
lationShips and the future
The details of the congress are be
ing handled by the Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce. The Wash
ington men on the committee see III
the convention Il most unusual step
toward better relations in the indus
tlial and business worlds.
Former Solicitor General James NJ.
Beck is especially enthusiastic over
the idea Great progress along this
line has been made in the past %
years. he says. but it is still neces-
sarv to spread the gospel that both
iaborer and employer must respect
each others rights.
Glass distinction in the United
states" he declares, is artificial.
We are all one class. devoted to the
task of keeping the common wheel
turning"