Evening star., 1945-11-05

nter) addressed the opening
agement Conference at Depart
at the head table are: Secretary
op Henry st. George Tucker,
home and to peace abroad" he said.
I'VE cannot fail In our efforts to
move forward on that road"
Great Stake for All.
He described conference delegates
as being each "a member of the
team which the American people
hope will recommend definite policy
in the field of industrial relations. !"
He added that every citizen has "a
great stake in the maintenance of
industrial peace" and in finding ways
of achieving it.
In opening the conference Judge
Walter P. Stacy, the presiding Of
ficer. told the delegates: You have
very high opportunity.
Judge Stacy reminded them that
industrial America comes once
more to where the road forks"
Judge Stacy added: War is
wasteful-it's extravagant. 1t en-
genders hate. The paths of peace
do not lie in this direction
He expressed hope that "the
spirit of good will" would pervade
and come out of this conference.
Jude Stacy told the conferees:
You have been called here because
you are known as men of breadth
and vision. The country has asked
your guidance in this critical
period"
Serious Atmosphere.
The invocation was pronounced
by the Rt. Rev. Henry st. George
Tucker, presiding Episcopalian
Bishop OF the United States.
The conference opened in a
serious atmosphere, without music
or applause. The first demonstra-
ton came when President Truman
arrived shortly after Judge Stacy
called the conferees to order. The
representatives of labor and man.
agement sat silently during the
Presidents address and applauded
as he sat down.
A moment later the chairman ad-
journed the meeting until afternoon
and every one remained seated until
the President and his party left the
hall.
The delegates met literally across
the conference table. They occu-
pied comfortable upholstered chairs,
facing one another across long ia
bles, with labor and management
merged in the seating arrangements.
Each delegate had place with his
name in front of it.
President Truman spoke from a
head table, fianked by Secretary of
Commerce Wallace, Secretary of
Labor Schwellenbach and George
w. Taylor, former War Labor Board
chairman, serving as impartial sec
retary of the conference.
Scheduled to follow the President
to the platform were Mr.. Schwellen-
bach, Mr.. Wallace and the heads of
the four major organizations par
ticipating in the conference.
These speakers to be heard later
are CIO President Philip Murray,
Eric Johnston, head of the United
States Chamber of Commerce; AFL
President William Green and Ira
Mosher, president of the. National
Association of Manufacturers.
The conference will be turned
over to the 36 labor and manage
ment delegates after today and
they will be strictly ION their own
in the working out OF ways to mini
mize industrial strife which has
harrassed industry since the Japs
surrendered. Chairman Stacy and
Mr.. Taylor will work with the con-
ference but will not vote.
Picketing Threatened.
Management's Is delegates are
split evenly between the Chamber
of Commerce and the NAM. The
CIO and AFL have 8 representatives
each, while Mr.. Lewis and T. C
Cashen, chairman of the Railway
Labor Executive Association, repre-
senting the independent rail broth
erhoods, are the other two labor
delegates.
Federal labor officials said they
would regard the conference a sue
cess If agreement was reached or
two important points in industria
relations. These are q firm under.
standing that once contracts arr
made they will be lived up to b,
both sides, and a way of workins
out agreement on new contract.
without strikes and lockouts.
Officials Optimistic.
The officials viewed the big meet
ing optimistically. One said h
thought the chance of real accomp
lishments at the conference wer,
much better now than they were ;
week ago. He explained this b.
saying that all of the delegate
called in for pre-meeting talks will
the President last week were com
, pletely cooperative and Scene,
!, to realize that labor and manage
! ment must get together on ways o
bringing long-term harmony if tn
, American system of free enterpris
|, is to be preserved
Mr.. Truman spent most of las
: week in preliminary talks with tn
delegates.
Today's proceedings were open t
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