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Show President Has Message for American Workers; Promises ! Conference to Discuss Issues WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. President Wilson, in a Labor day message to American workers, tonight announced that he would call in the near future a conference of representatives of labor and industry "to discuss fundamental means of bettering the whole relationship of capital and labor and putting the whole question of wages upon another footing." The president said lie was encouraged and pleased with the results thus far of the government's efforts to bring down the cost of living, .and expressed confidence that substantial results would be achieved in the solving of this problem. Patience and vigilance, however, he said, must be exercised, and the government 's efforts must have the cooperation of every citizen. Presumably referring to the existing labor unrest and threats of strikes, the president appealed to every citizen to refrain from doing anything that would tend to increase the cost of living, but, instead, to do all possible to promote production. President Gratified at Labor's Attitude. Tho president expressed particular gratification at the attitude taken by the representatives of organized labor in supporting the government's program pro-gram to meet requests for additional wages through a lowering of living costs, and said he hoped that the workers work-ers themselves would "move with the government instead of against it in the solution of this great domestic problem." prob-lem." The Labor day message, as made public pub-lic tonight at the White house, follows: t "I am encouraged and gratified by the progress that is being made in controlling con-trolling the cost of living. The support sup-port of the movement is widespread, and I confidently look for substantial results, although I must counsel patienco as well as vigilance, because such result? re-sult? will not come instantly or without with-out team work. Let me again emphasize empha-size my appeal to every citizen of the country to continue to give his personal per-sonal support in this matter, and to make it as active as possible. Makes Plea for Larger Production. "Let him not only refrain from doing anything which at the moment might tend to increase the cost of living, but i let him do all in his power to increase the production; and further than that, let him at the same time himself carefully care-fully economize in the matter of consumption. con-sumption. By common action in this direction we shall overcome a danger greater than the danger of wa "Ye will hold steady a situation which is fraught with possibilities of hardship and suffering to a large part of our population; we will enable the processes of production to overtake the processes of consumption; and we will speed the restoration of an adequate purchasing power for wages. "I am particularly gratified at the support which the government's policy has received from the representatives of organized labor, and I earnestly hope that the workers generally will emphatically emphat-ically indorse the position of their lenders, lend-ers, and thereby move with the government govern-ment instead of against it in tho solution solu-tion of this greatest domestic problem. "I am calling, for as early a date as practicable, a conference in which au-thoritative,representatives au-thoritative,representatives of labor and those who direct labor will discuss fundamental fun-damental means of bettering the whole relationship of capital and labor, and putting the whole question of wages upon another footing. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSON". " Conference Will Meet This Month. The proposed conference, ii was stated authoritatively tonight, would be called to meet soon after President Wilson Wil-son returns at. the end of September from his speechmaking tour of the west. It was thought likely that the nuetin;.; would be held at the White house. Proposals that a conference between labor and employers be held has leen urged from a number of quarters. Secretary Sec-retary Lane expressed the belief, in a statement recently, that the president should call such a meeting. Kosoh'-tions Kosoh'-tions are pending in both houses or' congress, urging that workers and employers em-ployers be brought together. In the president's promire to call the conference, officials saw alleviation of the tension existing among organizoA labor. |