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Show MARSHALL PAYS DELEGATES VISIT Labor Conference Hears Advice to Find Solution of Industrial Problems. WASHINGTON. Nov. T. Vice Presided Presi-ded Marshall visited lite International Labor conference late today, making a short address and shaking hands with the delegates. The visit came as a surprise at a moment when the labor delegates were putting forward amendments to the convention on hours of work. Announcing that he spoke for nobody but himself, the vice president told the delegates that be occupied "the most unique position of any official on the face of the globe," for the reason that " J am without power or authority or influence.-' Mr. Marshall stRted that be did not know enough about the problems before the conference to discuss them intelligently. intelli-gently. "I have troubles enough of my own," be said, adding amid laughter and applause. ap-plause. "I preside over the senate of the United States.' "But I do have f-ome idea as to how the many wrongs which exist In the relations re-lations of labor and capital are to be solved,'' be said, "and I cannot help saying say-ing ibis to you: b'or God's oak, get at the solution of these problems in a spirit of amity and concord and friendship and common human sympathy.' " The vice president objected to referring refer-ring to legislation in the Interest of the "laboring class, or any other class. " saying; say-ing; "I object to clauses in world where God made men." He proceeded to classify clas-sify 1-r-gi. slat Ion into two groups, the first being that which lacks the support of the people and therefore creates trouble mid 1'jrmotl. and tho second, or successful success-ful son, "which seeks to crystallize Into i fie law of the land the public opinion of the country." His closing statement was a wish the a "golden mean" might mc reached in the conference after "radicals" "radi-cals" and "conservatives" had expressed their views. in offering a motion to thank- Vice President Marshall for his address, George X. Barnes, member of the British Brit-ish war ministry and government delegate, dele-gate, said he regretted the absence of President Wilson, who. he said, had made "such magnificent efforts on behalf be-half of the democracies of the world." Thetconference. before adjourning until Monday, accepted an Invitation from Secretary Daniels to make a trip tomorrow tomor-row on the Mayflower to Mount Vernon. 3. U. Parsons of Canada announced was greater rcd for a minimum limit of hours nf nnrk per week to OtllUre Increased production than for a rcrluc-tion rcrluc-tion in the maxiniuin number of lmurs. "The world is uut suffering on nc count of lonff hours, " he said. "It is Mifferin-; on' account of lack of food ami clotnifift ' There aro a hundred million people in the old world on the verjjo of starvation. star-vation. Not orkf -third of the industries of the world arc produrine to full ea parity. Sittca the introduction of t he eiglitliour day in France there has boon a twenty per cent reduction in production. ' ' Mr, Parsons took issue-with the ma .iorily report of the employers ' roup on the 4S-hour week submitted Wtlf nesday by D. S. Maioribanks of Great Britain. He said the project for in ternational labor legislation was like tryinir to fit "a ready made suit of clothes on all the countries of the earth irrespective of rise." tcday that he dissented from the majority major-ity report of the employer representa-t:ves representa-t:ves cp th dr&U convention regarding a 48-hour week, giving as h:s reason that "until the United States has spoken Canada must keep silent " He argued that It "would be suicidal far Canada to take action so long as uncertainty un-certainty exist as to whether the United State? will enact the treaty of peace and, in case of ratification, whether reserva-t reserva-t ons may be adopted imposing res trie -t ions on labor legislation. The labor group today introduced its ' amendments to the proposed draft convention con-vention submitted by the organising committee. com-mittee. The changei were read and ex- j plained by Leon Jouboux of France -and T. Shaw of Great Britain. The two principal changes suggest ed were ths the legislation Rhoulo refer "to commercial undertakings ' as well as to industr'al establishments, and that th e'ght-hour day and 48-hour week woul'i be laid down as maximum instead of a s mple declaration for the 48-hour wek. Saturday half holidays and a 4 4 -hour V eek wfrc "recommended." ft was proposed, also, that the term, "commercial establishments," should be defined to Include "the transport of passengers pas-sengers or goods by sea. by road, by canal or by rail, including the handling of goods at docks, quays, wharves and warehouses." The draft omitted reference to modifi-cattahs modifi-cattahs for some countries on account of "imperfect deve'opment of industrial orgs or-gs niiation." The draft will come up for additional consideration Monday. Referring to the demand of striking coal miners in this count rv for a 30-hour 30-hour week, F. M. Pnrson of4 Canada, an employers' delegate, told the international interna-tional labor conference today thn tber |