Show W lD lAB LADOR R Dl DELEGATES Al NV I Labor Secretary Wilson I Opens International Confer Conference nc Provided lor for in Peace Treaty ty Oct 29 29 W. W W vv Speaking ou on behalf of the people of the United States and in the name of President ent Wilson Secretary of Labor Wilson formally opened today the International labor cont conference rence provided provided pro pro- vided for In the treaty of or Versailles Welcoming delegates from all parts of ot the world the tho secretary declared that the conference represented the first concerted effort in history to toI I deal with labor problems pro pro- Representatives of ot thirty-six thirty countries countries coun coun- tries seated in alphabetical order in fn inI I 1 a a. large circle In the same hall han In the pan-American pan building where the national Industrial conference came to I 1 grief heard the secretary's address which was translated into French Ambassadors and ministers of ot many manyI nations occupied places of ot honor on I either side sido of ot the chairman's platform NO U. U S. S DELEGATES I While the tho United States was not notI I represented in fn the list of ot delegates I by reason of ot congressional prohibition t I tion a a. number of officials were present pres pres- I ent as aa guests of the league of ot nations i Samuel Gompers president of ot the tho i American Federation of ot Labor Labor- and a I member of the conference organizing I committee also was present Germany and Austria also were i without delegates but their representatives representatives I I are now en route and the I I question of ot seating them will wm be for tor forI torI i I the conference to decide I Countries having delegates present I tolay Include Great Britain France f Japan Italy Belgium Spain Holland Sweden Canada China CzechoSlovakia CzechoSlovakia Czecho- Czecho I Slovakia Switzerland Denmark Greece Norway and practically all aU of ot otI i I the Central and South American reI re- re I publics OLDEST PROBLEM Any conclusion that this conference arrives at that does not give t full conI con con- I con to the fact that workers are aref aret t f r living sentient beings will fail taU of ot Its purpose said Secretary Wilson in fn welcoming welcoming wel vel coming the delegates Declaring Declaring- that the problem of the re relation relation relation re- re lation between labor and capital was the oldest In the world Mr Wilson said that from the days of Moses wh when n the biblical leader set out as a a. walking delegate for the of ot Israel the best means of ot obtaining a fair lair adjustment adjustment ad ad- ju bet between n employers and em- em em em- and of securing the acme of ot while at the same time pro- pro the workers had been an ever present question On the proper solution of ot this question question question ques ques- tion depends the future prosperity of the world he continued adding a aI I warning that all social experiments should be conducted so carefully that no explosions could take place While declining to enter into the technical questions involved In fn th the legality le legality legality le- le of the conference proceedings Secretary Wilson held that the organization organization organ organ- of the meeting with which the United States was charged under the treaty was a continuing process which was not yet completed Representatives of labor and capital in the United States will participate unofficially In the conference and Secretary Secretary Secretary Sec Sec- Wilson of the labor department will be named president nt |