Show LABOR t a l y a TRUCE URGED I IN T Al AlI I I I A MI T C I PR r s Arbitration of the Steel Strike Proposed 1 by Y Gompers Gompers' in Round RoundTable T Tab Table a b l 1 e Conference By AssocIated Associated Press WASHINGTON Oct 9 John g.-John John D D. D Rockefeller Jr a representative of the public proposed in a resolution today that th t the national industrial conference in in session session here approve the principle of representation in industry under which the fie shall have an effective effective ef I festive voice in determining their terms of employment and their working and living conditions WASHINGTON V Oct 9 An An I VV immediate in industrial truce to continue three months cr creation I i of an arbitration board hoard by the thC I president ent aI and congress congress and imI immediate im- im j I mediate arbitration tl n of the nationwide i steel strike were were ver among proposals made today to the Industrial conference conference confer confer- I ence here The first two were presented presented presented pre pre- by representatives of the public and the last by the labor group PROPOSAL FOR TRUCE I Bernard M. M I. I Baruch chairman of the public group made the proposal for the industrial truce while Samuel Gompers CompelS Compel'S Gom- Gom I pei pers pel'S s president of or the American Federation Federation Fed Fed- of Labor and chairman of the labor group proposed arbitration of or orthe the steel strike Mr 11 Gompers' Gompers plan contemplated immediate return of the steel strikers to work pending the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of efforts to arbitrate the the dispute dis Us- Us BOARD FOR ARBITRATION Gavin McNab of San Francisco proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed a permanent arbitration board His resolution which whit had the approval of the public group g provided that all living ex cx be members Mr Gompers' Gompers board for fol arbitration I of the steel strike would be composed of six members two to be he appointed by each of ot the three groups in the conference confer confer- ence capital nce capital labor and the public Mf l. l t Gompers also presented a resolution embodying embodying- eleven ples pIes which he emphasized had the unanimous approval of or the he labor group Including the rep representatives es of the four railroad brotherhoods CONFERENCE ADJOURNS I After bein being in rn session an hour and anda a half halt the the- adjourned until this afternoon afternoon Meantime the committee commit commit- 1 tee tea of fifteen will consider resolutions sub submitted It was announced d that the employers employers' group will attempt pt to pren pre- pre n paie re proposals acceptable to all elements elements elements ele ele- ments of the group for submission to the conference PRINCIPLES SUBMITTED They were Right of wage earners to organize Right night of collective bargaining Right of wage earners errs t to a be represented represented represented by representatives of its own choosing in n negotiations r with t t employers employer employ employ- er ers Freedom of ot speech of the press and of assemblages Right of employers to organize and bargain collectively Minimum hour eight day dav with one day of rest in each week and with a n Continued on page 3 i IN iNDUSTRY T i SOUGHT HT Continued from page l 1 1 half holiday on Saturday encouraged and overtime o discouraged Payment of a living wage Women to receive the same pay as men for equal work worl Prohibition of labor for children under 16 years of age tf J national conference board was proposed to provide for the systematic review of industrial relations and conditions conditions conditions con con- the board to consist of an equal number of representatives of employers employers employers em em- and workers Prohibition of all immigration for at least two years after the declaration of peace and at such times thereafter as there may be an abnormal condition of unemployment At no time would Immigration be bo permitted to exceed t lic te nations nation's ability to Americanize incoming incomIng ing foreigners PLAN FOR ADJUSTMENT T. T A plan for adjustment of labor disputes disputes dis dis- said to have the approval of President Wilson was included ed In the proposals of the public group It would provide for joint board of employers and in each in industry industry in- in for a general board appointed by the president to adjust appeals from these boards and in event the general board failed to arrive at a unanimous decision for an umpire to be selected either by unanimous choice of the general board or by lot from a standing list of ot twenty persons named ame by y the president |