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Show BELIEVES PUBLICITY PUBLICI-TY WILL HELP SITUATION WASHINGTON. Oct 1 An lin-poitant lin-poitant step has been taken by the Senote lu an attempt to nort more iilous developments lu tho piesent steel stiiko by adopting u lesolutlou offcied by Senator Kenon of Iowa, directing the Senate committee on Education and Labor to begin Immediately Im-mediately an investigation of all the phases of tho gieat Industrial dispute dis-pute which thieatens the entlto economic eco-nomic Btructuio of the countty. In mglng the adoption of his resolution Senator Kanon pointed out that the exact point at Ibsuo between tho steel workeis and their employers, ns well as many other uestlons involved, wcio moio or less obscmo to tho public, pub-lic, nnd tht ho believed complete publicity pub-licity or all uestlons Involved, thiu calling to Washington tho le.iders on both sides, would hnvo an Important effect in nvertlhg tho Bpread of industrial in-dustrial unrest and might present n favorable opportunity for biliiginn tho present ciIbIs to nn eaily end. The resolution wns adopted without a roll call. Scnatoi Kcnyon Immediately communicated com-municated with Judge Gnry nnd John Hay Fltzpatrlck, head of tho steel workcis organization, o appear bo-foro bo-foro tho committee. The members of tho committee are ns follows: Senator Sena-tor Konyon, chairman; Senators Borah Bor-ah of Idaho; Pago of Vermont; McLean Mc-Lean of Connecticut; Sterling of S. Dakota; Phlpps of Colorado; Smith of Georgia; Jones of New Mexico; McKellar of Tennessee; Wolcott of Pclcwrro, and Walsh of Massachusetts. Massachus-etts. "Th'i v'-o'o nltuatlnn will be hetp-c hetp-c I by publicity," said Senator Konyon. Kon-yon. "Leaders of tho strikers and representatives of tho Btccl employers employ-ers can be brought hero and we can find out Just what tho matter Is. Tho day Is gono by whon cither capital cap-ital or labor has tho right to precipitate precip-itate such conditions on the country." coun-try." It Is widely believed hero thnt tho Investigation Is likely to provo of great public service Tho Picsldcnt In louring tho coun-tiy, coun-tiy, though ho had called a general confeionco hero for next month on telatlons of capital and labor, had taken no step to settle the Btccl stilke specifically prior to the Sen-nte Sen-nte action. |