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Gitie Workers a Voice;
Labor Board Advises
President's Conference Says
Join t Organ iza tion of Man?
agement and Employees
Would Prevent Trouble
Original Plan Extended
Now Covers Disputes Affect
ing Public Utilities Other
Than Railroads
WASHINGTON. March 20.- Joint or?
ganization of management and em
ployees "as a means ol" preventing mis
understandingand of securing co-opera
live effort" throughout American in?
dustry is proposed, by the Industrial
Conference appointed by President
Wilson, in a report to the President,
made public here to-day.
The conferees in their report state
that they have modified the tentative
plan of machinery to adjust disputes
in general industry by conference, con-j
ciliation, inquiry and arbitration, an?
nounced by the conference on Decem
ber 23, lyiD, and that they have en
deavored to develop methods of pre- i
vention rather than adjustment of;
labor difficulties. The modified plan,'
devised since the conference recon- ;
vened last January 12, it is said, makes j
machinery available for "collcctive bar
gaining with only incidental and lim-'
ted arbitration." The plan has been e\- ;
tended to over disputes affecting pub?
lic utilities other than steam railroads I
and also to government and other em?
ployees.
In addition the report analyzes the |
development of industrial relations, j
hours of labor, women in industry, I
child labor, housing, wages, profit-!
sharing and gain-sharing, thrift agen-1
cies, inflation and high cost of living,
agrieulture, unemployment and a pub-1
lic employment clearing house.
The causes of industrial unrest are :
set forth as including "the rise in the j
cost of living, unrestrained specula-1
tion, spectacular instances of e*fccessjve j
profits, excessive accurmulation and I
inisuse of wealth, inequality and read-j
justment of wage schedules, release of:
ideas and emotions by the war, social!
revolutionary ' theories imported from j
Europe, the belief that free speech i* j
restricted, the intermittency of em-1
ployment, fear of unemployment, un-1
necessarily high infant mortality in
industrial centers, loss of personal con-j
tact in large industrial units and the '
culmination of a growing belief on the
part of both employers and employees
that a readjustment is necessary to a
wholesome continuitv of their united
effort."
Industrial problems vary not only
with each industry, the report says,
but in each establishment "There?
fore the strategic place to begin battle i
with misunderstanding is within the'
industrial plant itself. Primarily the
settlement must come from the' bot
tcm, not from the top." The confer?
ence, in <?xpi-essing its approval of |
"employee representation," says it is i
not a iield for legislation, because the ?
form which such legislation should j
take may vary in every plant. For i
this reason the recommendation is di- |
rected solely to managers und em?
ployees.
"If the joint organization of man?
agement and employees in thc plant
or industry fails to reach the collec
tive agreement," says the report, ov
if without such joint organization dis?
putes arise Whicji are not settled by
e.xisting agencies, then the conferenoe \
proposes a system of settlement j
through a national industrial board, '
local regional conference and board of
inquiry.
This plan, which tTie conference
eays is "based upon American experi- i
ence and designed to meet American;
conditions," is national in scope and
yet decentralized. It is said to bc dif- j
ferent from anything in operation else- I
where, and employs no local author- ?
ity except the right of inquiry. Its
basic idea is stimulation to settlement
of peace by the parties in conflixt, !
and the enlistment or public opinion ,
toward that method of settlement.
The Regional Adjustment Conference !
proposes a board to consist of four !
representatives selected by the parties j
to the dispute, and four others in their
industry chosen by them and familiar !
with their problems. It should be pre- !
tsided over by a tralned government
official, the regional chairman, who
would act as a co.nciliator. If a unani- '
mous agreement were reached it would i
result in a collcctive bargain, hav?
ing thc same effect as if reached by
joint organization in the shop.
Will Xot Hinder Production
Failing to agree unanimously the
matter, with certain restrictions, would
fio to the National Industrial Board,
unless the disputants preferred a!
mutually chosen umpire.
Meanwhile both parties to the dis- j
pute have agreed that there shall be no i
interference with production pending^
the processes of adjustment. If the
parties, or either of them, however, re- ;
i'use voluntarily to submit the dispute
to the processes of the plan of adjust-'
ment, a regional board of inquiry is :
formed ln tho regional chairman of
two employers and two employees from
the industry and not parties to the dis?
pute. This board may subpoena wit?
nesses and records and publish its find?
ings as a guide to public opinion.
Th(' National Industrial Board in
Washington would have general over
Bight of the workings of the plan,
which, in addition to being applicable
I to public utilities, provides machinery
| for "prompt and fair adjustment of
, wages and working conditions of gov
I ernment employees." The plan invoTves
j no penalties, it is said, other than
| those imposed by public opinion. lt
does not impose compulsory represen?
tation. It does not deny the right to
strike. It does not submit to arbitra?
tion the policy of "closed" or "open"
I shop.
Hope Move May Spread
Regarding "employee representa
I tion" the report says "the subject has
I been discussed under such different
I names and forms as shop committees,
I shop councils, works councils, reprc
J sentative government in industry and
j others, but the conference says it pre
j fers the generic term, having in mind
the successful application of the prin
i ciple to, various activities outside as
! well as within the purely industrial
? field.
"These sugpiestions," says the report,
i referri*iig to the help which the con?
ference received from both employers
and employees, "clearly proceed from
a genuine desire that the movement for
democrati* representation as a substi
tute for d,irect personal contact. may
spread in accordance with sound prin?
ciples and be kept from perversion
which would threaten the idea's last
ing usefulness by making it an agency
of attack rather than a means to
peace."
The idea of "employee representa?
tion," the report says, has aroused op?
position from two sources, viz., em?
ployers who still adhere to the theory
that labor is a commodity, a view which
is said to be steadily disappearing, and
trade union leaders who*regard shop
representation as a subtle weapon di?
rected against the unions.
No Royal Road to Peace
"Employee representation," the con?
ference says, "offers no royal road to
industrial peace. No employer should
suppose that merely by installing some
system of shop representation he can
be assured, without continued effort,
of harmony and increased production.
Doubtless there will be failures where
the plan is adopted as a fad or a
panacea. It is only a means whereby
sincerity of purpose, frank dealing and
the establishment of common inter?
ests may bring mutual advanl-age."
Relative to oollective bargaming the
conference "sees in a frank acceptance
of this principle the most helpful ap
proach to industrial peace," and states
t-hat it believes that the great body of
the employers of the country accept
that principle. The difference of opin?
ion, it says, appears in regard to the
method of representation. Bargains of
certain kinds between employers and
employees do not lend themselves read
ily to legal enforcement, and the con?
ference therefore expresses the belief
that, for the present at least, enforce?
ment must rest substantially upon
"good faith."
Fixing Hours of Labor
Regarding hours of labor. the con?
ference states that experience has
demonstrated that thay should be fixed
in industrial establishments "at a point
consistent with the health of the em?
ployees and with proper opportunity
for rest and recreation, there being in
ail cases provision for one day's rest
in seven."
The 'conference further finds that
from the standpoint of public interest
"it is funclamental that the basic wages
of all employees should be adequate to
maintain the employee and his family
in reasonable comfort and with ade?
quate opportunity for the education of
his children. When the wages of any
group fall below this standard for any
length of time the situation becomes
dangerous to the well-being of the
state." As for profit sharing being re?
garded as a complete solution of indus?
trial problems, the conference says
that while it has "promise in some di
rections, it cannot by. itself be consid?
ered to be of far-reach/ng effect. Never?
theless," the report says, "the field is
one in which sincere experiment may
add a real knowledge of desirable pro
cedure."
Xhe Child Labor Problem
Touching on the subject of child
labor, the tonference says "sheer pro?
hibition of child labor is, at best, only
a negative attack upon the problem. lt
is not throughly effective in promoting
the economic welfare of the nation
unless the time spent by the child in
industry is devoted to adequate school
mg and to activity which will develop
his physical well-being." The Teport
announces the "startling.fact" that of
the 6,510,163 illiterate persons over ten
years of age in the United StateS more
tnan 68 per cent were* native born. At?
tention is called to the fact that the
Federal government up to the present
"makes no provision which assures the
non-employment of children in street
trades and various blind alley occupa
tions during the time they should be
at school."
The confererce states that in pre
senting its recommendations "they
are not merely designed to tide over
a troublesome period of economic re
adjustment. Many of the evils pointed
out," it says, "were in existence before
the war and will remain in existence
it steps are not taken to remedy them."
In conclusion, the report says, the re
forms advocated are urged "not with
any feeling of panic, but with the
belief that they will not only contrib
ute largely toward the elimination of
( the causes of industrial strife, but that
they will make fof the introduction in
American industry of those democratic
i principles which constitute the most
| precious heritage of yie American
I citizen."
The report is signed by Secretary
of Labor Wilson, as chairman; Herbert
! Hoover, as vice-chairman, and the fol?
lowing other members of the confer?
ence: Martin H. Glynn, Thomas W.
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Hoover Describes
Keystones in Plan
-.
Considers Public Opinion
and Co-operation byMen
nnd Heatts Paramount
WASHINGTON, March 20.?The In?
dustrial Conference report embodies
the unanimous recommendations of tho
conference, Mr. Hoover said to-day dis
cussing the document.
How Plan Would Operate
Ag explained by Mr. Hoover, the in?
dustrial plan proposed would operate
85 follows
The regional chairman, ns soon as
informed of an industrial situation in
which action is desirable, will cali
upon both parties to enter a confer?
ence. If the invitation be accepted, the
participants enttr with the specific
agreement tWat they will be bound
by the findings; if the invitation is !
declined or ignored by either party,
the chairman then sclects two mem?
bers from the employees' group and
two from yie employers, not involved
in the dispuatc, to act as an "inves?
tigating committee." The disputants
have the privileg of entering this com?
mittee, but should they do so it im?
mediately becomes a conference as in
the first instanco and drops the in?
quiry feature to take up that of arbi?
tration. ThG investigation is con?
ducted with the sole purpose of sccur
ing and publishing the facts that lie
beneath the original dispute.
An important feature of the regional
chnirman's conferences, Mr. Hoover
explained, lies in the elimination of the
open and closed shop question and sim?
ilar "controversial principles" from
the list of subjects which may be
discussed.
"Bargainlng" a Policy
"No conference can settle these
questions of principle," the conference !
chairman believed, "and in most cases !
it is a matter of argument between '
the groups whether or not they are I
principles. So if objection is raised !
by either party they are not allowed I
to come?jp. Collective bargaining was
adopted by the conference as a policy '
but not as a principle."
Tho industrial conference, during its
three months* lifo, had the Advice- and
construclive criticism of more thnn
.'1,000 individuals representing both em?
ployer and employee, according to Mr.
Hoover, and tlie final report reflects
tho ideas indorsed by tho great ma?
jority of these men.
"The machinery as outlined in our
report," Mr. Hoover said, "offers a neu?
tral ground upon whrch employers who
aro bittcrly antagonistic to thc organ?
ized labor can still be kept in conta'ct
wit,h their men in case of disagree?
ment, under the auspices of a govern?
ment official who, ex-officio, represents
the public.
"The conference considers that is is
ulle wholly to deny the existence of
conflicting interests between employers
and employees, but there are wide
areas of activity in which their inter?
ests coincide. The public has a pri?
mary interest in the prevention of
these conflicts causing stoppage to pro?
duction and service and the creation of
processes leading to agreement as to
wages and conditions of labor without
the stoppagc of production is the great?
est hope of mitigating strikes and
lockouts.
"The conference proposes a plan
whereby, when parties appioach too
near conflict, their frccly and properly
chosen representatives can be brough't
together in council under conditions
that make for a collectivn agreement.
But the conftrtfneo _.'.?? holds lhat
such counci)? must be entered into
voluntarily on both sides.
"The plan involves but small govern?
ment expenditure an/l but little exten?
sion of permanent public offieials. A
board of nine members at Washington,
togethert with twelve regional chair?
men, comprise all there is to this basic
macninery.
"It is interesting to note that so
great an authority as Mackenzie King,
former Minister of Labor of Canada,
who has been largely responsible for
the origin nnd administration of tho
Canadian industrial procedure, consid?
ers the plan put forward by the con?
ference as a constructive improvement
on all others hitherto proposed.
"The report probably will not meet
with the approval of the cxtremists
on either side, but it l.as been ap?
proved in its broad lines by many hun?
dreds of employers and many promi?
nent labor leaders who have been con
sulted or communicated with. The con?
ference believes that it will appeal to
those who believe in sane and -sure
steps to advance of human relations in
industry.
"It will be interesting if critics will
read the entire document before they
launch forth criticisms. It would be
even more interesting if political lead?
ers would state their agreement or dis?
agreement with it."
Gompers Attacks Wilson Board's
Plan to End Industrial Unrest
WASHINGTON, March 20 (By Tbe
Associated Press).?Recommendations
by President Wilson's conference for
the settlement of industrial unrest
were attacked to-day by Samuel Gom?
pers, president of the American Feder?
ation of Labor.
The labor leader, in a prepared state?
ment, said the machinery for adjust
ing disputes between employees and
employers "which has for years been
in existence in practically every organ?
ized industry in'tho United States is
superior to the maeninery now sug?
gested by the industrial conference,
both in point_ of simplicity and in
point of effectiveness."
"The conference," said Mr. Gompers,
"has devised a mass of mach'inery to
be# made effective by law, composed of
a national industrial board and local
and regional conferences on boards of
inquiry. The whole situation in this
respect may be summcd up as follows:
"Tried and tested machinery for con
ciliation and arbitration between em?
ployers .and employees exists wherever
employees are organized.
"This machinery functions perfectly
wherever employers forsake the spirit
of dominance and the attitude of au
tocracy.
Defends Present Machinery
?"Through the use of this machinery
it has been found possible to maintain
industrial peace with no stoppage of
work of ajiy kind for periods ranging
from ten to forty years. No machinery
devised by the government or its
agencies, or supervised by the govern?
ment, or any of its agencies, could
achieve results superior to the results
achieved by machinery which has long
been in operation in our industrial
life.
"In industries where the employes
are not organized no machinery of any
kind, whether supervised by govern
mental agencies or otherwise, can pro?
duce industrial justice. Organization
of the workers is the fact upon which
must be predicated the existence of any
machinery for the settlement of dis?
putes or the , extension of the prin?
ciples of democracy in industry.
"Surely no intellrgent agency can
hope to achieve progress in American
industry without organization of the
workers. With organization of workers,
no structure of machinery need be
thrust upon it from the outside. Or?
ganization brings with it machinery
which is both adequate and practical,
the result of experience shorn of any
of the fantasies of pure theory.
Employee Representation
"The report of the industrial con?
ference merits criticism of a very seri?
ous nature in connection with the
: emphasis which it places on what it
| terms 'employee representation,' under
| which generic term it groups those
! distinctly local shop organizations
: known as shop committees, shop coun?
cils, works councils and representative
government in industry. It is to bc
feared that the commission views in?
dustry from the viewpoint of the single
shop and builds its machinery on the
theory that disputes are to be settled
] shop by shop. If such a viewpoint is to
i be actually carried into operation it
will be most disastrous.
j "Unavoidably organization with in
1 dependent shop units of the employees
I is a menace to the workers, for the
| reason that it organizes them away
I from each other, and puts them in a
J position where shop may be played
j against shop. Not only the welfare of
| the workers but the best economy for
i the nation demands that industry, in
| so far as possible, be viewed in a
i national light and that the workers
j bo united into organizations covering
- whole industries, as is now the case
I with the 120 national and international
trade unions.
' "There can bc no objection to the
closest relations of a cooperative na
i ture between employee and employer
j in the shop, but these relations must
never take on such a form as to sep?
arate the workers in that shop from
the rest of their fellow workers in the
industry.
Shop Committees Opposed
"It seems to be the conviction of the
commission that these so-called shop
organizations are a kind of substitute'
for unions. That certainly is tlie idea
which prcvails in the mind of a number
of employers, and it is the idea which
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crative in a wider field.
"Tho report of the commission points
out that a number of trade union lead?
ers regar 1 shop representation as a
subtlo weapon directed against the
union,' but concludes that 'occasional
misuse of employee representation
and the conscquent hesistancy of organ?
ized labor to indorse it offlcially are
based on a misconception of the possi?
ble and desirable relations between tho
union and the shop committee.' This
is not the case. The trade union move?
ment as a whole is opposed to what are
known as 'Bhop committees' and 'shop
organizations,' because they aro funda
mentallv wrong/in principle and be?
cause they in no sense serve the real
interests of the workers, but readily
lend themselves to the designs of em?
ployers hostile to trade unionism, and
are, in fact,' almost without exCeptiqn
creatures of employers.
"The commission speaks as though
cmployeo representation were some?
thing apart from trade union organiza?
tion and found no place in the labor
movement. The fact is that-the trade
unions afford to the workers the only
bona fide and effective system of rep?
resentation known in American indus?
try. Through the trade union move?
ment the employees get actual repre?
sentation, freed from any influence of
any kind except thc influence of their
own judgment and needs. Furthermore,
trado union organization includes or
gootzation within the shop and offers
thi lullctt tjiurhmit*- for cooner?tivo
relations between th? v,ttktis in the
shop and the employer.
Says Labor Favors Big Output
(i "J!l? report ot tne conference says
that the nation has a right to ask that
employees impose no arbitrary limita?
tion of effort in the prosecution of
,he'r work.' Did the conference forget
that production in American industry is
greater per man and in the aggregate
than production in any other country
in the world? Thc trade union move?
ment of America is perhaps the only
grea.t and powerful labor movement in
the world which does not sanction re?
striction of output by thc workers. lt
realizes that restriction is as injurious
to the moral fiber of the individual
workman as it is. to the larger economy
of industry.
"American labor understands, per?
haps more'fully than American states
men, the needs of the world in this
hour and it is exerting every effort to
see that those needs are met with in
telligence and with promptness.
"Labor, if it be permitted, can, out
of its intimate knowledge of industry,
supply much of the intelligence that
will guide to a conduct of industry out
of which will come that increased pro?
duction which is so greatly to be de
sired, but which has thus far called
forth so little real effort from the em?
ployers.
"The fact of the whole matter is that
the President's commission, even
though prompted by the best of mo
tives, had neither the experience nor
the understanding of the history, the
methods and purposes of the organized
labor movement, and it followed in the
wake of others whose only purpose has
been to get away from the trade union
influence and constructive work."
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Tenants Ask State Law
Fix Landlords9 Duties
League Believes Renting Comes
Within "Public Service" Lim?
its; to Fight Rent Gougers
Declaring that "the renting of tene
ments and other places used as homes
comes within the purview of what has
been styled 'public service,'" the Ten?
ants' Rights League of Greater New
York, at a meeting in Washington Irv?
ing High School, last ni&ht demanded
by resolution that the duties of land?
lords be "specifically stated by an act
of the Legislature" and that the law
makers give immediate relief to New
York City rentpayers by placing rents
on an "investment basis and not upon
a profiteering basis, as now obtains."
The meeting, attended by about 200,
was addressed by Daniel S. Sullivan,
former major in the 69th Regiment
and Mrs. Ella O'Gorman Stanton, sis?
ter of former Senator O'Gorman. Mr.
Sullivan said the Bronx County Chap
ter of the American Legion planned to
send a delegation to Albany Tuesday to
? nsist on enactment of the anti-profi
teering rent bills. He asserted the
situation would never be helped until
it became possible to put profiteering
landlords in jail.
Mrs. Stanton advocated that land?
lords be limited to 10 per cent profit
on their investments.
Nomer Gray, organizer of the league,
who presided, said tenants would soon
be paying haif their incomes for rent.
He outlined the plan of organization
by which the league hopes to enroll
1,000,000 members in the greater city.
It is to be fashioned after that of the
political parties, with leaders in each
election and Assembly district, bor?
ough executive committees and a cen?
tral executive comniittee.
Practically all leases executed now
are "taken out under duress," a pre
amble of the resolution adopted set
forth.
Realty Men
Drop Plan to
Build Homes
Continued from pojj* ont
-.-9-,
permanent cure *^ou!d come from
building, and that any measure which
reatricted investment, by making it un
certain or unprofitable, would stop
large scale building and thus prevent
real relief, even if it did reach the
worst forms of profiteering. The ex?
tortion, they charge, is being practiced
largcly by men who have suddenly some
into the real estate business as specu
lators and not by legitimate owners.
The restrictive bills, they declared,
would accomplish little good. They
argued that they would be unconsli
tutional and eventually would be
thrown out by the courts. But in the
intervening period of uncertainty they
said no one would dare invest. Other
provisions, such as that hxing rentals
at a percentage of investment, they
believed could be evaded by "wash
sales" of properties, putting upon
complainants so heavy a burden in at
tempts to attack the bona fides of the
sales as to make the laws worthless.
As a real cure they urged the bill
giving fcenants now holding without
)bm? s TnnT,i tenanoy on present
rentals. This, thev detlUMj, wniiH
stabilize the situation, give at least
temporary security and stop the "wash
salea" and speculation by making it
impossible to realize the enormous
profits which have been common lately,
but they were unable to interest the
legislators in this plan.
When it became evident that they
could not change the legislators' minds
on the subject several of them gave
warnings that they would keep entirely
clear of building and rental property
till conditions have ehanged. Since
real estate mortgages are now being
transferred to other forms of invest?
ment at the rate of about $1,000,000,000
a year, men familiar with the situation
beiieve that this will result in a com?
plete paralysis of the realtv mortgage
market and end all hope of "large scale
building for some time to come, thus
continuing the present crisis indefi
nitely.
Pre-War Rentals Called Too Low
The real estate men, moreover, do
not believe the apparently large per?
centage increases in rent are so un
justifiable as the legislators alleged.
Robert E. Dowling, president of the
City Investing Company and one of
the biggest operators in the city,
though handling no apartment prop?
erty for leasing, was asked about this
yesterday.
"Rentals from 1914 to 1917 were far
below real value in many cases," he
said, "and there is nothing unfair to?
day in bringing them up to the normai
rate for that time, plus the increased
cost of upkeep and maintenance, which
is eonsiderable. I know of one prop?
erty, a full block in the West JSighties,
which in 1908, when it was finished,
brought in a rental of $76,000 to $77,
000 a year. By 1917 the income had
dropped to $53,000. The owner was
entitled to bring it back to its actual
value, which entailed a 50 per cent in?
crease. He also was entitled to the
increased cost bf upkeep, which would
< amount to almost as much more?peo
; ple forget that all real estate owners
i have to meet increased charges of '
. staggering proportions these days.
I And this is taking no account of the
i fact that if he is to be able to get
the same purchasin;- value out of hi =
I income that he had when he finished
l his building he must have two dol'ara
| for every one he got then. If not, as
i you know if you are trying to spread
! a fixed income over the cost of living,
' he is poorer off than before.
"It is the same way with office prop?
erty. In 1917 there were two or three
big new buildings which had skimmed
the business section. Rentals were away
below value. Now they are coming
back to normai and buildings which
have not paid for years ? are begin?
ning to."
One of the plans proposed at thc
?conference was by Justice Spiegelberg,
who urged that municipal court jus
ti'ces be allowed full discretion in re
fusing eviction papers, and stated
frankly that they would then prevent
dispossession while the case was be?
ing tried and delay trial as long as
they could. A measure he has drawn
| provides that there shall be no dis
possession unless the tenant can find :
a fiat at the same rental that his land?
lord is demanding, or less, and in the'
sanve neighborhood. It fixes possible :
rent increases at 20 per cent of the I
former rental. Several of the legis- j
lators present supported this plan.
Mr. Dowling Charges Inequalities
"Just see how that would work in
an apartment such as I have told ydu'
about," Mr. Dowling said when asked
about this bill. "There the rentals,;
all of them on leases, vary according
to the time when the man moved in
In 1917 he could get a three or five
year lease at about $1,400. Another
man last year would have had to pav
$1,800 for the' same kind of flat. Now
if you stick to the 20 per cent plan
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^Distinctive Jc-otw
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I-MILLER ADAPTATION OF
THE CROSS STRAP SLIPPER
This charming slipper was fashioned, in the typical
I. Miller manner, to fit the foot with the precision
of a glove. Constructed of best materials by experts
to give satisfactory service?
Of Black, Brotcn
and (jrau Suede
MILLEK & S__HI
1S54 Broadway
Near 46th Street
Open till 9 P. M.
15 Wett 42d St.
Near
Fifth Avenue
SO Church St.
Near Fulton.
udson Tirn.inal Bldg.
m
when the first man's lease is renowed
he will still only be paying $1,180.
/s that fair?"
Mr. Dowlins laughcd at the threats
which have been made by some tenants
to move to Jersey.
"Did yon notice that Hackensack is
i talking of turning its jail into an
I apartment house , to aceommodate its
j unhoused p'eople?" he asked. "There
I io no more room in?Jerscy than there
i is in New York. Anyhow, a 'good many
; thousand families would have to move
out to help here. The only solution
; is in building."
A letter from Mayor Hylan. which
i was read at the conference, pleaded the
importance of building. The Mayor de
i clared that there was "a shortage of
approximately 100,000 apartments, and
I that as a result there were 60,000
! apartments in which two families are
living and many with more than t,wo
j families.
"To fihally remove this .unwholesome
j condition,'' he wrote, "there is but one
' solution the crection of more houses.
jThis.brings us to the point of how we
should proceed and the obstacles which
? may stand in the way of progress."
: He repeated his plans for the stabiliza
tion of labor and of building material
prices, and continued:
"There is no denying that the exist
| ing situation in the building field re
i quires extraordinary measures and thc
! granting of concessions by all. Capital
! must be satisfied with reasonable re
! turns and be willing to incur greater
! risks tban ordinarv. Organized labor,
i t;.crs dc'j.!/ ec::e;ri:J ifi-a cz.* iibr
j interest, must work cohtinuously and
I with redcubled energy. Labor, now
suffering more than any other class
from inadequate housing facilities
should settle its differences and give
a ful^day's work for a living wage. *
? "It is obvious that pending the erec
tion of a suitable number of new houses
there should be some check on the rent
gougers. This can'be produced through
immediate and vigorous "legislation.
Legislation is the fundamontal thing
which will protect tenants from profit?
eering landlords."
Hearing to Reveal Program
The actual legislative program prob?
ably will be based on the result of the
hearing before the Lockwood commit?
tee in Albany on Tuesday. One, and
perhaps two, special trains will go
from here, carrying the opposing fac
tions. The Real Estate Board will not
be heavily represented, many of its
members feeling that the situation is
hopeless. There will be a delegation,
however. and Alexander C. McNulty
will appear as counsel.
The United Real State Owners' As?
sociation will send a special train and
is hoping that 2.000 members will be
aboard. This association represents hun?
dreds of millions of dollars of oid-line
realty investments, including some of
the biggest estates in the city. A
meeting to make final arrangements for
the special train will be held' in the
Hotel Astor to-day at 2:r:o o'clock.
On the other side, and favoring the
proposed legislation, will be a delega?
tion from the Central Federated Union,
which is backing the Donahue-Boylan
bill, and one from tenants in the
Bronx, under the management of the
sub-committee of the Bronx County
Republican Committee, headed by for?
mer Justice John Boyle. The latter
committee is planning "to have a special
train. Other tenant organizations will
be represented in strength. i
Mayor Hylan's attempt to establish
harmony in the building trades *y
bring about labor conditions W]S
will permit building, will be put?
fo're the bricklayers' union for actS
to-morrow, the leaders that w)
promised him at a conference yet&
day afternoon. No pledges were gftJ
as to what recommendations wi**?
with the proposals. The organizatj?7
involved are the Building Tr_jl
Council, of Builders, and the BrU
layers' Union, of 7,000 members, ?w
has been on strike since January 3&
is at war with the council. ' '
The conference was held i* ft
Mayor's office and included deW
tions from both bodies?John Do9
N. S. Robinson, Frank E. Con^
Frank J. Youngs and Otto M. EidKT
representing the council and Tho_?.
F. Lynch. John F. Clancy, John J ^T
nelly, William F. Corrigan and Jo?
Gill the union. The results 0f T
unions' action will be reported. to &,
Mayor at a second , conference to k.
held Wednesday morning at lOo'cW^
In thc mean time prcparations in
being made to intensify the strgtif
which has been going on between tk
Building Trades Council and the If?
League Eractors' Association, whi^
has refused to sign contracts on tk
ground that they call for a closg
shop. International officers of $, j
Bridge and Structural Iron Worketf
Union have been sent for, anl unlejj
peace is concluded a vigorous lab*
war is looked for.
Tb.? atirttagt ?f ?t?r?g?j sp-?c8 in t_
city, taused by the dem&Tids of pe,,.-,
who have been unable to find apjft.
ments, resulted yesterday in an ordt
from Fire Commissioner Prenim.
through Chief Kenlon, for the insp*
tion of all vacant lofts suitable fe
storage. A report on this survey ?*f.
be made within five days and the ?e'
dresses of such places listei for ti
benefit of the thousands who fw
eviction on May 1.
Another chapter was written in ti
dispute between David Becker, of 9S
Forty-sccond Street, Brooklyn, and 9
160 tenants yesterday when S. i
Lewishohn, of the Mayor's commitUi
was unable to estab.ish the existed
of the agreement claimed by the te*
ants that they should hold their pr?
ent flats without increased rents fl
another year. He asked Mr. Becker t
give them the same rights as if th
documcnt had been established, and thi
hearing was adjourned to grant Becka
time to ^onsider the proposal. Then
was excitement during the hearin)
when Becker offered to contribute sa
months' rent for a woman ev;cted froi
one of his flats. The other tenanti
protested or. the ground that he woalc
raise their rents to make up for thij
apparent generosity.
Notice of eviction caused tlie attemp.
at suicide by poison yesterday after?
noon of Mrs. Rose Koc. a widow witi
six children, at 43 Jones Street N'ew
ark. She swallowed haif a bottle a]
liniment, but will recover, physician
say.
Italy Honors Admiral Andrewi
ROME, March 20.?King Victor EmF
manuel has conferred upon Rear Ad?
miral Andrews, commander of th*;'
American warships in the Adriatic, am
decoration of Grand Officer of thi
Crown of Italy. The King bestwodr.
lesser decorations on other Americai
officers.
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United States Food Administration License No. 155,033 Fifth
MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY TILLED Floor
GROCERIES AT SAVINGS
SALE OF "GRIENT" BRAND COFFEE
Hasa he
Coffee will b
fasi or a he
und suitabli
bodied coff
full. rich fragrance, mild and mallow. This
ior anyone desiring .1 rich coftee for break
for after dinner. Our regular price, 59c;
round containf
5-!b. containen
in the bean granulated or pulvorized.34c
1 the bean, granulated or pulverlzed.*-i.64
A Special Sale of Teas
STRENGTH?FLAVOR -FRAGRANCE?ALL REACH YOU
UNIMPAIRED.
Xily Whlte'v Chop Teas?Include Oolongr. English Breakfast, Toung
. Hvson and Mixed; our own usual price, 74o lb.;
, " Sale, 5-lb. caddy. $3.24: lb. cartr-n, 68c
Pekin Chop Teas?Mixed Oolong and
English Breakfast; l-lb. carton, 4*c
5-lb. caddy. $2.09
"Mayflower" Chop?Mixed and For
mosa-Oolong only; 2-lb. cartons;
our own usual i>rice, 94c;
this sale, 87c
Ceylon Orange Pekoe Tea?Flna Im?
ported,; our own usual price, a
pound caddy, !J4e; this sale. 84c
"Durbar" ltrand?India and Ceylon
Tea, in lead sealed cartons; our
own usual price. 76c lb. :
wpecial for this Mlle, 69c
A Special Sale of Broken Rice; 5-Lb. Bag, 64c
Guaranteed to be Louisiana Fancy Broken Rice. of exceptlonal quality,
and when properly cooked every grain will show up properly.
A Special Sale of Ilecker's Cream Oatmcal?Prepared by a special prooess
whi<h retalna all the natural flavor of the ^rain: large cartons; reg?
ularly sold at 14c; this aale, dozen, SI.X!?; each, 12c
A Special Sale of Quaker Pancake and Biscuit Flour
A Self-Raising Pancake, Biscuit and Pastry Flour of unusual excel?
lence. The ingredients used in tnis preparation are absolutely
pure. Put up in cartons containing 1 !b. S oz.; regularly sold
from 1 5c to 18c! Our price, this sale, dozen, $1.35; each, 12c
A Special Sale of Cream of Rye?Made from the choicest grains of
rye, thoroughly cleaned, llaked and sterilized; an undenatured
ized cereal food retaining the natural delicious flavor of the
whole grain. Packed in waxed cartons containing l lh. 2 oz.
Our regular price is 19c carton. To make this cereal more popu?
lar we will sell it at this reduced price, dozen, $1.39; each, 12c
idman'8," fre-hly
artons containing
for 16e
Keal Worcentershire MaU Vinc-jar?
1 pt. 4-oz. bottle. 3?c
Roblnson's Patent Barley .,?
fant food; ' l-lb, can, 48c
Extra. Fancy California Peeled
Peaclies? l-lb', cartons, 44c
Oregon l'runes?Size 30-40's
2-lb. cartons. 69c
Extra Fancy California IJried
I'cars? l-lb. cartons. 44c
Tea Mateoth*? '
baki d, In sealed
14 matzoths,
(ioadman's Fine Mat/otb Meal?
2-lb. bag. 82c; No. l carton, l?c
Maas' Good Medal Tea Mat-otlis??
in cartons containing 14 matsottt*,
al 16c
Maas'
bag.
Patent
32c;
Matzoth Meal?2-lb
No. 1 carton. 18c
Sale of "Red Star" Baking Powder
"Red Star" Baking Powder?Pure cream of tartar powder of
out own manufacture; much lower priced than any other
baking powder of equal merit.
'/2-lb. can, usually j l-lb. can, usually ! 5-lb. can, usually
29c; sale...27c | 54c; sale... 49c I $2. 5 9; sale $2.34
CANNED GOODS SPECIALS
A Specinl Sale of Btralned Tomatoes. "I.ilv White" Brand- Por-oups. saiire*.
? ?.;,.,,. ... . can*. dozen, $1.04; * ?'? ?"'
A,Special Sale of Virginia Toiwatoe*. "Weyley" Brand . ,,,
this special sale, No. 2V4 cans: dosfen, $-????? **c\flT
A Special Sale of Rrakeley's Jersey l.itna Heuii*, "Arena" Brand Small, wnii_.
tender beans; No. 2 cans: thia sale, dor-n. $1.74; ?*",n' ','*
"Marcellus" Brand Sweet Wrinkled Peas?Large, sweet peas, in Vo- - <:l*,li?
this sale. doeen, $2.01; can. 18*
"I.ilv White" Brand Spinacli?Finest <iuallty packed; l-lb. 14-oz. <??"; our
reg. price. 24c: ihls sale. dozen. $2.44; each. iU
ABale of "Waketleld" Brand Maine Style Corn No. 2 cans: our. re*. prtoj, i<?_
for thla special sale. dosen. $l.5?: -'*<??? "J
A Special Sale of Van Camp's, Bordeu* Peerless and Armour ? r.vuporw?-??
Milk?Tall pint can*,.
Kiciiurdhon & Bobblns' To-'Can. Doz.
mato Soap, i!-oz. can.. llc $1.29
"American Beaaty" Brand
Jersey Tomatoes, 5',-? in.
tall cnn. 27e 83.13
Maine Corn, "I.ily White"
Brand, No. 2 can., 10c j $2.17
Early June Peas, "Ijlv
White" Brand. No. 2 ekn 19c S2.17
sifted Early June Peas,
"l.ily White" Brand.... 88c' 88.66
Cut "".riiiiir Beans, "Jessa- [Aprlcots
mine" Brand. No. 'i can 10c S?.l" Brand. N i
California SariJiiie"*, in pure Tnna Kish,
ollve oil; ', tina.33c $3.66 ] Brand, No
tins. . . 32c SJ.Tl
dosen, Sl.?4; e?ch. 1??
Maine Snj-ar Corn. "Ataeri- Caaj g??
can Beaaty" Brand ??,'"?"
"Uly White" Brand Sweet, I
(.aro. n Peas .-????*" ' " '
"Jew*amine" Brand ?trinB
le?s Beans, N<?. t caa.
"Jessamine" Brand ?""
fornU Boyai Anne White
Cherrles, No. 2% r?" ? ?
Hawailan t.rated Pineap
ples. -i.il> White" Brand
24c tt.1l
48r ?5.66
'jeasainlne"
, can. ...??
Blue Pin
49c $3.77
41c $3.17
2Hc ' $26?
-*c $4.37
A Special Sale of Caliromia PreVe'r'ved Ix>Kanberrle? or Blackberries. "1-ljr
White" Brand; 16-oz. Jars: ? , ^^a- t391' e*1 '
Passover Groceries
A special department devoted to Passover Groceries has been
opened on the fifth floor. .
No effort has been spared. We keep in this Department only
foods that have been prepared STR1CTLY according to the Mosai
dietarv laws.
^ Any purchases made in.the Passover Departm-nt will D<
held for delivery on any day designated.