London, Jan, 12.
An epoch-making conference between a representative group of employers and the General Council of the Trades Union Congress with the object of promoting industrial peace opened to-day at Burlington House. The conference is being held in private, Before the conference, the Gén-eral Council of the-trades Union Congress held a discussion of Policy, lasting three hours, when Mr. A. J. Cook bitterly opposed the conference. It is understood that one big union with a membership of three hundred thousand chal-Tenged the Council's right to accept the employers' invitation, but the Council decided to proceed with its policy and to consult the unions Inter if necessary.
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The Industria! Peace Conference sat for three hours to-day.
A joint official statement says that on the motion of Mr, Ben Turner of the Trade Union Council, Sir Alfred Mond was elected President of the Conference, Sir Alfred Mond explained that employers were present in their individual capacity. The Conference would consider general lines of policy. He reviewed the problems to be examined, including the better organization of industry by means of amalgamation, the introduction the improvement of the security and status of the worker, who, he said, should be given an interest in the business in which he was engaged.
Sir Alfred Mond remarked that they could not expect to create heaven on earth, but if they could give Britain freedom from industrial disputes, they would place the country, which has always been a. leader in these matters, in the forefront of nations.
Mr. Ben Turner emphasized the vital importance of finding a just and lasting solution of the industrial problems of the country and by so doing putting the country on the highway of prosperity.
Sir Alfred Mond announced that the employers present had appointed a committee of seven, with himself as chairman, to facilitate the work of the Confefence, Mr. Ben Turner intimated that the Council of the Trades Union Congress would appoint a similar committee. It was agreed that Sir Alfred Mond and Mr. Ben Turner should preside at the meetings alternately—Reuter, Wasitinctow, Jan, 12—The Post master-General, Mr. H.S. New, has urged the Post Office Committee in the House of Representatives to extend the American Air Mail lines to South America along the routes of new methods of transference or flown by Colonel Lindbergh—been fixed at Houston, Texas.—pensioning of displaced workers, Reuter, "rebels" were killed to-day in an engagement near Cuje between General Sandino's followers and a joint patrol of United States Marines and Nicaraguan National Guardsmen.—Reuter.
Washington, Jan, 12.
Nine more "rebels" are reported to have been killed by machine-gun fire from an American aeroplane at Sandino's headquarters at Quilale.
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United States Marine Corps aerial squadron to-day dropped ten bombs on a party of General San-dino's forces ut Latna of the "rebels" were killed.
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