Arizona republican., 1916-08-25
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WASHINGTON. Aug. 24-Objec- tions which developed tonight at q meeting of the railroad presidents and managers. to the tentative plan evolved by the committee of eight presidents considering ways to avoid the threatened general strike result ed in q further postponement of jouIned to meet again tomorrow, and. as one president phrased 1t. the sit nation is such that "it may be set tied in twenty minutes or the matter may go over until next week"
 A statement issued by the railroad executives tonight summed up this way:
 At the invitation of President Will son. Messrs Hale Holden, Judge K. S- Lovett and Daniel Willard went to the White House at noon and held short conference with the president.
 A conference Of the railroad exc cutives was held at o'clock and new phase of the situation of some importance was laid before the con ference oy the special committee. After considerable discussion with out definite action an adjournment was taken until II o'clock tomorrow | morning. In the meantime the spec ial committee Of the presidents will | continue its labors''
 The special committees plan draft cd after a weeks consideration would prov Ide for granting an eight | hour basic" day 10 the trainmen. l but witir assurance that every effort would be made by the administration | to secure a freight rate increase to ! recomperse the roads, and further | assurance that congress would be | asked to enact legislation to insure l settlement of future labor disputes 1 through an investigating committee. | The entire plan has not been laid | before all the executives and man | agcrs but its points have been dis | ,ussed at the various conferences. IL | developed after ton!ght's meeting | that objection had been raised to the | freight rate increase feature on at | east two grounds. II was argued hy l some that there can be no assurance | lf rate increase because no one 1 ,oald say what the interstate com | merce commission might do: and | hat some of the most important l shippers of the country have already l made it plain that they are not in | sympathy with any move which may | near a rate increase. IL was point | ed out also that although President | Wilson has expressed his belief that | such rate increase should be grant
 d fl the eight-hour day is given the
 employees. no one can tell how the
 next election is coming out and that ! there can he no possibility of an in-
 rease beford next March or probably
 ater
 | Attention is called. too. to the fact
 that the commission hitherto has
 1eld that 1t cannot consider wage
 standards in dealing with proposed
 rate increases. although legislation Lby congress might remove that diff fnculty.
 The principal arguments against
 he idea of a permanent commission
 Tor the prevention or settlement ol | strikes was that it would almost cer- ] tainly he fought by labor in con. | yress and that while President Will
 son might be entirely willing now | c back such legislation he might no | e in a position to do so when il
 vas proposed. Representatives ol | he brotherhoods who heard of thi,
 )hase of tte plan today were plainl,
 igainst it. A counter suggestion wa, | ieard among the presidents tha | trike questions should be left to tht
 interstate commerce commission witt
 lower to investigate and make | )uoic report Of their finding with | trike held in abeyance pending tn, | investigation.
 The special committees plan ha.
 'een tentatively accepted by the com
 mittee Cf eight and it was the sub | icct of today's conference at tn
 White House. Its substance wa
 communicated to the labor repre- (Continued on PaRa TWO,