The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1916-08-19
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President Wilson urged again tina,
the railroads accept ths plan. Aaop,
the s,sh, hour day, at least. tempo.
rarily. and then allow The proposed
ccmmission o. fully inves'issis the
fsots no pointed cut that the rail-
roads brought forward ons 20, of
statements ahd the employees another.
and u Wa impossibis foT him to tell
which vas correct.
In conclusion. President Wilson said
ne believed his plan was 'h. only
eQuitAbls way Of settling the copIo-
vsrsy. and that. under u. both sides
would b. treated fairly. Hs oonsid.
cred n useless 20 discuss the principle
% Arbitration Shen u seemed impos.
sibis 10 bring abou, an arbitration In
the present situation.
The President informed the officials
that they we're discussing an i'm
practical thing In the present crisis
when they mentioned arbitration. for
employees would not accept arb'tra-
kion. and he had no way OF forcing
Them TO accept H.
President Wilson declared he was
the spokesman for ioo. 100000 people.
every one of whom had . deep intsr-
rst In tho present situation. HIS
only object. he said. was to avoid
q strike, with It's consequent disaster
TO the nation.
MUST FACE NAKED TRuTh Nv
the cRisiS.
I'VE must face the naked truth In
this cri.,,." said the President. We
must aot discuss impractical things.
We must get down to n basis on
which this situation can be solved"
II v believed that the railroad
Prssidsnts. after additional confer
sncss with the President. to BE- held
hsxt week. will agree TO his suGsss-
Zion. - the representatives Of the
done. In his statement to the public
the President states that the railroads
will be granted the right TO put before
ths Interstate Commerce Commission
or some other body the question
whether Il would b necessary to In
crease freight rates TO meet the In.
ereAssd expenses Of sight-hour day
operation. II 10 hard TO see how the
Sailrosd maSa9ers anl directors can
Set around this proposition.
Twenty minutes after President
Wilsoa had formally ana uneQuivo-
principle Of the eight hour day the
railroad presidents came out Of the
Whits House. They had been In con-
ference with the President about
three-QuArters OF an hour. and while
this conference was In session Hecre-
tary rumulty released for publica-
tion the Presidents statement.
The railroad presidents affected to
be surprised when told by waiting
newspaper men about the Presidents
statemeat.
Cant believe IT," said Hale Holden
10 The Evening World representative.
Have you got copy OF ~"
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ON ".
He -as shown q copy. but declined
TO make any comment on II.
II am not prepared 10 say "a word
about II at this minute. We have Just
come from "A talk with the President
aAA. theugh We had no idea that ths
statement Was to be issued at this
time. ~e are not going to comment
on it--At least. not tust now"
Il. +. loree OF the Delaware ant
Hudson. when asked what he had u
say. showed The Evening World rep
Tssentative an article on the situation
In a current magazine In which tn
writer urged Government regulation
Ut labor unions.
The railway executives did not un
derstand what President Wilson sai
TO them wss an ultimatum. but whe
they came away from the White
Houss and heard about tho stAtsmen
they realised II WAS that In effec
The PreGdent told them TO come bse
again. At their leisure. He has can
celied all engagements for tomorrow
The opposition 10 the President
plans among the railroad msgnate
II gradually breaking down. ThouE
Louis w. Hill has sept = ststemsu
TO his representatives To stand pa
against the Presidents propositio
there arc things happening right moi
that indicate some Of the bts road
have already capitulated.
Mr.. Holden announced stntemcn
for tn. roads was In preparation.
Though the statement II intende,
for release for morning newspaper
The Evening World 10 authorised b.
the railroad committee to make pub
lie the following:
The statement In preparation