The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-08
D ILSON'S MESSAGE
RChO The CONGRESS
lite and House in Joint Ses-
sion Hear Address Of
the President.
makes FEW SUGGESTIONS
..r LEGISLATION for Settlement and
.,uation of Railway Labor Dis
outes Held Imperatively Neees-
cary by the chief Magistrate.

.auIation OF halfway LABOR Ols-
.utes Held ImperativeIy Neces-
Hour1 sary by the chief Magistrate.
Rus say
south .sbington, Dec. 5.-The senate
Blu bouse met In joint session today
nee hoard President Wilson's message,
on n was as follows:
No aemen of the Congress:
fulflling at this time the duty laid
shes me by the Constitution of COM
Rus heating to you from time to time
ares rmation of the state of the Union
lma1 recommending to your considera-
such legislative measures as may
Ger1 mdged necessary and expedient /
In continue the practice, which l
u Is has been acceptable to you, of
ne ing to the reports of the several
iista T. - tho axecutive departments the
&c on oration of the detailed needs of
5 re public service and confine myself
'ccuI hose matters of more general pub
81 policy with which it seems neces-
and feasible to deal at the pres
en- session of the congress.
realize the limitations of time un-
VIZ which you will necessarily act at
e0n session and shall make my sug-
lions as few as possible but there
e some things left undOne at the
session which there will now be
to complete and which it seems
- essary in the interest of the public
49, 10 at once.
the first place, it seems to me i'm
,on atively necessary that the earliest
-. sible consideration and action
uld be accorded the remaining
,,a,. assures of the program of settle
- Int and regulation which had occa-
1911 b to recommend to you at the close
, K,EOur last session in view of the pub
dangers disclosed by the unaccom-
90 dated difficulties which then existed,
,st which still unhappily continue to
40 st. between the railroads of the
Rim Entry and their locomotive engineers,
- III ductOrs, and trainmen.
fail Railway Troubles First.
boiN then recommended:
irst immediate provision for the
, q argement and administrative reor-
,ad plzatiOn Of the interstate commerce
item omission along the lines embodied
q "a the bill recently passed by the house
,uIsa representatives and now awaiting
on n ion by the senate in order that the
be omission may be enabled to deal
latid th the many great and various duties
omuA " deyOlving upon it with a prompt
in II IS and thoroughness which are, with
# d present constitution and means of
be ion, practically impossible.
PAD Second, the establishment of an
hive Fht-hour day as the legal basis alike
work and of wages in the employ
tain mt OF all railway employees who are
er tually engaged in the work of oper-
gaint ng trains in interstate transporta-
e, n,
aut lmrd, the authorization of the ap-
J til lntment by the president of small
dy of men to observe the actual re-
beek Us IN experience of the adoption of
CANE elght-hour day in railway trans
rmat rtatlon alike for the men and for
+ Me railroads.
: LOS Fourth, explicit approval by the con-
chin esS OF the consideration by the in
pr 81 STATE commerce commission of an
ikinA 'rease OF freight rates to meet such
uluonal expenditures by the rail-
aus as may have been rendered nee
e. Sary by the adoption of the eight
an4u Jay and which have not been Off
'lara oy administrative establishments
amHu economies, should the facts dis
fofsen Justify the increase.
fciali Huh' an amendment of the existing
The statute which provides for the
ilso4e uiauon, Cancellation, and arbitration
vii such controversies as the present
auulng to 1t provision that, in case
methods of accommodation now
O"ued Tor should fail, a full public
lpeT' esugaton of the merits of every
ineefen dispute shall be instituted and
Bul fWpleted before a strike or lockout
Gerry lawfully be attempted.
lum anu sixth, the Judgment in the
eeia nus OF the executive of the power.
TN Ease OF military necessity, to take
Jo 4u"i Of such portions and such roll
: SUCK OF the railroads of the coun-
as may be required for military
ana to operate them for military
'e' p'seS' with authority to draft into
"lAtary service of the United
Ss-h train crews and admins
~h u'e ohcials as the circumstances
ana HILe H,r their safe and efficient use.
en- Nen'"s His Recommendation.
uenCauonS the congress immediate
'e4 on: it established the eight
Jay as the legal basis Of work
: Il wages in train service and it au-
the appointment of com
.| 70 observe and report upon the
~ ~uea results, deeming these the
@S1ses most Immediately needed;
OF unusual ENnarfanrA