Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
Both Sides Expecting Gov ernment Intervention
 Within Short Time. WILSON CABLES TO
 WAR LABOR BOARD Requests Board to Take Up Case Again and Endeavor
 to Make Finding.


 York and proceed to make a finding.
 The President said he was sure the war and navy depart .ments, the shipping board and the railroad administration would use every power to make the finding effective and that he was confident also that private boat owners would feel constrained by patriotism to accept the boards recOmmen- dations.
 Basil NJ Manly, joint chairman of the war labor board with William H. Taft, said today the board would take up the presidents request at once, but he was not sure a quorum could be mustered for action before Monday.
 The board also was requested by the President to use all means within fits powers to stabilize conditions gen. orally during the present period of industrial transition arising from the war The Presidents cablegram follows
 "I have been informed by the Sec retary of Labor as to'the serious sit uation which has developed in the port of New York and the strike of marine workers which eeriously crip- pied the movements of troop and supplies consider this a very grave emergency and understand that it has arisen because the parties to the con troversy failed to take a joint sub mission to the national war labor board
 q earnestly request that you take up this case again and proceed to make a finding. l appreciate the hon. esty and sincerity of the board in an nouncing on Wednesday that it could not promise a final decision in the controversy without a formal sub mission from all parties, but I am sure that the war and ravy depart ments, the shipping board and rail road administra tion and any other governmental agencies interested in the controversy will use all the power which they possess to make your find ing effective, and I also believe that private boat owners will feel con- strained by every consideration of pa triotism in the present emergency to accept any recommendation which your board may make. Although the national war labor board, up to the signing of the armistice, was con- cerned solely with the prevention of stoppage of war work and the main- tenance of production of materials essential to the conduct of the war, l take this opportunity also of saying that 1t is my earnest hope that in the present period of industrial transi- tion arising from the war the board should use all means within it's power 10 stabilize conditions and to prevent industrial disloeation and warfare" New York, Jan. 11-Of1cers of the Marine Workers Aflliation an- nounCed today that they stood ready to abide by any ruling of the War Labor Board made in response tc President Wilson's cabled request fol action to terminate the harbor strike
 We have been ready at all times to submit our case to arbitration said President Delahanty, of the union. If the war labor board Is instructed to make a finding and II the government will enforce it, I fee that I am voicing the sentiments o1 ali the men when I say that they will be willing to accept whatever de. cision the War Labor Board makes
 Though there appeared to be nt hope that either the members of the Marine Workers Affiliation who's strike since Thursday morning ha! virtually tied up harbor tranSporta ton here, or the boat owners asso clstion. would move to break tn, deadlock today, both sides seemed tC expect government intervention within a short time.
 Secretary of War Baker. who cam, here yesterday to view the situatio departed without giving any intima ton that the war department would interfere.
 The movement of food into the cit continued to give railroad official the greatest concern. Yesterday fiv hundred carloads of food were receiv ed, being about one-third of the nor nal amount. Wholesal- ,rercnants however, said there was enough sta pie food stored here and destined fo export to feed the city for severa weeks, if it became necessary to us it.
 Mayor Hylan today notified leader of the harbor strike that if any at tempt was made to tie up the ferr boats plying between the city and tn islands in the East river on whic some of the citys charitable institu tons are situated, the leaders woul be prosecuted.
 Thomas l.. Delahunty, president 0 the Marine Workers Affiliatior said today all union men employe on the craft operating between tn islands were ordered last night to re main at work and did so. and thu there had been no shortage of sup plies intended for the charitable in stitutions. Delahunty added that tn leaders realized they made a mistake
 Washington, Jan. 11.-Mr. Manly first step was to ask the War and Nav departments. the sn:pp=ag Board an the Railroad Administration whc would be their attitude toward an decisions made by the board in ac cordance with the Presidents reques He was informed promptly that a -Four of the government agenciC would abide by such decisions.
 New York, Jan. 11-Paul Bonyng the employers attorney, said that the authorities at Washington ha failed to advise the President &hi