Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-02-12
DEADLOCK IS ON
BETWEEN HINES
AND UNION MEN
. At WASHINGTON
Director General, Unable to
Reach an Agreement With
Brotherhood Leaders, Re-
ferS Matter to Wilson.
OVER TWO MILLION
WORKERS INVOLVED
Conferences Regarding In
crease in Pay Fail to Ac-
CompIish Anything in Way.
of Satisfying Employees.
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Washington, Feb. 11.--Wage de-
mands of the more than two mill
ion railway employees again were
laid before President Wilson to-
night. Director General Hines,
after a lengthy conference with
members OF his staff, announced
he mad behn unable to reach an
agreement with the union officials
and would place their claims ana
proposals along with his own be-
fore the president for decision.
Mr.. Hines issued the following
statement:
"Since February the director
general has had frequent confer
ences with the chief executives OF
the railroad labor organizations Tor
the purpose of devising means Tor
disposing of the pending claims for
wage increases. During these con-
ferences the executives of the labor
organizations have expressed their
views with great ability and frank
ness. The director general has not
been able to agree with them as TO
Low the problem should be G's-
posed of in view of the early ter
mination of federal control and is
now laying before the president ne
representations of the executives
of the organizations and also ms
own report for the purpose OF =
tanning the presidents dcGSicn in
the premises. IN any event, The
conferences have been decidedly
helpful in bringing olt cleaier
development as to the real issues
involved and as to- the character
of evidence pertinent TO teose Is
sues and the discussion throughout
has been characterized by courtesy
as we'll as candor and with a sim
cere purpose on the part Of all TO
try to find a solution"
Washington, Feb. 11.-Failing to
reach an agreement with the rep
resentatives of the more than two
million railroad employees on de-
mands for increased wages, d.
rector General Hines decided to-
night to submit the whole case to
President Wilson for decision.
The appeal to the president is to be
taken at the request of the union
leaders after they had conferred
with Mr. Hines for two hours late
today, and after he had informed
them there was no hope of an
agreement under present condl-
tons. Mr.. Hines will send to the
White House tomorrow the state
ments of the unions together with
his own representations in the con-
troverSy.
The president thus is called on
to determine whether the govern
ment will grant the increased
wages or transfer the wage demand
controversy to the corporations
soon to regain control of their
properties.
Submission of the claims and ar
guments to the president, while
temporarily ending the general ne
eotiations, does not mean final
break, railroad administration Of
ficials explained. Neither members
of Mr.. Hines staff nor the union
spokesmen indicated that they felt
that a deadlock had been arrived
at though the discussions We're
ended. Regardless of the presi-
dents decision in the matter the
differences would be ironed out
after return of the roads through
machinery likely to be set up by
tending legislation. it was eX-
planned.
Mr.. Hines refusal to grant the
employees demands apparently was
based entirely on the fact that fed
eral control soon will cease. The
director general was understood TO
have kept this angle consistently
before the union men, together
with the argument that it was be-
lieved unfair to the thousands of
owners of railroad stock to increase
the expenditures of their corpo-
rations when the government
would be responsible for the rev.
enues obtained for so brief period.
The separate grievances and
claims of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen were not included
by Mr.. Hines in the data sent to
the White House. w, G, Lee,
president of the trainmen, will con-
Ter again tomorrow with Mr.. Hines.
In statement tonight Mr.. Lee
declared that the government had
rot succeeded in reducing the cost
of living by the campaign began