Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-15

of obtaining a prompt and reasonable 1 settlement of the important wage | questions now pending. 1 also ask
 you to send my message and its en- closure to all your members and ! give them the opportunity of cooper ating with all the rest of railroad | labor in handling the matter
 (Signed) WOODROW WILSON. To Name Experts
 Assurance was iven the union off
 cials by the president in his proposal
 that he would provide the machinery
 for dealing comprehensively with
 their claims; he proposed the ham,
 ing of a commission of wage experts
 tot begin the compilation of data
 bearing on the controversy. The
 president said he was certain it was
 apparent to all reasonable men and
 women that these smomentous questions must be dealt with by an agency that can continue to function after March l."
 'I wish, therefore" he said ito an nounce to all railroad employees at the following steps:
 !. with the return to private control provision shall be made by law for machinery for dealing with railroad wage matters, I shall promptly use my influence and so far as the law confers power upon me, shall promptly exercise that power to bring about the earliest practicable organization of the machinery thus provided
 "2. In the event that no such pro vision is made by law for dealing with these matters, I shall employ the influence of the executive to get the railroad companies and the rail road employees to join promptly iI the creation of tribunal to take up these problems and carry them to conclusion.
 3-I shall at once constitute committee of experts to take the data already available in the various rec ords of the United States railroad ad- including the records of the Lane commission and of the board of railroad wages and working condi- tions and to analyze the same so as to develop in the shortest possible time the facts bearing upon a just and reasonable basis ot wages for the various classes of railroad employees. with due regard to all factors reason ably bearing upon the problem and specifically to the factors of the av- craze of wages paid for similar or an aloSous labor for other industries in thls country, the cost of living and falr living wage, so as to get the ! problems in shape for the earliest possible final disposition The views fsthis board will serve as a guide to i me III carrying out the assurance I { gave to the employees last summer [ that l would use the full influence of 1. the executive to see that justice was | done them, and will. l believe. be, the | means of avoiding what might other ! wise be a long drawn out inyestiga- i ton of facts. While l propose to act | lt once in regard to this matter. and ! to avoid any delay in doIng so, shall. !! nevertheless. invite the cooperation Of ! the railroad corporations. and believe ! they will appreciate that it is to their as well as to the public inter- | est, to get these matters promptiy set ! ted"
 MT wilson said he recognized the !, necessity for disposing of the prob | Iems without further delay, but asked { the continued cooperation of the un- ions and requested them to use their {. in obtaining a recall of the strike order issued by the maintenance workers. He said uuuwIrnstanding {! that "correctYe factors were at work" ] controlling the cost of living