New Britain herald., 1920-02-12
Will Hold Person Talk With Repr| SentativeS Of 200 GOO WOrkmen T| morrow At Whi| House
WILLING TO LEAVE
 CASE IN HIS HAN Chief Executive Belle
 Better Results Can Be \ tained By Seeing Omd Themselves.

Washington, Feb. 12-Pres{ Wilson will have a personal co1 ence tomorrow with three represd tlVes of the railroad brotherbood discuss the wage demands of 100000 railroad employees which to be referred to him today byI rector General Hines.
 Selection of their spokesman left by the president to the Il representatives who chose B. M. ell, acting president of the raj employees department of the Ar can Federation of Labor: E. J. ion, president of the Order of Raj :. Photographers, and Timothy Shea. ing president of the Brotherhod Bremen and Engineers. Has Studied Problem. It was said at the White Fl that the president had been givinI railroad situation serious though several. days and that it was hisI suggestion that he see the unioff He was understood to have feltI he could handle the situation H if he saw the representatives pei ally. The union leaders will see president on the south lawn al White House where MT. w spends a portion of each morning i fore meeting the brotherhood offI 1 the president will study in deta l report on the wage negotiations ! MT. Hines will submit through $
 tary Tumulty
 1 Tn The director general was in ference with Mr. Tumulty this T ing and then returned to his off
 complete his memorandum for 1 president who will be asked to | the final decision on the demands l scented by the railroad workers
 a year ago.
 Mir Hines memorandum was sent to the White House s l before noon. was understood tas
 embodied the claims and
 ments of the union officials 1 whom he has been conferring 1 Feb. 3.
 Temporarily Quiescent. While railroad administrator ! ficials and union representative ] parently were inclined to regar i situation as quiescent, White officials expressed concern at i gravity of the problems present 1 Without disclosing what l questions were it was declared 1 the general public did not reali3 i serious nature of the issues inv
 Willing to Have President Sd Union officials, with the excl of maintenance of way eml. l and the brotherhood of ra ! trainmen, apparently were willi ! leave the case in the hands of
 satisfaction because living cost not been reduced, it was eyiden l the union men felt that anothd 1 portunity should be given for 1 justment of the differences
 have been held in abeyance | presidents request since they l submitted last July.
 MT. Hines has made a ter | appointm ent for this afternoon J. B. Malloy, vice-president
 brotherhood of maintenance o ! employees and shop laborers al
 committee of ten, to, discuss | ganizations' alleged grievance
 led to its call for a strike next
 day.
 w. G. Lee, president of the br
 hood of railroad trainmen also
 confer with the director genei his individual reasons for inv
 ing the agreement which his d
 Zation has.
 Decision Reached Yesterda Decision to lay the matter
 the president was made late
 day after Director Gen Hine5
 representative of the employd failed to reach an agreement. Statements explaining whJ
 unions demand an mmediat
 crease in wages and why D
 General Hines could not agr
 such increase on the eve of thd
 ing back of the railroads to
 ownership were to be submit
 the president. The statemen not include the separate grie
 Of the brotherhood of railroad man and Mir. Hines arranged to
 further today with W. c. Lee. dent of that organization. Ii
 MT. Hines will confer with 2
 nittee resenting the maint of way employees whose officer
 called q. strike to become ef IT.