The Washington herald., 1920-04-14
US. Has, Proof
Strike is Work
Of"Wobbhes" |"
Outlaws Being Directed
By Chicago Red"
Palmer Says.
New Labor Board May
Take Situation In Hand
Immediately.

Immediately.
Though still holding tansporta-
ton centers Of the East in a paral-
yzing grip. the outlaw railroad
strike is ended in Washington and
weakening in those cities of the
Middle West. where switchmen and
other workers walked out by thou
sands. reports late last night indi-
Gated.
The critical situation occupied the
entire attention Of practically ALI
authorities in the Capital yesterday.
Following were the develop
ments:
The White House announced that
the President had called a Cabinet
meeting for this morning to con-
slider the strike. This is the first
ofncial Cabinet meeting in more
than eight months
The President sent to the Senate
the names Of the nine appointees
to the new railroad labor board,
which will establish headquarters
in Chicago as soon as the nomina-
tions of its members are confirmed.
II matters are at a crisis, thoush.
when the board comes into being,
it is authorized to meet IN wash
ington immediately.
To Open Food Warehouses
All available foodstuffs owned
, by the War Department. and now
stored in warehouses throughout
the country. will be thrown on the
market to meet the food shortare,
which already is grave in several
cities.
The Attorney General is pre-
pared to take drastic action to
bring the strike to an end. He 10
expected to receive final instruc-
tions from the President at the
Cabinet meeting this morning.
The Department of Justice has un-
doubted proof that the Il. w. W.
is behind the strike. and fomented
1t. The Department is gathering
samples of the literature which the
''wobblies," as the members OF the
'one big union" are known, are
| spreading throughout the ranks of
the railroad workers.
Seeks List of Strikers.
The Attorney Generals FIRST den-
mite move was to telegraph two of
the more important Eastern reads
the New York Central and the Penn
| sylvania-for the names and ad-
| dresses of all employees who have
struck. He asked especially for the
names of any of them who appear, in
whole or in part. to be directing the
strike.
The Department of Justice an
nounced that the outlaw" strike Is
being directed from Chicago. 1t has
direct evidence that a man whose
name is supposed to be "Bedell," an
I. w. w. agitator, has supplanted
the real head of the switchmen's
union there, and he is believed to be
/ aiming for consummation of the
dream of the /. w. w.-the general
strike.
In addition to the activities of the
out and out I. w. WIS in the strike.
the government has learned that
! agitators have entered the country
from Canada, and are lending their
\ efforts to those of THAR brothers
here.
Personnel of Board
The personnel of the Railroad La
Dor Board. as sent to the Senate by
the President yesterday, Is as fol-
lows:
Labor Group-Albert Phillips.
vice president Brotherhood of I,o-
comotive Firemen and Enginemen:
term of three years; A. o. Wharton,
Railway Employees Department.
American Federation of Labor. and
now member of Board of Railroad
Wages and Working Conditions, u.
S. Railroad Administration; term OF
two years; James j. Forester. pres
ident Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, Freight Hand
lers, Express and Station Employees:
term of one year.
Management Group-Horace Ba-
ker, of Ohio, formerly general man
ager of the Cincinnati, New Orleans
and Texas-Pacific Railroad: term Of
three years; J. II. Elliot. of Texas.
formerly general manager Of the
Texas and Pacific Railway Com
pany; term of two years; William
L. Park. OF Illinois, vice president
of the Chicago Great Western Rail-
road; term one year.
Public Group-R NJ. Barton, OF
Tennessee. for years member OF
i Tennessee Court of Appeals: term.
three years: G. Wallace w. Hanger,
Assistant Commissioner of Media
tion and Cancellation; term. two
years: Henry Hunt. OF Ohio. for
merly mayor of Cincinnati: term,
one year,