The New York herald., 1921-10-24
PORT BOARD TO TAKE
CONTROL OF STRIKE
Associations Called to Law
Transportation Plans
Tomorrow.

Railroad officials and union leaders
placing great faith in the conference
set for Wednesday in Chicago. said yes-
terday that their hopes were increasing
that the threatened railroad strike some.
how would be averted.
Both sides. however continued Ia
strengthen their positions TO be ready
for a strike. Unemployment and the
fact that the roads have so much time
to make plans for combating the strike
apparently have combined to weaken the
! confidence of some of the union officials
Il. II. Outerbridge. chairman OF the
Port of New York Authority, sent tele-
grams TO more than hundred agencies
which handle food and fuel and control
ling transportation factors in the east
erh end Of the port OF New York DIS
trict. The kilograms were sent follow
Ing suggestion made on Saturday by
Gov. Miller. They said:
THE Governor has directed all app-o-
pirate State departments to cooperate
with the Port Authority to coordinate
all public and private means. You are
urgently requested to attend a corfer-
ence at the offices OF the Port Author
ity, il Broadway, on Tuesday. October
20. at 2 p. NJ, with representative 20 ~
mlttee OF your association or organiza-
ton. IL unable TO attend in person
please send duly accredited representa-
tive of your organization to confer with
others representing supply and trans
portation. Very important in prepare
tion of plans TO be ready for emergency
IL 1t arises"
Mr.. Outerbridge explained that tine
plans call for assembling information
from the rail carriers, steamship lin. s
barge canal lines motor truck lines and
all other types of carriers. with view
TO coordinating the various transports
tion facilities with the commodities &c
be moved and distributed"
II the need arises Mr.. Outerbridre
said, the Port Authority will be really
to function as a war board" The
Port Of New York district includes los
municipalities In New York and New
Jersey. Engineers attached to Mr.
Outerbridge's office expressed the belief
that plans speedily could be worked ol'
whereby the metropolitan district would
suffer a negligible amount of discom'
fort in the event of strike.
The railroaders will make a mistake
If they draw their swords" declared L.
r. Loree president OF the Delaware and
Hudson Railroad Company. addressing
600 residents of Montclair. n. j.. at the
Trinity Forum there last night. Mr.
Loree predicted there would be no strike.
and denied that railroad managers were
trying to force strike to bring about
the "open shop" The railroads already
had the "open shop" he said.
"Uniess the unions change and are
willing to obey the law. as the rest of
us have to, they will find themselves ar
rayed against public sentiment" he said.
"And they will live to regret it. do
not believe there will be strike. Should
one occur there will be no doubt of the
outcome"
Mr.. Loree declared twenty per cent
of the railroads were headed for re-
ceiverships IL rates are reduced and
wages allowed to stand. The presence
of the men out of work who went out
| I'm the OUTLAW strike OF 1920 was a
deterrent In any community. he said. to
railroad men quitting work. The pos
sibilty OF Government control, he said
was not influencing the men to any
extent. though IL might be influencing
| the leaders.
One thing to the credit OF railway
unions, he said. was that they had never
insisted on a closed shop and men were
employed regardless of union affiliation
| This being the case, there was no rea,
son for the railroads to bring about q
strike to get the open shop" as they
already had IT,
The brotherhood of Locomotive Ersi.
neors met at 110 East 125th street and
were I'm secret session for n long time
Officials said IL was the regular monthly
meeting and declined to make a state.
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