The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-07-22

ciated Press) Ben Hoop
er, of the Labor Board, arriving here
today in response to summons from
White House, went into conference
with President Harding prepaed to
give the executive a complete survey
of the railroad strike situation and re-
cent negotiations conducted with a
view to bringing about settlement.
Chairman Hooper of the labor
board was called to Washington to
confer with President Harding on
the shopmen's strike.
Attorney General Daugherty con-
ferred with Senator Borah and Sen
ator Cummins regarding the strike
and possible legal action.
B. M. Jewell, head of the shop
crafts, sent telegram to R. A. Hen
ming, S. Paul union chairman, assert
ing that only national settlement
will be considered
Other railroads follow the lead of
the Baltimore & Ohio in requesting
separate agreement with it's shop
men.
The Pennsylvania railroad an
nounced it would continue it's agree
ments with its men despite a decision
of the federal court of appeals
against it yesterday.
Secretary of Labor Davis and w.
L. McMenimen, labor member of the
board, will confer on strike situa-
tion today.
Washington, July 81 (By the As
sociated Press) determined to OBJ
tain first hand view of the railroad
strike situation, President Harding
today called Chairman Hooper of the
railroad labor board here from Chi
cago for a personal interview tomor-
row. Prior to summoning the labor
board head, the president received
Chairman Cummins and Senators
Kellogg and Watson of the senate
interstate commerce committee who
reported on their conferences last
night with Eastern railroad execu-
tives and later the whole question
was taken up for discussion in a pro-
longed cabinet session.
The president was represented as
desirous of hearing from Mf., Hooper
an account of the positions taken by
the leaders of striking shopmen, the
railroad executives and the board it
self during the negotiations aimed at
a strike settlement but which now
have been broken off. Some conflict
ing reports in the matter have been
received at the White House espe-
cially since the conference held last
night by the three interstate COM
merce committeeman and the ex'
ecutives of the larger Eastern trunk
lines.
Meanwhile Attorney General
Daugherty conferred at the capitol,
first with Senator Borah, chairman of
the senate labor committee, and then
with Nh. Cummins, the discussions in
volving the possibility of legal action
in both the railroad and the coal
strikes, although the attorney general
stated afterward that no immediate
legal proceedings were under contem-
plation.
With Mr.. Cummins he went over
the entire legal situation as it con-
Germs both the railroad and the coal
strikes, the result being, Mr.. Daugh-
erty said, that he and Mr.. Cummins
were in agreement as to the govern
ment's power to act in both cases.
81 haven't any doubt" the. attor-
ney general said later, "that the gov
ernment has as much power and au-
thority to protect the men who are
engaged in the production of coal
which is indispensable to transpor-
tation as it has to protect men en-
gagged in transporting the mails and
interstate commerce. The govern
ment has full power and authority to
see that the production incident to
transportation is not interfered
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