Evening star., 1922-08-16
Situation to Be Laid Before
Congress and Nation
Comprehensive|y.
HOUR YET TO BE SET
FOR JOINT SESSION
Rail Union Leaders Meanwhile
Continue Preparing for New
York Farley.

By the Associated Press.
President Harding In a message to-
morrow to Congress will present to
the federal legislators and to the
country the position of the govern
ment with respect to the existing in
dustrial troubles, particularly the
railroad strike.
Arrangements for the Presidents
appearance at a joint session tomor-
row Of the Senate and House were
completed at a conference today at
the White House between the execu-
tive and Senator Lodge of Massachu-
sets, republican leader in the Sem
ate.
Belief had been expressed in some
quarters prior to the conference that
the President might delay presenta-
tion of his message until after 1t had
been determined whether the media
tion efforts of the train service broth
erhood chiefs in tomorrow's confer
ence with committee Of railroad
executives would be successful or re-
suit in failure, but Senator Lodge said
he found the President fully decided
to go before Congress at the earliest
possible moment. The hour that the
President will go to the Capitol was
not decided today and may not be
until tomorrow.
At Work ON Message.
The President. after comforting with
Senator Lodge. Immediately started
preparation Of his message, which his
advisers expect to be comprehensive
statement of the strike situation. of
the efforts of the government toward
settlement and finally of the gov
ernments policy henceforward.
Meanwhile the railroad union lead
ers in Washington continued in ses-
sion preparing for the conference,
which the brotherhood chiefs have
obtained from the Association of
Railway Executives IN New York to-
morrow.
The union heads. after a two-hour
conference, adjourned and prepared
to leave for New York at o'clock
this afternoon.
warren S. Stone. chairman of the
meeting, said that he, as chief of
"brotherhood" group of.trairs service
men not now on strikes including
the switchmen with the f1remen; con-
ductors and trainmen. would be the
only ones to meet the committee of
railroad executives, but that they de-
sired the heads Of the striking crafts
and the officers OF other railroad
unions to be on the ground.
Might Be Needed.
I'VE might need them for confer
ence at any moment there" Mr.. Stone
said, land we want to have every
body at hand while the discussions
with the managements are continu-
ing"
L. E. Sheppard, chief of the order
of conductors. said that the brother
hood" officials would go into the
meeting. with the executives without
any h4Hd proposition, but prepared
to coasider the matters that might
como up In a conciliatory spirit. At
the same time, officials of the seven
striking crafts, one by one, declared
that their men could not accept and
would not accept any strike settle
3me ent basis which did not return them
to work with the seniority status they
held on leaving service July l. Mr..
Sheppard added that the brother
hood" mediation would be conducted
in the light Of this fact.
The adjournment of the general
union conference concluded q series
of meetings which have been almost
continuous during the last week.