The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-08-01
Five Plans
Proposed to
End Strike
Employees Who Remained on
Job During Rail Shopmen's
Walkout Given Preference
in Proposals of Harding.
Wage Hearing Promised

Cincinnati, July 3l.-(By A. P0-
Five specific proposals for the set
tlemcnt OF the railroad strike are
contained in President Harding's
plan. which will be submitted to rail-
road executives in New York and
rail union heads in Chicago Tues
day, it was learned here from an Of
ficial of the railroad shop crafts
union. The official, who refused to
permit the use of his name. stated
that he had secured the information
from rail union officials in Washing
ton Saturday.
The five specific proposals, ac-
cording to the Official, include:
THAT the employees will abide
by the decisions of the United
States railroad labor board in the
future.
2-In the matter OF seniority, the
employees who remained on the job
during the strike will receive prefer
ential treatment. Men who have
been on strike will return with their
seniority rights subject to those
rights acquired during the strike by
men who remained on the job and
the seniority of the new employees
will date from the time they entered
the service.
Rehearing Promised.
3-The men will accept the recent
wage reductions of the railroad la
for board, pending a further hear
ing on the matter by the board.
+"Farming OUT OF shop work by
the railroads will be discontinued.
5-Discussion of the establishment
of adjustment boards.
Regarding the matter of adjust
ment boards the official stated that
the unions desire a national board of
adjustment while the railroad execu-
tives seek either regional or system
boards.
1t was stated that the matter of
accepting the proposals of Presi-
dent Harding is entirely up to the
policy committee of the railroad de-
partment of the American Federation
of Labor, since this body was the
one which sanctioned the strike of
the shopmen. The policy commit
tee is composed of 90 men, 80 from
each of three districts, the dividing
lines Of which are the Mississippi
river and the Mason and Dixon line.
Pressure Brought to Bear.
Washington, July 3l.--Convinced
that the railroad strike would be
matter of history within "a hours
after acceptance by railway shopmen
and transportation chiefs of President
Harding's compromise plan, all of
the governments influence was mus
tered behind the effort to obtain
adoption by the employers meeting
in New York and that of the en-
ployes in Chicago Tuesday.
Chairman Hooper of the railroad
labor board, after a conference with
President Harding, left for Chicago
to be on hand when the meeting is
called Of the general policy commit
tee of the striking shopcraft unions.
Secretary Hoover left to attend the
New York meeting of the executives.
There was little doubt in admin
istration circles concerning accept
ance by the union leaders of the pro-
posed compromise settlement. Sew
eral railroad executives, however, are
known to hold strong objections be-
cause of their belief that it would
entail abandonment of loyal work.
men who have stuck through the
strike, as we'll as new employees who
ignored strong inducements not to
accept employment during the emer-
>gency.
Pin Hopes On Cuyler.
Personal friends and senatorial ad.
visers of the president were strong
in their conviction that this opposi-
ton would be more than offset bv
those executives who would accept
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