Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-29
Proposals Have Been Drawn
Up and Will Be Presented
By President to the Two
Groups on Tuesday.
SENIORITY ISSUE is
GONE INTO AT LENGTH
Chief Executive Is. Said to
Feel That Prospects Are
Bright for Early Settle
ment of Controversy.


resenting the conclusions reached
by him after the extended confer
ences of the past 48 hours with la
bor leaders and railway executives.
will be presented to separate meet
ings Of representatives of the two
groups next Tuesday--the railroad
managers meeting in New York
and the employees ENJOYS in Chi
cago.
Details Withheld.
Details of the plan, or plans,
still were withheld tonight but
President Harding was said to feel
that prospects were bright for an
early settlement of the controver-
sy.
A section in the presidents set
tlement plan was understood to
involve the seniority issue, which
was said further to be the only sec
tion in the plan to have been iden-
titled as among the controversial
issues between the railroads and
their workmen.
Another section would concede
the strikers right to a rehearing
before the railroad labor board on
the wage issue. another would bind
the railroads to set up regional ad-
justment boards, while a fourth
would require abandonment by
railroads of contracts with out
side shops for repair work.
Compromise Suggested.
President Harding was under
stood to have suggested compro-
mise on the question of seniority
rights by which all men hired since
the strike would retain the pcsi-
tions, the strikers regaining their
| former privileges so as to rank
just behind the men who did not
walk out July /. ,t.
The strikers, under the plan,
would return to work at the scales
set by the board in its decision of
July i, which precipltated the
strike, but without prejudice to
either side when the matter was
brought up for rehearing.
b, NJ. Jewell. president of the
railway employees department of
the American Federation of Labor
and international officers of tho
railroad unions on strike left
Washington tonight for Chicago.
announcing that the general strike
committee of each organization
would convene in that city Tues
day to consider the presidents sug-
gestions. I. Dewitt Cuyler, chair
man of the Association of Railway
Executives and principal spokes-
man of the arrangements, an
nounced last night that the execu-
tives would meet in New York on
that day for the same purpose.
Preliminary Conferences.
! IL Is expected preliminary con-
ferences will be held by each
group in the endeavor to formu-
late programs for consideration by
the general sessions. The general
strike committees of the union Or
dinarily consists of q representa-
tive Of each craft in each railroad
system where the strike is in ef-
feet.
1t was understood that Secre-
tary Hoover might attend the rail-
way executives session at New
York, representing the administra-
ton, and there was possibility
that Secretary Davis might attend
the union gatherings. Mr.. Davis
left tonight for Mooseheart, Ill.
Apparently the presidents pro-
posals will go before the railroad
employees with the recommenda-
tion of their international union
officers favoring acceptance. 1t
appeared improbable that the rail-
road executives would have the
same favorable recommendation
Tor their spokesmen whom the
president has seen.
Seniority Issue.
Although the union leadership
was understood to be willing to
recommend calling off the strike
on basis which would still leave
their members working at tho
wage reductions which caused tho
strike. the seniority issue which
has been raised since the walkout,
has been growing more formidabls
each day.