The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-08-12
iONMTITEE TO
GET A REPLY
FROM HARDING
announcement Made After Pro-
lOnged Conference Surrounded
BY Greatest Secrecy.
NO POINTS INCLUDED
IN THE CONDITIONS
uestiOn of Seniority Privileges
will Be Left Up to the Labor
Board.
lBy The Associated preesl

(by ne A9eoclaIed t~resSl
NEW YORK, Aug 11.-The execu-
live heads of 14s American railways
Ionlght condltlonaIiy accepted Pres
dent HardIng's second proposal for
sttement Of the nation wide rail
trIke.
This unofficial announcement was
made shortly after o'clock following
prolonged conference at the Grand
central Terminal surrounded by the
rsatest secrecy.
lnicaEy. it was merely stated that a
nmittee representing virtually all the
roads in the country would wait on
ssident Harding at the white house to-
rrow afternoon with a reply to his pro-
n drafted by a committee appointed
the Association of Railway Executives
approved by the body as whole.
Upon Two Conditions.
he conditions which went into the ac-
tancs, according to unofficial sources
rs
Trst-that the presidents request that
strikers be taken back should be in
preted that as many strikers should be
hired as should be needed by the roads
bring their shop forces to normal.
ssond-that such strikers should be
Zen back Internationally and that the
road labor board later should deter
}. WAether they were to regain their
lOrlty privileges. s--r'"-----ie sF'
resident Harding had suggested that
urikers be given back their old jobs
that the question of seniority be
to the railroad labor board to be
ashed out later.
Though formal statement to the
SIS issued after the meeting by T. De-
Cuyler, chairman of the Association
Railway Executives, set forth that
action of the railway executives
mot be made public until it has been
mitted to the president" and Robert
Blnkerd, assistant to Mr.. Cuyler, de-
led to state what had transpired at
Hays session, this statement never
less was obtained from Mr.. Binkerd:
5inkerd Speaks.
THE reply to President Harding was
looked upon by the executives as a
is however, reply which we trust
be received by both the president and
country.
Legally, we believe, our stand will be
0ni reproach. It is neither antago-
c to the presidents proposal, nor to
stand announced in the executives
Of August /. to the first proposal
nitted by Mr. Harding, in which they
rssed a determination to stand by
pledges to loyal employees and to
men who had been hired to take the !
les OF strikers"
resident Harding's first proposal was
ehorned. The first two conditions
lat the wage decisions Of the railroad |
board must be recognized by both |
and that law suits arising from the |
e must he dismissed for settlement !
Ne board-were accepted by the exc
u.s.
n' thrd-that strikers be reinstated |
their seniority privileges unimpair-
Sas rejected, on the ground that
"s had been made to loyal employ
Ro forces recruited since the strike.
preliminary conference attended by
@ehtatives Of eastern lines ushered !
uayS major assemblage. Although
rnaI announcement was made con-
0e matters discussed at the prelim-
session It was generally under
mat tho eastern executives formu-
me fight to the finish policy on
NY which they later introduced at
general meeting.