The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-03
HARDING SUBMITS
new PEACE PLAN
President in a Final Effort to
End Rail Shop
Strike.
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL REVISED
Same Air of Optimism That the Tieup
Will Be Settled Almost Immediate
ly Is Still Manifest at the
White House.

Washington, Aug. LIN a final eff
fort to end the rail shop strike Presi-
dent Harding today revised his origi-
nal proposal to executives and union
chiefs, it was reliably learned
The same air of OF tilnism that the
strike would be settled almost immed-
lately was still manifest at the White
House Those close to the President
said that the changes in his proposal
would be helpful rather than harmful
and that both parties would find it
more difficult to evade complete com
pliance with his suggestions.
The original plan Of the President
was not sent forward on Saturday as
was believed. 1t was strapped and in
its place an entirely new, and what
the President is sure will be more
acceptable basis of compromise, was
forwarded, it became known at the
White House.
This communication is now in the
hands of r. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman
of the railway executives at the Wal
dorf hotel, New York, and will be
acted upon late today. 1t will reach
b. NJ. Jewell, head of the shop crafts,
at Chicago, in time for action tomor-
row.
Seniority is Paramount.
In the plan for settlement as con-
tempated by the President when he
concluded conferences with railway
and union officials he suggested peace
terms for all matters Of dispute, it
was learned
1t was at first planned to leave the
question of seniority to the Chicago
Railway Labor board for decision.
Under the terms of his new proposal
this question is to be settled in con-
ferences. Neither the railway eXecu-
tives nor the shop craft would consent
to have it adjudicated, the President
was told.
With matters in this shape, Presi-
dent Harding sent a call for Ben w.
Hooper, chairman Of the Railway
Labor board to meet him here. 1t was
at this conference, lasting nearly two
hours, that final draft of the propOs-
al was approved and sent forward.
AS distinguished from what the
president had intended to suggest, the
seniority question instead of being
subordinated to the other issues, has
been made the paramount issue.
To Take Care of New Men.
The railway executives made strong
representations to the President that
the 100000 men employed to replace
the strikers must be provided for in
the settlement. The executives told
the President that these men were en-
1loyed when the Railroad Labor
Board had practically "outlawed" the
strikers and sanctioned the employ
ment of other mechanics and that the
president himself had declared for the
right of men to- work with the full
approval of the government.
In his newest letter the President
Bas taken all of these things into con
SideratiOn, II is learned. He has asked
the executives TO concede maximum
in the number of employees to be re-
stored TO former grades and the
unions TO concede a minimum in their
demands for the number of men who
are to go back to their former posts.
The railroads are expressly re-
quested TO place such new employees
as ii may be found necessary to re-
move from the shops into other posts,
At is learned