Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-08
President Plans
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Labor Board authority over questions
arising during strike such MS the
present troublesome question Of senior
ity and amendment of the Transporta-
tion Act to give force TO Labor Board
decisions through imposition of penal
ties for violations.
House members now in Washington
pointed out that the success or failure
Of the present negotiations would be
determined before next Tuesday. and
as the President himself has termed the
proposal put forward yesterday as
rather the final call" he would be
prepared for another step by the time
the House meets.
Cabinet Discusses Crisis
The central industrial situation was
discussed at length by the President
today with his advisers. the Tuesday
Cabinet meeting lasting two hours.
At the same time the President was
in conference with his Cabinet, leaders
of the striking shopmen here in WASH
ington conferred further over the an
Swer to be given to the President s
proposal as made yesterday that the
strikers return to work. the railroads
assigning them to jobs and that the qucs-
tion of seniority be left for decision by
the Railroad Labor Board.
All Rail Unions to Decide
Heads of all the railroad labor or
ganizations. called 20 meet in Wash.
ington Friday, will be asked to pnss
craft unions to President TIarding's
new proposals for settlement of the
strike. B. NJ. Jewell, chairman of the
striking organizations, announced here
today.
Officials Of the seven striking unions
will prepare their answer tomorrow and
they expect it will be n rejection. but
will hold It up for consideration at the
later session Of seventeen railroad union
spokcsmen.
Mr.. Jewell said he had received "a
bale of kilograms from shop craft
union locals and system federation or
ganizations, all of them urging the
leaders to reject the Presidents pro-
posal.
Forecnsting tho action anticipated
from the other labor organizations, Mr..
Jewell said the shop crafts officials
understood that the engineers brother
hood had already sent out n letter,
which proposed that their men should
refuse to take out engines which they
considered to be in bad order and un-
safe for operation. Any statement as
to this matter. he said, would have to
come from Warren S. Stone, grand Chief
Of the brotherhood.
No Separate Agreement
The Shop Crafts Committee of the
Southern Railway system and tho
Mobile and Ohio Railroad. meeting with
railroad officials here today, advised
those officers that they will not make
any adjustment Of the strike with the
Southern or the Mobile and Ohio, rs the
strike is national and must be settled
nationally.
To clear the way for carrying out the
Administration proposal that work be
resumed and the seniority issue be COM
mitted to the Railroad Labor Board
for binding decision, the board made
it clear In formal resolution that it had
not up to this time passed upon this
question.
New York. Aug. Sly \. P.)-
kilograms Summoning the heads of las
railroads to New York Friday TO frame
the reply of the Association Of Rail-
way Executives TO President Harding s
second plan for settlement of the shop
crafts strike. were dispatched today by
Robert :. Rinkcrd. assistant to L. DE
, Witt Cuyler, president of the associa
ton.
Orders for the convention We're Is
sued nt Bar Harbor, Me-, by Mr.. Guy
Ter, who announced he would not re-
, turn to New York until Friday. He
said he would have no statement to
, make until after the meeting.
\ sharp division of opinion between
Eastern and Western carrier chiefs to
ward the President suggestion for put.
ting the question Of seniority for tn,
strikers directly up to the Railroad La
Dor Board appeared in railroad circles
today.
l.. +. Lorco. president of the Della
ware and Hudson and chairman Of the
Eastern Presidents Conference, is be
the "irreconcilables when he declared
Mr.. Hardings request demanded "a
complete surrender" Of their position.
That Mr.. LOree's attitude may be II
direct opposition to that of the ma
jority of the 2G5 votes in the associa
tion was indicated today by Mr.. Blink
crd, who said 'it should be distinct!
understood that Mr.. Loree is speaking
for himself, and not for any other rail
road president There is no indication
that his stand complies with the position
of other members of this association. ;
Chicago, Aug. s.--(By A. P.)-Th
President. in his latest proposition t,
the railways and the striking shopmen
has found the safe and sane position
of fairness and conservatism. Chair
man Ben Hooper. of the United State
Railroad Labor Board, announced to
day.
On many railroads, he said. the plai
can be carried out without any in
convenience. More than $4,000 shop
men had been laid off before the strike
the statement adds, and with the in
creased work now available, so man,
men will be needed that ION yer,
large number of roads, in my judgment
the question of seniority would neve
arise
Mr. Hooner'R abatement in part