Evening star., 1922-08-10
OPPOSE
PRESIDENTS PLAN
TO RESUME WORK
Government Awaits Develop
ments as Union Chiefs Gath
er Reports From Locals.
By the Associated Press

By the associated Press
Union leaders continued their dis
cussons of the railroad strike situ-
alton today preparatory to tomor-
rows meeting of chief officers of all
the transportation labor organiza-
tions. The government itself awaited
developments.
Ben w. Hooper. chairman of the
Railroad Labor Board arrived in
Washington and got in touch with
the White House. where it was said
that President Harding might have
occasion to call him as events de-
veloped.
B: NJ. Jewell. general strike leader,
and the seven officers of the unions
actually on strike called in system
representatives of the striking crafts
from number of lines during the day
1t was said at the temporary head
quarters that the leaders were getting
reports on the situation and were
amassing material to substantiate
their frequently made contentious
that railroad managements had been
unable to prevent equipment from
falling into disrepair as a result of
t1fe strike. ~
Strike Leaders Firm.
The strikers leaders continued to
intimate their determination to reject
President Harding's new settlement
proposed by making public kilograms
from local unions and system fedora
tions urging rejection. Though they
continued to declare the final offer of
the President would be passed upon
by the Friday conference of officers
of the entire seventeen railroad
unions. it was also stated that the
striking Shopmen would not be put
back to work until their seniority
status on return had been guaranteed
The. Presidents proposal involves
leaving this question to decision of
the Railroad Labor Board after the
strike has been called off,
The White House had communica-
tions and reports on the attitude of
considerable number of rail execu-
tives today and the President was
represented as being, hopeful that the
management group would accept his
final offer. The decision on this side
of the controversy is to be taken at
a meeting tomorrow of the Associa-
ton of Railway Executives at New
York
The union -spokesmen were in doubt
today, however, as to whether the
morrow would give them time enough
to decide upon an answer. Mr. Jewell
indicated that it might take a day
or more for them to formulate a re-
sponse and to get the views of all
concerned into unanimity upon a fur
ther course of action.
A circular urging soldiers on strike
duty not to shoot your brothers" was
received today by War Department
officials. who said after an examina-
tion of the document that it apparent
ly was founded on a complete mis-
understanding of the policy of the
government policing of strike areah
The purpose of using troops, it was
said at the department, was, of course,
to prevent violence and not to engen-
der it. 1t was recalled that troops
had been employed in the recent West
Virginia coal trouble and had accom-
plished their purpose without the dis
charge of single rife.
Circular Is Discounted.
The necessity of shooting" in the
present strike situation is described
as so remote that officials do not care
to discuss it. 1t was said at the de-
partment that the circular received
today apparently was put out by COM
munist organizations. 1t was picked
up in the New York subway and bore
the unexplained signature of -. Da-
Wis, executive secretary"
1t is accepted that. without further
orders from Washington, corps COM