The Arvada enterprise., 1922-08-10
NEWS REVIEW Of
CURRENT EVENTS
Railway Executives Refuse to
Aoespt President's Plan as
to Seniority.
STRIKE SETTLEMENT FAILS
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~ D0OTlATlONs for The ending Of
IN ths railroad strike were at least
Temporarily halted sgain last week
when the plan of President Harding
failed Of complete acceptance. Opt.
nistic prophets oe Immediate peace
were coofounded.
A. expressed By himself. the Pres
dents plan co0prissd these stipula'
ti0as:
rst-Railway manasers and work.
nen are to agree to recognise the
validity of ell decisions Of the rail-.
road labor hoard and to faithfully
carry out such decisions ~ coutem-
plated By the Law.
Seco0d-The carriers Will withdraw
ali lawsuits growing out Of the strike
aeA railroaA labor board decisi0us
which Aave been involved In the strike
may b taken. In the exercise Of recos.
Missed rtshiA By either party TO rsil.
road labor board for re',earins.
Third-An employees now on strike
to b. returned 10 WORK and TO their
former positions with seniority and
otl,ss nights unimpaired. The repre-
seutatives Of the carriers and the rep
reseniatves Of the organizations espe-
cially agree that there will be no dis
crimlnatloa BY either party against
ths employees who did or did not
strike.
TAe railway executives were the
Arst 10 act on thess proposals. They
accepted The iirst: agreed to the sec.
oad with the understanding that the
strike he trst called on and that the
representatives Of the strikers pledge
ehsmselves and ths strikers against
yiolence in any form against the men
NV at wort and the property Of the
earrieI; declared Il was impossible
foe then 10 agree 10 the hrst sentence
II the third proposal.
Having placed themselves In a
strategic position by awniting action
By the executives. the representatives.
Of the striking xhOpsueN met In Chica.
- and voted. though with expressed
reluctance. to accept the Presidents
proposala THIS WAS conditioned u,t
on recognition or the union interpre-
tatiou Of the plan. which. among other
things, would require the Pennsyi
vania railroad 10 ahaRdOn Its f,gh, for
kA ~b.ns k.. - -.
insist on the establishment of n na.
tionai hoard of adjustment which
would relieve the labor board Of all
disputes except thons Involving wages
Boms roads have agreed to regional
boards, bst probably MI Of them are
opposed to one national hoard which
would prescribe uniform conditions r.
gardless Of needs Of various localities.
Seeminsly the rail- executives arr Ia
dead earnest In their refusal to ahan.
don their stand on seniority righis.
They notified their local employees
and other workers that they would he
projected and guaranteed permanent
employment. and went ahead with the
task os Nllng the places Of the strik.
e1. In New York u WAS said their
decisivs stand resulted In q rush Of
applicants for joba Public opinion Ia
widely divided eoncesning this attitude
OF the railway executives. Many PER.
cons Seea tkst Il 10 only Justice to the
nssa WIN have remained u work and
thoss Who have responded to the cali
for workers to take mp the tools the
strikers laid down. Those who sym.
pathise stron4iy with the demands of
organized labor take tie position TINT
the actiUo of the railway heads is u
part 1t Z campaign 10 destroy the
unlonA r.
II Mas predicted In Washington that
President Harding would do nothing
Asoee In the matter at present. giving
the railroads an opportunity TO prove
chat ths1 eosld operate effectively