The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-07-23
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CHICAGO. July 22.--Throo princl.
pal Issues now prevent n possible set
tlcmcnt Of the railway shopmcn'a
strike, V. II Jewel. head OF the rail-
way employees department or the
American Federation ~ Labor, said
IN n statement tonight These Is
mca ho eaid. are found IN the re
fuenl ~ the rail executives!
]. TO discontinue contracting out
OF work
?. To establish a national board
of adjustment
3. 10 coutiNue seniority rights OF
employees who suspended work.
lie Blnmcs Executives.
"The responsibility :or Increasing
losses to the railroads, TO the com
munilics they serve aud 10 the wage
cHrucrs upon the railroad and else
where. through continuance OF the
present suspension Of work" the
abatement said, "roats now plainly
upon tho Association of Railway
Executives and particularly upon
that small but dominating group.
representing the New York banking
interests"
Pointing out that the railroad labor
board has decided against the prac-
tice Of contracting out railroad work
Inv certain cases, Jewell asserted that
tho Erie railroad. tho New YORK
Central and itH subsidiaries, iuClud
Ing tho Indiana llnrbor Belt, the
Michigan Central and the Big -Four
and the Western Maryland road
have an contracted out shop work
MANY other roads the state
mcnt said have followed the same
practice and always with the pur-
pose and result OF reducing wages.
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degrading wording conditions and
attacking the employees orsaniza-
tions.I
Two Are New Issues.
The contract issue In the only one
NJ tho three issues on which a
strike vote was taken. which, IL was
said. held M possible settlement.
The other two strike issues were
wages and working rules, It havins
been virtually agreed at conferences
that these matters could he submit
ted to tho labor board for n rehear-
Ing. Tho seniority and adjustment
board issues have been brought up
since the strike started,
Appealing for national adjust.
mont boards TO decide disputes
lowell said that tho Association Of
| Railway Executives opposed such
boards for tho purpose Of "doliber-
atsly" Overlooking the labor board.
Employees desire one national
board, tho statement said. because
shop work conditions are practically
tho same everywhere, uniform ma o.
tional rules have been PROMULGATED
by the labor board, uniform inter
probation OF such rules is desirable
and intermediate boards will create
. In. 1nV "a, n
boards would impose duplication
and unfair expense.
WASH NGTON. July 32-Presl-
dent Harding spent eight hours to-
day In close study Of the railroad
| strike situation. but when his ac-
! tiyities were concluded there was
not tho slightest intimation concern
| ing conclusions reached or possible
course OF administration action.
Senators Also There.
Ron w. Hooper, chairman 81 the
of the railway labor board was
| the presidents chief informant, but
| a part of the time Senators Cum
| Minis OF Iowa, Watson OF Indiana
and Kellogg OF Minnesota. all re-
| publican members of the senate in
| terstate commerce committee. were
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| Hooper. Later also, Senators Tn
| dorwood and pomerenc. democratic
| members OF tho same committee,
saw the president. For these con-
ferences all the usual White House
| engagements were set aside.
Hooper left the session after
lunching with the president and to-
night returned TO Chicago. He gave
the president direct and FUN ac-
count of every move mat had been
made by the labor board since tho
shop craftsmen walked out July /
and further, view OF the positions
taken by the strike leaders and by
the executives OF the railroads with
| whom the board has dealt. This
was supplemented by the three re.
publican senator's. who themselves
went over issues in the controversy
with heads OF eastern railroads In n
meeting In Washington this week
More Laws Unnecessary.
There was no discussion concern
Ing the enactment OF legislation, sen
atorial participants insisted. and
President Harding was represented
as believing that new laws would be
unnecessary and unhelpful for the
moment. The question OF seniority
rights was again held TO be the chief
stumbling block 10 the return OF
the men now out. railroad execu.
tives largely insisting that strikers
had lost their relative service posi
Itlons In employment 10y striking, and
the union leaders Contending that
employees taken on in their places
should be dismissed,
Suggestions that the president in
tended TO take action in the rail
strike without reference to the labor
board were made after the session,
but apparently without official sane
Iion, There also were inferehccs
that Chairman Hooper might he car
rylng back to Chicago some new
suggestions, on which tentative ne
gouations In an endeavor to get the
strike called Oft might be resumed.
Participants, however, were unwil-
ling to discuss any phase os possi-
billties that the White House dis
cussions revealed.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-A gov
ernment plan for the pooling OF coaI
In the mine districts and the dlstri.
button OF cars TO carry IL will be con.
sidered by a conference OF coal oper-
ators called to meet In Washington
next Monday, Secretary Hoover an.
nounced today.
VIII Lay Detailed Plans.
Plans OF distributing to railways
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