The Sneedville news. (Sneedville, Tenn.) 191?-19??, 1922-08-11
President Harding Still Tries to
Bring the Railway Strike
to an End.
CONFERS WITH THE LEADERS
Governments Plan for Fair DistrIbu.
ton Of Fuel and Food and to Curb
Profiteerlno Put Into Operation
Bavaria In Revolt Against Con-
troll by Berlin.
BY EDWARD w. PickARp

DRESIDENT HARDING and his adj
1 mInistration forces devoted them
selves last week almost exclusively TO
the problems arising from the railway
and coal strikes. That their efforts
might result In the ending of the for
mer was the renewed hope at the
close of the week. for Mr.. Harding
held most important conference II
Washington with Chairman 4. DE wiz
Cuyler Of the American Assocla ton AZ
Railway Executives, and President
Jewell OF the railway shopmen. His
aim presumably was to induce the rail
executives to modify their firm atti-
tude concerning the seniority rule and
To persuade the shopmen TO recognize
the decision of the railway labor board
and return Ia work pending rehear-
Ing Of their grievances.
After leaving the White House Mr..
Cuylcr announced that the executives
II las Of the largest railroads In the
country would meet In New York on
August I 10 talk over a tentative plan
for settling the shipments strike. lie
would not tell what Mr.. Harding had
suggested. but denied that he had
asked the executives TO recede from
their position on the seniority rule. The
presidents of western roads insisted
the strikers would not be taken back
with full seniority rights restored.
Having abandoned for the time be-
Ing any hope of ending the coal min
ers' strike. the President and his aids
turned their attention Ia the question
Of avertlng the threatened fuel fam
Inc and followed up the Gull on the
various state executives TO facilitate
and protect the resumption OF mining
with measures designed to insure
fair distribution of such coal as msy
he produced and 90 curb profiteering.
Secretary of Commerce Hoover devised
a plan which was promptly adopted
and put Into effect with the legal ap-
prevail Of Attorney General Daugher-
~. II rests upon the powers Of the
Interstate commerce commission.
which body. declaring the existence
NJ n national emergency. took charge
~ the routing of cars and the dlstri-
button of fuel and f"otl. The plan pro
vided for n committee of genSal super
vision In Washington. ca be named by
the President and which will establish
In every coal producing district a RIP
reScniatlye aud coaamlitce of opcr-
ntors. Also. there IL an admlnIs;ra-
fGx. COMMITTEE, ..,.u,., Fsl,s. ...,.r.g,.,...
lives ~ the presidential committee to- |
geiher with representatives Of opcr-
at"rs. representatives of the railways. !
and where necessary. representatives |
~ ils larger consuming groups.
The basis " prlccS agreed upon |
between the operators and the serrc- |
tary Of commerce on June. I i to he
maintained. excerpt where varied hy |
the presidential corumlitec. and this 1
same basis of prior determination shall
- applied g. an districts which a-e
- far not 81 ,Tscraiiur.
President Harding .unouncesi the m
poinimeni Il Afi"rncr General pauch
erty. SECRETARY 10 ,'te Interior Fan /
Secretary uf Commc-vc Hoover. and
cou'miSSioncr Aiich'sun - the inter.
stafp commerce commission ~ mem
errS ~ the general committee Mr.
Hoover j. chairman. \ fifth mern
-cr VAS &C. hc adiryl - undertake, t1,.
administrative direction.
Mr. ll~uvrr called un the governors
= tie states O. 81 NJ state orcaufza-
ii"n~ - Cooperate " the distrihuti.u
= the available csai supplies ~ o..
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