The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-21
HARDING WILL
MEET HOOPER
ON WALk0UT
Summons Labor Board Chair.
man to Washington for Full
Discussion of Question al
Issue In Rail Strike.
NEW BOARD is ISSUE
tBy Associated Press)


day to contemplate as his next move
in the rail strike the summoning to
Washington of Chairman Hooper OF
the railroad labor board for full dis
cussion of the question at issue be-
tween executives and employees.
The probability of the new move
was revealed today after the presi-
dent had been informed by Chairman
Cummins and Senator Watson. of In
diana and kellogg of Minnesota, Of
the interstate committee, of the fruit
less conference held by the senators
last night with leading eastern rail
road executives
The information furnished the gov
ernment through the conference &C
cording to additional disclosures today
was that the three principle points al
issue in the strike controversy were
restoration of the seniority and of PEN
sion rights of the strikers and setting
UP national board Of adjustments.
Received as Factor
The latter was received as q factor
by the president who was said to have
been unadvised that this was strong
point at issue.
Chairman Hooper, it was said, had
notified the president that the national
board question was permanently in
/ volved although labor leaders have m
formed senators that it was being
pressed as a condition precedent to the
return of strikers to work. On the
question of the strikers seniority
rights the big point at issue-the presi-
dent was said to have been informed
upon statements of the rail heads to
of vhr,
went on strike, places of 100000 ave
been filled The railroads, it was said,
| in hiring these men guaranteed that
they would be retained permanently
| if competent.
| CHICAGO, July 21.-Full discussion
of the nations rail strike with Chair
man Ben w. Hooper of the railroad Ia
Dor board was contemplated by Presi-
dent Harding as the federal govern
ments next move to bring peace to
the industrial situation in the country
Following a conference today with
! Senator Cummins, chairman of the
| interstate commerce committee, and
Senators Watson and Kellogg. mem
bers, the president summoned Chair
man Hooper to the White House from
Chicago.
The governments new move Is a
result of the failure of last nights con-
ference between several senators and
a committee of executives from eastern
railroads.
Today Senators Cummins, kellogg
and Watson brought a full report CT
that conference to the president in
person. The question of seniority was
still the paramount issue, the rail ex-
ecutives were reported to have said
A secondary issue is the establishment
of national board of adjustment
Board Real Issue
This board, according TO B. NJ Jew
|, ell, head of the striking railmen, is the
real issue of the strike and means
peace or war on the railroads
The strikers demand for a national
board was brought out at last weeks
conference with compromise proposal
of regional boards, but the strike lead
ers rejected the proposal. Peace nego-
tiations meanwhile were at a stand
STILL
Neither Chairman Hooper nor any
other of the labor board members in
Chicago appeared to be making any
efforts to start settlement proceedings.
The executive council of the federated
0lLOPS NId1L HClQ duOIH6E
executive session here today, at which,
according to President Jewell. a
, lengthy statement was to be prepared
in answer to the recent statements of
Chairman Hooper, issued on the strike.
and announcement of the railroads
stand on the question of seniority.
Conference Fails.
An abortive conference at Washing.
ton last night between several railroad
presidents and members of the Senate
Interstate Commerce committee only
: revealed a strengthened determine,
ton on tn part of the railroads not
to weaken in their declination not tc
! grant the demands of the union men
!, for reconsideration of the instructions
which would abolish the seniority
rights of the strikers, destroy their
pension status and refuse creation CT
|, boards of adjustment
: The conference also revealed that
!. it was regarded as impracticable to
, pass LEGISLATION to deal with the pres
! ent strike.
Ben w. Hooper, chairman of the
labor board and B NJ. Jewell, head o.
the railroad employees department oi
the American Federation of Labor ana
leader of the striking shopmen. would
not comment early today when in
formed by the Associated Press o,
failure of the Washington conference
to produce a hopeful sign and so fal
as known here no further plan toward
g solution of the strike situation is IN
II derway.
D. Effect Felt.
p AS the strike of the 100000 shop
r men rounded out its third week 1t.
(. effect on transportation was becomin:
81 more increasingly evident, as report!
IS from throughout the country told o
p annulIment of nearly 500 trains ant
le combining of numerous others. Oi
the one hand, however, were deportl
s. of additional requirements of striker
N with increasing efforts to safeguar.
{, them, while on the other the ranks o
~ the strikers were said by union chief
II to have remained at full strength an,
the number actually out has been in
le creased by walkouts in other depar-
les ments of some railroads, the latest o