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tives. and to Bert M. Jewell, leader
Of the shopmen.
Seniority Virtually Won.
From high official source. II
was learned that the Presidents pro-
gram is virtually as follows: .
Q) Strikers will return to work
on all roads at the reduced wage
scale recently decreed by the Rail
way Labor Board, pending u re-
hearing of the case.
~ Strikers will return with their
seniority right unimpaired by the
walkout. except that those union
men who remained on the Job shall
retain the seniority to which they
are legitimately entitled. Senior
ity for strikebrealkers will be de-
termined by their length Of serv-
Ice.
49, Demand for national adjust.
mont board TO be left open for
future discussion.
(4) Working rules modified by
the Railway Labor Board. such as
time and half for overtime, 10 be
made subject Of an early rehearing
by the Labor Board.
(9 Settlement to be based upon
o national agreement, and not
individual or regional agreements.
Labor Board Supreme.
Back OF the whole program lies
the understanding, clearly made I'm
the series of White House confer.
ences this week. that when the
strike Is over. both sides hereafter
win live up to the decisions of the
Labor Board.
1t is the firm conviction of Pres.
ident Harding and his advisers that
90 per cent Of the present trouble
can be traced to the fact that both
sides have disregarded the boards
decisions, and the settlement pro,
posed by the President is predicated
on the understanding that hereafter
both sides will 'ibe good"
President Harding himself has
described the program as one OF
compromise. II Is known, however,
that the railway strike leaders are
highly pleased with the terms as
outlined. They make concessions In
the matter Of wages, but by exacting
q program which calls for future
observance by the railroads of the
letter ana law of the Labor Board q
decisions, such as In the farming out
of contract repair work. they feel
they have won a notable victory.
The one big question today was
the attitude the 148 executives will
take when they meet in New York
on Tuesday to reply to President
Harding's proposals and to formu
late a policy.
So far as labor is concerned. the
program is acceptable, but that II
will not have smooth sainne
through the meeting OF the la
executives in New York on Tues
nay was readily admitted today by
Administration spokesmen.
Fight Is Foreseen.
The "die-hard" element among
the executives, particularly those
who have stood out most strongly
against yielding on the troublesome
seniority issue like w. w. After
bury, Of the Pennsylvania; l.. #
Loree, of the Delaware and Hud
son, and representatives of the New
York Central and Erie lines, are
expected to wage a hot fight against
acceptance Of any proposition In
yolving a recession from their pre-
viously announced stand.
The Association Of Executives
however. usually acts as a unit
and it is expected the die hards' y
will be in the minority at Tuesdays
meeting.
The big eastern roads, generally
speaking, were not seriously Grip
pied by the shopmen's strike, bu;
the midwest and western lines were
hard hit. Some Of these latter
roads have been brought to the
verge Of. suspended operations by
the strike. and they are expected
20 offset the arguments Of the east