The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-03
TEXT OF MESSAGE
 ACCEPTING PEACE
 PLAN OF HARDING
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 "we understand the language .aIl employees now on strilSe' to include all employees who hold seniority rights under the rules agreed unon between the carriers and the organ izntiOn of empIOyes or ms promul- gated by the United States railroad labor board.
 "It should be understood that fin acting fayOrnbly upon these pro- posals for settlement of the pendiur controversies, the representatives of the organized employees feel tbat they are making concessions and sahctiOning sacrifices on the part of the employees which entitIe them , to the highest consideration and to recognition of them as Iaw-abidine American citizens, who are ready and willing to do all in their power. even beyond that which is strictly reasonable, in order to promote inc dustrial peace and to further the uninterrupted flow of the commerce of the nation.
 NO SACRIFICE ON
 
 "wo see little evidence of sacrf- flee required on the part of the Iolnngement to whom like proposals have been submitted. They will suf- fer no loss In abandoning n host of futile law suits, complaining of wrongs which have never been conn mitted. It Is understood that the labor board must confirm its pre- viousiy announced position and that the railways must abandon the con demned practice of contracting out work and shops and restore the em- ployes to their former status. It should be noted that this practice is not only n violation of the trans portation net and of the decisions of the board, but, as shown by many decisions of the courts, is a viola ton of the charter obligations of the railroads nnd would have been unlawful without the passage of the transportation net or any action by the labor board.
 "We understand that an effort will be made to insure the setting up of a board of adjustment, but inasmuch as such board can func- ton effectively only with the full cooperation of both homogeneous and employees, we can look merely with hope, and not with certainty for the establishment of this essen- tial part of the machinery to de- eide disputes between the carriers and their empIoyes' In the mean time, upon ndvice from you of the expressed acceptance of your terms, we will take the responsibility of directing the employees to return to work, and upon the confidence that by action of the labor board upon rehearing of the recent controverted decisions q delayed justice will be rendered to the employees fin the mat ter of wages and working condi- tions.
 THINK EXECUTIVES MUST
 ACCEPT PROPOSAL
 eve should certainly assume that the railway executives In their own obvious interest eventually will ac- cept the proposal made. unless their counsels nre dominated sufficiently by anti-labor forces to resist even the pressure of public opinion exert ed through your high office and to carry on to the bitter end n policy of attempting to destroy the self pEOtCCllHks of organized labor. We can hardly believe tbat such . counsel of folly will finally prevail within the rail- road managements. It therefore ap- pears that upon tho organizations of railway executives and employees rests the immediate responsibility of serving the public interests in bringing about n resumption Of ef- ffcient operation of the railroads. Under pressure of this responsible ity, we have voted by the requisite majority to accept the terms of agreement which .ou have to us. We accept. reIuc- tantly, it is true. but commit our selves to carry out the terms of set tlement in utmost good faith. and in nid of the general welfare. If these fail to bring about the re- suits whichs you desire, the respou- sfbflity of failure will not rest upon the representatives of the organized