Evening star., 1922-09-14

RAIL STRIKE turn
. WELCOMED HERE
Administration Officials De-
! lighted by Reaching of
Settlement.
NEW PROSPERITY SEEN
President Especially Pleased by
NEW PROSPERITY SEEN
President Especially Pleased by
News-Secretary Davis Predicts
Nationwide Boom.

Administration officials received
with qualification yesterday the
agreement between a number of rail-
roads and the shop crafts unions on
basis for ending the strike of ma
chiuists and associated workers, ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Bearing in mind the example of the
bituminous coal strike. settlement OF
which was inaugurated by a similar
separate settlement between miners
and an influential minority of the
operators. government officials gen.
orally interpreted the authorization
of B NJ. Jewell. strike leader. to pro-
ceed with negotiations on basis
already accepted by a number of rail-
roads, as the beginning of the end of
the entire transportation strike.
Several cabinet members and eco
nomic experts of the government
took occasion to point out that resto-
ration of peace between railroads and
employees would mean the removal
of the last obstacle which has pre-
vented the coming Of period ,se, OF ma
tional prosperity. President Harding
Is known to have been convinced OF
this by reports laid before him and
is said to have stressed the expected
beneficial effect of strike settle
ment in the conference looking 10
that end.
Davis Gets First Word.
In a formal statement issued as soon
as he was advised of the action OF the
unions policy committee, Secretary
Davis congratulated American industry
on having overcome the last obstacle in
the way of the greatest economic re-
vival the nation has ever known. Sec
retary Davis was the first among gov
ernment officials to receive news OF the
"break" at Chicago and he personally
conveyed his information to President
Harding. The President is said to have
been outspoken in expressing his graft
fcation.
The formal statement issued by Sec
retary Davis said:
American industry has overcome the
last obstacle in the way of the greatest
economic revival the nation has ever
known. With the settlement of the
strike of 100000 railway shop crafts
men assured the whole industrial
machinery of the country is ready for
q forward movement unprecedented in
our economic history.
The disturbances in th= btunlinous
and anthracite coal mining industries
are in the past. and the 600,000 coal
miners OF the country are BACK at Work.
Our representatives. in New England
have advised me today that in the tex
tile workers strike their settlements
are rapidly enabling the mills to resume
operations
Sees New Business Era.
These three great industrial disputes
have been the only hindrances to the
nation in its rapid recovery from the
Industrial depressions which we faced
year ago. With them out of the way
progress toward prosperity will be
swift and sure.
To-day there are fewer strikes in
America than there have been In
years. The commissioners of conciia-
tion of the Department of Labor are
using their good offices in only thirty
four pending industrial disputes in
volving some 10000 men. OF these
cases strikes have been withheld in
fourteen pending our mediatory efforts.
1.-THE American workman faces a
period of plentiful employment. We
have put back to work the millions of
idle employees who were seeking Jobs
d year ago. We have succeeded in
avoiding drastic reduction in the high
wages which obtained before the period
OF depression and we have kept the