Evening star., 1945-11-20
Capital Transit
Accepts Plan 10
Settle Dispute
Proposed Agreement
To Be Placed Before
Union at Midnight
D. c. PHONE OPERATORS watch
Midwest strike; no indication of
walkout here. Page Az.

mldWcot StIIkt, no l1QlCdLlOQ OF
walkout here. Page Az.
A proposed settlement of the
wage dispute which recently re-
suited in a 36-hour tieup of mass
transportation here has beer
accepted by the Capital Transi,
Co. and will be presented to a
meeting of the transit workers
union at Turner's Arena at mid
night tonight.
Details of the proposed agreement
which was presented by the Labor
Department Cancellation Service.
were not disclosed.
Announcement of this develop
ment was made by M. J. O'Connell,
chairman of the Cancellation panel,
at the end of meeting of repre-
sentatives of the union, the company
and the panel at the Wardman Park
Hotel shortly after noon.
Service to Continue.
During tonights's meeting of union
leaders, normal service will continue
on all streetcar and bus lines, all
parties concerned have assured.
While Mr. O'Connell announced
that the terms of the proposal were
acceptable" to the company, he
simply added that the plan would
be presented" by the union repre-
sentatives to the mass meeting to-
night.
The union has invited the three
Federal concilators to be present,
and Mr.. OConnell said they would
attend.
Tonight's meeting will be held "a
hours in advance of the end of the
truce agreed to by the company
and the operators when the men
went back to work two weeks ago.
An offer by the District Commits
sioners to assist in the negotiations
was received last night, Mr.. O'Con-
nell said, and the Commissioners
have been advised of the develop
ment this afternoon. Apparently
the Commissioners will not be
asked to participate in the present
stage of the controversy.
Harmonious Meeting.
In his formal statement, which
was the ony official announcement
to the. press, Mr.. O'Connen said the
meetings between representatives of
the union, the company and the La
Dor Departments conciliation panel
had proceeded harmoniously."
Every one concerned has made
every effort to work out the best
solution" he said, "and we feel that
the public should know that each
group has approached the problem
with a sincere effort to get the best
result.
The panel suggested a settlement
OF the issue involved which was &C
ceptable to the company and will be
presented by the union representa-
tives at the meeting tonight at Tur-
ner's Arena.
During the series of meetings at
the Wardman Park Hotel, the COM
pany representatives fully and
frankly presented available sta
tistical and financial data con-
corning the company's operations.
earnings of the men and wage
rates paid by other companies.
These figures were current and for
recent past years.
Future Problems Explored.
Conditions faced by the COM
pany in the coming year were ex-
plored. The union representatives
and conciliation panel necessarily
had to spend a good part of their
time digesting and analyzing the
figures in order that an intelligent
background could be built upon
which to continue discussions.
Because of the public RESPONSE
bility resting on those participating
IN the discussion, the pros and cons
of the conference table were held in
confidence. The union representa-
tiyes, as we'll as the company's repre-
sentatives, have not made any state
ment public as to the details of the
discussions.
The union representatives, par
ticularly, are charged with the re-
sponsibility of reporting back to the
entire membership at a meeting
scheduled for midnight tonight, and
obviously proper consideration for
the membership requires that no
public statement as to the final
recommendations be made before
that report"
Presiding at the mass meeting of
union operators tonight vii be w. F.
Simms, president of Local $50, Anal
gamated Association of Street, Elec-
trio and Motor Coach Employees of
(See TRANSIT, Page A-18.)