Show STRIKE SITUATION BEFORE CONGRESS PS PRESIDENT ENT ADDRESSES JOINT SESSION E IN E TO PREVENT WALKOUT favors favor an am eight hour day for the M men in and the appointment of a body of wen man to observe the actual results W Ra hinton president wilson ad firs fir dressed s it a jt joint session of congress congre on august 29 in an effort to get lei gisla it tion the that would pres prevent t the threat sued railroad strike called tor for 7 a in september 4 in his address the president admit ted led he had bad tailed failed to bring about an amicable solution ot of the controversy president wilson consumed just twenty one a in in delivering his bis addres lie he recommended enlargement and ire reorganization ot of the interstate corn core merce am commission an eight at it hour day tor far all railroad d employ ees engaged in operating trains flows in interstate traffic A congressional e committee to study results ot at the application of the eight hour day to railroad operation alike tor far the ile men and it for the be I 1 roads co d an instruction from congress congre sg to the interstate commerce cam ran commission to consider just what increase in 11 freight rates rat a the railroads would be entitled to if any due to the eight hour bear day an amendment of the federal media tion conciliator conciliation and ad additional laws to provide for a full public Invest investing ig tion before a strike or lockout x may jr be lawfully attempted granting creating the president P power per er in case a of if military I 1 necessity to seize and operate such portions portio of the railway as may be required tor for military uses kocaj to raft draft into the tha military service such tram train crews cress and administrative ci aiala 1 as circumstances may require at his conference with leaders leaden ot of the b house bouse at the capitol capital tuesday night president ingison ft ilson was urged by his P party arty lie lieutenants t to lo abandon lined all but his first two prop propositions to congress and ad let the others go over until the next session sessio relic representatives kitcha and ads adam son appeared to think that if the president got one half of his program with within in afew a few casbe dais he would obtain very sail satisfactory 5 factory results with the enlargement of the commission and the establishment of if As an eight hour hall day house leaders believe the strike will te be averted the impression impre sion the president had concerning the ability and willingness of the senate to rush through his hia program astonished the democratic house leaders leaden who ind fol lowing losing the presidents address gave ave voice to their opinion that there would be weeks is ask of debate chain it in t n the senate if the whole program were a e a pushed although negotiations negotiation a between the employers and men were broken off of tuesday by the rejection reject of if the rail mill say w ay presidents all latest idlest proposal prop I 1 tor for arbitration r often president W alan ilson la 1 con 1 his efforts effort to bring the two sides together on some borne form of agree ment when the brotherhood leaders on tuesday rejected ri led the latest proposal to inthe the railroads railroad and n definitely d efi cutely set the strike for far labor dy day without further notice president wilson derided decided to re ray MY the whole situation before con can uses gres 1 m as after the president had de delivered 1 evered his recommendations recommendation I 1 con gross gress set about to lee eee how bow they might be enacted into law president derst wilson expressed his ear car expressed I 1 nest set hope that the be brotherhood brothe would yield to his bis request that but pend fired ing so action tion by I 1 congress a a they rescind res their strike order its he e asked the lead a it ers ere to do so at their confer conference con ferenc mon I 1 day night but they declined e eted saying a ode say they had bad not at the he t pa power e r pre president W ilson 0 takes the position that in view of his recommendation to con gress t the h a brotherhood brotherhoods brothe he have thag nothing to gain and much to lose it if they carry out their strike order because he be lie alieves as under such euch circum circumstances ats pub lic te opinion will tend aland against t was them |