Show COMPROMISE ON WAGES REFUSED Railroad Presidents Turn TurnDown TurnDown Down Proposed 6 61 2 2 1 Per Cent Slash B Br Associated Press CHICAGO Jan 29 A 29 A compromise compromise compro compro- mise proposal that railway labor take a 6 61 2 12 per cent cut in wages for a year was refused by the railway presidents today The presidents likewise turned down a suggestion advanced by bj the brotherhood of railroad trainmen that the railroads refrain from any attempt empt to trim wages for a year after after after af af- ter the month 12 deduction Four propositions were offered the railroad presidents' presidents committee of nine by the 20 brotherhoods and unions unIons unionS un un- un- un ions whose aid the carriers had asked In a demand for a 10 per cent wage deduction to relieve the straitened financial status of the lines Each was rejected In Iii a half halt hours hour's session with the labor chairmen the presidents said they could not accept their propositions and the delegat delegation on Withdrew to resume its tons ns i The third proffer of oC labor called for lor a 6 61 2 12 per cent deduction from pay ay checks for a year then an addi- addi onal deduction of 3 31 2 12 per cent v would be repaid to the em em- or their heirs each month dur dur- lag ing the following year The basic rates were to remain the same The fourth alternative was the deduction deduction de de- de- de of 6 2 61 2 1 per cent from the pay envelope for 12 months with no limit f t to its use by the l lines nes The railroads then might deduct an additional 3 2 1 per percent cent the resulting funds to be beI 1 I allocated between the brotherhoods and tand and the railroads to provide nt relief relic either cither by hiring more Then or by direct relief to furloughed |