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Show INDUSTRIAL STRIKE IS .HP Packers and Workers Make Concessions in Dispute; President Lauds Settlement WASHINGTON. March 24. Representatives of the packing industry and i employes, em-ployes, who reached an agreement agree-ment here yesterday to avert a threatened atrlke. were eongratu- luted today by President Harding on J , tha amicable aettlrment of tha first big labor problem faced by tha new administration. Tha packera and employee commit com-mit tea were arcomtmnled to the White House by Hccretarles Havla. WalUce and Hoover, who acted with i them In Ilia negutlaiinna and by Kimurl ftompera. president of the ' American "federation of Uabor. The preaidrnt th.mked tha entire delega-lion delega-lion for Ihrlr work, declaring they hnd rendered a great public service by coming to an agreement. EXPRESS APPRECIATION. Mr. Oompers declared himself much picked with the settlement snd with the statement of congratulations made by the preeldent. Addrein4 the joint committee. I'realdent liar-dim liar-dim ssid: "t hsve asked you In solely for mv own satisfaction, t have learned that you have found a way to avoli A a'.ippenslon of acttvlllra In tha packing pack-ing Industry snd I wsnled. In 'he presence of tha cabinet repreaent-i-tlvra who have joined you In this matter to eiprras tha appreciation of tha executive. AROUND THE TABLE. "I want to aay In regard tn the controversy that thla administration bus nearest to Its hesrt at all times any rlKhteoua help that It rnn aive In r.volding a auspenslon of Indue-triul Indue-triul activltlea In thla country. I h ive aald publicly and 1 want to S4y It to you. If we can bring our civilisation civili-sation to a point where we can meet around the table In advance and ad-Juat ad-Juat our differences righteously, we (Continued on page II.) ' INDUSTRIAL STRIKE (Continued from pag 1 1 hive mad a long tp toward tranquility. tran-quility. "I'leaa know, thna of you whn peak for labor and Ihoaa of you ! who apeak for management, that thai admlnlatratlon doea not want lo In- ! trude unduly on any occaaion. but wa always want to b helpful In th raua of Juatlca and tha barmorli-1 Ing of theaa two element of Amr- I cm n activity. fleaae go away an-aured an-aured of th appreciation of the rie-1 rutiva that you bava brought aboiifj a solution nf the mntroveray In tha' great packing Induairy. I am gra'e. fill lo ynu for myaelf and I know the American people will b pleaacd." BOTH CONCEDE. Compromite by both the packer and their employe made po.ait.le a etilcmcrit of th dlaput. Hepreaan tativea of lha 'employ agreed to accept ac-cept th wag reduction of I centa an hour and 12 Vk per cent for piece work, while the packera meet the deinnnd of the wnrkera for eatrnaion of tn wartime war-time arbitration fnr gig months, or until next September la. Tha othrr major provlalon of the agreement waa the retention of th baalc eight-hour day and overtime rntea aa provided In a previous srbitraiion ruling! NOT ALL OVER. Although h announced th employe, would b urged tn scrept th agreement agree-ment at ma meeting to be. held In Chicago and other rrntera nest Hun-day, Hun-day, Redmond H. Urennan. on of their repreaentallv at th conference, declared de-clared In a atatrment that th agreement agree-ment waa but a "tnica for u to prepare pre-pare fur war" and added If at the -plrallon of tha arbitration period the packera "maintain the altitude they hav shown In th pat" there would be a "aerlou Industrial strike. Hrpreeentallvea of tb packers de-rlsred de-rlsred after algnlng the agreement that Ita provlalon fixing a definite date for termination of the wartime arbitration agreement would "enable the packera to complete the plana already an I nounced to adjuat lietween themselves and their employes all matters of mutual mu-tual Interest." I |