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Show I) Announces End i Railroad Strike unnoticed in an election year. Johnson said the agreement showed American business and labor operating at its best and at the highest level of public responsibility. "This is the face of American democracy that we can show the world," he said, "that free enterprise, free collective bargaining bar-gaining really works and that the needs and the demands of the people's interest are understood under-stood and come first." Announcement of the settlement settle-ment followed days of tense negotiations. ending the SUrailstnke pi Friday- SAID in a state-& state-& L for nationwide piston broadcast rfth, agreement are S account of the ? to necessary for 'survive and prosper, '5 FYIAKE account also of needs and human 'Sm which are affected iiogical progress." dement was reached in ',,,' Room of the White ; jv,s quarters at 5:30 "EST. White House officials jjjiM went on the air j his announcement at iiipjn. 3 is a good day for our r,'." the President said. The rat, as he pointed out, j i, years of conflict and ( -mi between the nation's nls and five of the operat- son did not attempt to ail details of the settle- rt !;le hailed the agreement ittry for collective bar-:.:; bar-:.:; and industrial democ-r IT MOST of all, the Pres-aid, Pres-aid, "this agreement pre-'-t hope for all time "ling and disastrous strike :i railroad industry. This 'a. had it occurred, would 5 million workers off ;obs would have de-v de-v our gross national pro-:1?13 pro-:1?13 per cent, four times TfA decline in any post-' post-' Kession and would have '''rise in prices through-nation." through-nation." j' "II this is avoided, the said, and a robust :,-y can continue moving "'Mm. It was a great per-Irtttory per-Irtttory that will not go |