Show SHOP MEN REJECT E EXECUTIVES EXECUTIVE'S PLAN r V PROPOSAL OF PRESIDENT CAST t ASIDE AND STRIKE VOTE ORDERED TAKEN J 1 Secret Balloting to at Once the V Officials to Abide by Decision I Having Declined d to Assume V V 1 Responsibility V VV VV ii J j i V r V Washington There There will be no Immediate Im mediate strike of railroad as asi V u i result of the administrations administration's announced an au- V policy to grant no general wage Increase while endeavoring to drive down the abnormal cost of liv- liv t r Jag Ing r. r This was determined on August 20 26 i y when the executive committee o of ot the railway department of the the- J I American Federation of Labor asked askell the railroad of ot the Country to decide for themselves whether whether ther titer they should strike for the tisa Increase Increase Increase In In- crease turned turnell down by the president and railroad administration or keep in Ia ina a 1 l general truce over wage disputes until normal living conditions can enn be V r restored stored The committee of representing the hue trades affected by the governments government's governments government's govern govern- ments ment's decision voted to reject the proposal made by the president and amI Director General Hines for an equalization equal equal- V of wages b but t Informed the government gov gov- V that they would not assume V V lull full responsibility for a strike under V the tise circumstances and had therefore V referred the issue to the affiliated unions V The The organizations are arc to take a vote b by ly secret bal ballot ot as soon as V possible and upon the decision of the majority the executive committee and V V committee of ot will vIII abide abille The issue thus presented to the railroad railroad railroad rail rail- V road I Is V To accept In lieu of a 25 23 per pel cent V increase In Ii wages which they demanded demand demand- ed ul I an equalization of of pa pay on the basis V of eight hours of W work v I rk for or ten hours' hours pay 18 which amounts to V an un increase of ot 4 cents an hour and thus to yield to the presidents president's request for cooperation in n general n truce over wages while the government JO Is waging wag its fight V against the high cost of ot living or to S strike to enforce ce acceptance e of the VV deJ demand for 83 cents an UIl hour |