PRESIDENT'S PEACE PLAN FOR RAIL STRIKE OPPOSED BY RAILROAD EXECUTIVE
Denver, Colorado (JFK+50) On July 31, 1922, the Evening Star reports that Joseph H. Young, president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, expressed the previous evening "entire disapproval of President (Warren G.) Harding's railroad peace plan giving back seniority to striking shopmen."
Mr. Young said...
"I cannot conceive of such a plan being accepted."
David Lawrence also reported President Harding's intention to settle the railroad strike first and then "the coal problem."
*Joseph H. Young (1864-1958) was born in Salt Lake City, Utah & served as president of a variety of railroads including the Norfolk Southern Railroad, 1914-1918.
SOURCES
"Against Harding Plan," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 31, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"President Aims To End Railroad Strike First," by David Lawrence, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 31, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
