PRESIDENT HARDING SEES HIS LATEST RAIL STRIKE PROPOSAL AS 'FINAL COMPROMISE'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On August 14, 1922, David Lawrence reports in The Evening Star that President Warren G. Harding "considers the reply of railroad executives to his latest peace proposal (in the rail strike) to be eminently satisfactory."
According to Lawrence, the President sees his proposal as a "final compromise," and that the railroad companies will agree to rehire strikers and whenever possible allow them to resume the positions they held before the strike.
David Lawrence points out, however, that neither the railroad executives or the strikers believe the President has the power to force an "end to the controversy."
SOURCE
"President Will Not Recede From Firm Rail Strike Stand," by David Lawrence, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 14, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
