PRESIDENT'S NEW PROPOSAL TO SETTLE STRIKE TO BE ACCEPTED BY RAILROAD EXECS
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) In the evening of August 10, 1922, Carter Field of the New York Tribune reports that "optimism as to the settlement of both the coal and rail strikes is even higher in Administration circles...than it was just before the railroad executives rejected President (Warren G.) Harding's first proposal."
Cabinet officials, as well as Senators, indicate railroad executives are prepared to "accept the new proposal of the President."
JFK+50 NOTE
The railroad operators accepted President Harding's proposal, but the union refused to agree to arbitration. The strike was settled, but without government intervention.
SOURCE
"Harding Expects Peace As Unions and Roads Consider Plan To-day," by Carter Field, The New York Tribune, August 11, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
