JFK'S PLAN OF ARBITRATION REJECTED BY RAIL UNION, STRIKE 'ALMOST INEVITABLE'
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On July 10, 1963, "railroad union leaders rejected President (John F.) Kennedy's proposal to prevent a Nation-wide strike at midnight tonight."
Although the union rejection of the President's plan makes a strike "almost inevitable" according to The Evening Star, a postponement remains possible.
Management accepted the proposal for arbitration submitted by Chief Justice Arthur J. Goldberg*, but the union rejection "killed the plan."
*Arthur Joseph Goldberg (1908-1990) was born in Chicago, Illinois & graduated Northwestern University School of Law 1930. AJG became a prominent labor attorney & served in the OSS in WWII, Sec of Labor 1961-62, Associate Justice USSC 1965-1968, UN Ambassador 1965-68.
SOURCE
"Rail Unions Reject Kennedy Plan," by Lee M. Cohn, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., July 10, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
