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MEN MUST DECIDE WAGES QUESTION. Must First Return to Their Work. Letter I;rom President Wilson. *** 1 ' * - -H Pvaci^orif w ssmngxuiij I > * i^mvuv 1 Wilson tonight notified Director General Hines that he was authorized to take up the demands of railroad employees for higher wages and decide on their demands. The president said the letter sent him by Senator Cummins, chairman of the committee on interstate commerce, "had set me free to deal as I think best with the difficult question of the wages of 'certain classes of the railroad employees," but added: "The chief obstacle to a decision has been created - ? mi by the men tnemseives. iney uavc gone out on a strike and repudiated the authority of their officers at the 'Very moment when they were urging action in regard to their interests." The president's decision was announced tonight from the White House in the form of a letter sent by him to Mr. Hines. The president said that "until the employees return to work and again recognize the authority of their organizations the whole matter must be at a standstill." ) The president's letter follows: o-rrt inc+ in rvf fhp lpt.t.PT* X MIXi J UWV A** A vvvt|/v V?* V. -v-vv from Senator Albert B. Cummins, cjiairman of the senate committee on interstate commerce, which set me free to deal as I think best with the difficult .question of the wages of certain classes of railway employees; and I take advantage of the occasion to write you this letter, in order that I may, both in the public interest and .in the interests of the railroad emv ployees themselves make the present situation as clear and definite as pos * * sioie. ? Free to Act. "I thought it my duty to lay the question in its present pressing form before the committee of the senate, because I thought I should not act upon this matter within the brief interval of government control remaining, without their asquiescense and approval. Senator Cummins* letter, which speaks the unanimous judgment of the committee leaves me free and indeed imposes upon me the duty to act. "The question of the wages of railroad shopmen was submitted, you will remember, to the board of rail, road wages and working conditions of the railroad administration last February, but was not reported upon by the board until the 16th of July. The delay was unavoidable because the board was continuously engaged * in dealing with several wage matters affecting classes of employees who had not previously received considerT>?o hnnrH nnw havinc an prised us of this inability, at any ^ rate for the time being to agree upon recommendation it is clearly our duty to proceed with the matter in the hope of disposing of it. ^ "You are therefore authorized to say to the railroad shop employees rthat the question of wages they have * raised will be taken up and considered on its merits by the director general in conference with their duly accredited representatives. I hope that you will make it clear to the men concerned that the railroacj administration can not deal with problems of this sort or with any problems affecting the men except through the N duly chosen international officers or the regularly constituted organization and their authorized committees. Matters of so various a nature and affecting so many men can not be dealt with except in this way. Any action which brings the authority of of the authorized representatives of xne organization mtu qucauun uiocredits it, must interfere with, if not prevent, action altogether. The chief obstacle to a decision has been created by the men themselves. They have gone on strike and repudiated the authority of their officers at the ?Tcry moment when they were urging action in regard to various interests. Men Refuse to Wait. "You will remember that confer nce between yourself ana tne authorized representatives of the men 'x was -2fTanged at thf: instance of these representatives for July 28 to discuss the wage question and the question of a national agreement, but before this conference took place or could take place, local bodies of railway shopmen took action looking toward a strike on the first of August. As a result of this action, various strikes actually took place before there was an opportunity to ?cu .n a * satisfactory or conclusive way with respect to the wages. In the presence of these strikes and the repudi"Rat-Snap Beats the Best Trap Ever Made/' Mrs. Emily Shaw Says. " *?- 1 1 J ? Li OO A A 4-rnn T "jyiy nusoanu uuuguc * bought a 50c box of RAT-SNAP. The trap only caught 3 rats but EATSNAP killed 12 in a week. I'm never without RAT-SNAP. Reckon I couldn't raise chicks without it." RAT-SNAP comes in cakes. Three sizes, 25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed by Newberry Hardware ~ " Co., and Gilder & Weeks Oo. ! ation of the authority of the representatives of the organization con| cerned, there can be no consideration | of the matter in controversy. Until i the employees return to work and again recognize the authority of their organization, the whole matter must I be at a standstill. | "When federal control of the railj roads began, the railroad administration accepted existing agreements between the shopmen's organization and the several railroad companies and by agreement machinery was created for handling the grievances of the shopmen's organization of all the railways, whether they had heretofore had the benefits of definite ' mi j agreements or not. i nere can ot uu 1 question, therefore, of the readiness of the govenment to deal in a spirit j of fairness and by regular methods j with any matters the men may bring j to their attention. Concerned and j very careful consideration is being | given by the entire government to j the question of reducing the high J cost of living. I need hardly point j out how intimately and directly this , matter affects every individual in the 1 nation, and if transportation is in! terrupted, it will be impossible to ( solve it. This is a time when every - * -l 1J 1. _7_ ' employee ot trie railways snouia neip j to make the processes of transporta| tion more easy and economical rather ; than less, and employees who are on ! strikes are deliberately delaying a j i settlement of their wage problems and of their standard of living. They ! should promptly return to work and ; I hope that you will urge upon their ' representatives the immediate neces; sity for their doing so. . ' "Cordially and sincerely yours, | Woodrow Wilson." Hines Takes Action, i Director General Hines notified ! the unions immediately that the railj road administration was ready to j take up the question "as soon as the i employees returned to work," in a j letter to B. M. Jewell, acting president of the railwiay employees de: partment of the American Federation j of Labor. Mr. Hines said: "I enclose a letter which I have 1 just received from the president re; lative to the wage matter. It is ob| vious that it is of the highest import! ance not only in the interest of the j public but in the interest of the emi ployees themselves that they shall im! mediately return to work. The situj ation having been clarified by the i definte indication that congress does 4 1 ? -I* ^ ^ 4-An in fKn HTOIYl nut WISH tu uiac attiun ill vuv ! isses, the railroad administration t ' stands ready to take up the wage question on its merits with the duly j accredited interna, ional officers and ' their authorized committee as soon I , as the employees return to work." ? | The effect' of the presidents' dej cision it was believed, would be to put a sudden end to sporadic strikes j throughout the country, denounced ! as illegal by union officials but in; volving perhaps 80,000 men and to t some extent normal traffic. It was | taken for granted also that the menace of a general strike to compel i higher wages to meet increased living 1 posts like-wise was removed bv the ! president's action. If Director Gen. eral Hines orders an increase in j wages since the railroad administra| tion now is operating at a loss either j an advance in rates or a congressional appropriation will be necessary to i provide the money. The 14 principal | railroad unions in a joint communi| cation to the director general have ' suggested the latter. Preceding the making public of 1 - * 1 _ ^ 1 the president's letter Dy oniy a iew hours was an announcement by J. J. Forrester, president of the Brotherj hood of Clerks, Freight, Express an l | Steamship employees, that the 450,000 men of the union would begin balloting tomorrow as to whether they should strike immediately or ; await further government action. Wage demands were submitted by jthe 500,000 shopmen last February, , but other pressing matters before the board of wages and working conditinrt<! nffppfinp1 emnlovees who had not previously received consideration I delayed a decision until July l'?, and i then the board divided, three holding that the increases should rot be . granted and three holding that addli tional pay was justified. The amount j asked was 25 per cent. Conferences ; between the shopmen's officers and | the director general wer^ arranged, , but even before they could be held, | men began to go on strike, which led ! the nresident to devote a consider | able portion of his letter to condemnj ing their hasty action which violated all agreements. Other unions also put in demand o for more pay, with the exceptic I the engineers, who said they pr* * 1 ' red a reduction in cost of living. In the face of a growing deficit, I Uinne V> o c? nn tn TkQV mrtTP | IU1 liuico iiao iiv iuuuu w ~_ | wages. The senate had passed the j bill restoring the right of the interstate commerce commission to review rates initiated by the director general and as it was receiving favi orable consideration in the house, he i : suggested to the president that con' gress should create a commission to order any wage and rate increases.j The suggestion was transmitted to . the two interstate commerce commit-! tees, which it was thought, transfer-. red the wage problem to the floor of j congress until Senator Cummins' re- i ply today gave it back to the chief ex- : ecutive. There was no indication tonight as j to how Mr. Kines would proceed to J the settlement of the wage demands. ' a "TnrYCk nvoviAllI! j All View Vi blig vvui u w |/&vf ?vv?w . consideration of the question it was i believed that a new tribunal would be constituted for the purpose, with equal representation for labor, the ( railroads and the public. Atlanta, Aug. 7.?Announcement was made following a meeting here tonight of the executive council of i - i union railway shopmen that the work- j ers now on strike here and through-; out the Southeast would be advised i by the council to "disregard news i from Washington" and remain on j strike until demands for increased j wages were granted. "No matter what steps are taken ; or what the tabulations of the strike j vote show, we will continue the strike 1 in Atlanta until our demands are met and advise members of all locals on : strike throughout the Southeast to follow the same course/' was the gist of the announcement. It was stated approximately 2,500 shopmen were on strike in Atlanta alone. A resolution embodying a state- ; ment of the seriousness of the situa-; tion resulting from the shopmen's j 4-v.;!-/-> norrwinrr an nnnf-nl to flip OllIlVC C1UU \.UI i JT J11J, Mil V. people and authorities to restore con ditions at once to normal was unan-. imously adopted at a meeting tonight of directors of the Atlanta Cham-! ber of Commerce. The resolution I was telegraphed to President Wilson i and members of the Georgia congressional delegation. | MARCH EXPLAINS MILITARY POLICY. ^ j Secretary Baker, General Pershing and Other Experts Will Give Testimony Later. ! Washington, Aug. 7.?The permament military policy recommended by the war department, involving, under j revised estimates, a standing peace j army of 76,000 and universal military training for youths of 19 years of age, would cost the country $900,000,000 annually, Gen. Peyton C.' March, chief of staff, today told the j senate military subcommittee consid-! ering army legislation. General March, who appeared as i the first witness in behalf of the de- j partment's bill, was unable to con-! elude his statements today and will' appear again tomorrow, secreiary j Baker will present his views to the committee next week and General; Pershing and other experts later. Of the $900,000,000 which the pro-''j gram would cost, General March: said $798,660,000 would be required for the upkeep of the proposed stand-; ing army three months intensive training for 19 year old youths would ; cost $94,066,500 annually. He es-1 timated the per capita cost for this training at $144.75. j Thinks Time Ripe. The chief of staff asserted that the i present time was more appropriate ; for inauguration of a system of mil- j itary training inasmuch as military; camps were in readiness over the j country and also the necessary equip-! ment. He said that when universal j military training first was consider- j ed by a committee of the general j staff, nine months' training was recommended but this later was reduced to seven. Iti the belief that a form of training should be adopted that would create the least disturbance of the body politically, the training period, upon his recommendations, he said, was reduced finally to three months. i In response to questions by various senators, General March said that youths subject to military training under the bill would not be sub- i ject to service in case of a declara-! tion of war without further legisia-! tion by congress. He also said that it was proposed to provide three distinct training periods of three months each in order not to disturb industrial and educational conditions any more than necessary. Plans for Regulars. The war denartment bill. General March said, contemplated 21 divisions of regulars. Three of these divisions, or about 18,000 men would be stationed in outlying possessions while 18 divisions or about 372,000 ^ould be used in camps throughout he country for the purpose of traini] g men under the universal military < rvice plan. Spnntnr Johnston. Reoublican. Cal ifornia, and several of the other senators were inclined to doubt the necessity of establishing a permanent peace army of 576,000, the former asking the reason for providing for that many men. "If we want to go back to the defense that existed when the war j started, there is no need for it," re- j plied General March. "But if you ' want to establish a training overhead ! around which you can build a larger i army in case of emergency, it is necessary." "Does universal peace bring with it, the necessity for universal training?"! asked Senator Johnson, General March smiled but did not answer. Had some system of universal training been in effect when tne United States entered the war. Gen- j eral March told the committee, "bil-j lions of dollars'" would have been j saved. In urging passage of the bill, j the head of the general staff said that it had been formulated from ex- j perience resulting from the war and i said it was necessary for this country to adopt some kind of a military policy that would not "find us so un-; prepared as we were when we went into this war." RELIEF SUPPLIES i STOPPED BY HOOVER: I j Can Not Let Food Reach Hungary While Roumanians Deprive reo- i pie of Foodstuffs. j i I Paris, Aug. 7.?Herbert Hoover,! head of the interallied relief commission, has stopped ail relief supplies on their way to Budapest, taking the position that he would be unwarranted in iettine supplies reach Hungary while the Rumanians are now depriv- | ing the people of foodstuffs. Members of the American peace delegation said this evening that there are no American troops now in Budapest, and that none will be sent there. It was added that the only; Americans in the Hungarian capital j are officers and possibly a few sol-' diers engaged in relief work. r mtzm John E. Chandler, of Dighton,. Mass., who is 75 years old, has made an express wagon, including the wheels and every bit of woodwork, without help excepting that George H. Brown, of Westville, blacksmith, did all the iron work. In making the wagon Mr. Chandler used nearly every kind of wood. Trade union organization is re-. ported to have been greatly advanced j among French women during the pe- j riod of the war. ????] VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE. At $25.00 per acre. To settle an estate, 400 acres in Newberry county, within one and one-half miles of Blairs, on Southern j railway, lying on Broad and Enoree j rivers. One hundred acres in extra good timber; 50 in pasture; 80 in j cultivation. Sand loam with clay; subsoil. Fourteen miles from Poma- j ria; 16 miles from Newberry. Six-! ? A J- X. T room dwelling nouse; 6 tenant nouses 3 barns; other out-buildings. One-! half cash, balance on terms. Come j and see?better than writing. f ; Thomas P. Adams, Executor, j Blairs, S. C. Eugene S. Blease, Attorney, j 8-l-4t. ' Newberry, S. C. j ; ! NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT We will make a final settlement of i the estate of J. B. Shealy in the I Probate Court for Newberry County, < s C. nn WpHrpsHav. the 3rd dav of , September, 1919, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and will immediately there- j after ask for our discharge rs Ad- j ministrators of said estate. j B. F. Shealy, J. A. Shealy, Jr. j Newberry, S. C., August 5, 1919. j : j SPECIAL ELECTION NEW HOPE j SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25. I STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ! County of Newberry. Whereas, one-third of the resident ; free-holders and a like proportion of the resident electors of the age of' twenty-one in the New Hope school \ district No. 25, the county of New- j berry, State of South Carolina, havej filed a petition -with the county board ; of education of Newberry county, j South Carolina, petitioning and re- j questing that an election be held in j the said school district on the ques-! tion of levying a special tax of four (4) mills on the taxable property within the said school district. Now, therefore, we the undersign-. ed, composing the county board of 1 /lAimfir Q eaucauon iux newucuj cvlhh-j, . of South Carolina, do hereby order f the board of trustees of the New; Hope school district No. 25 to hold ! an election on the said question of j levying a special tax of four (4) j mills to be collected on the property located within the said school dis-1 trict, which said election shall be held j at the New Hope school house, in the j said school district No. 25, on Wed- j nesday, the 20th day of August, i 1919, at which said election the polls shall be opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 4 p. m. The members of the board of trustees of the said school district shall act as managers of the said election. 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