THE STRIKE CRISIS IN AMERICA
A NATIONAL EMERGENCY ' PRESIDENT'S REQUEST TO CONGRESS Australian-New Zealand .Oablo Association. Washington, August 29. V lfcis understood that President Wil- : ton'is considering asking Congressional ..authority to draft in on for ■ military operation of the railways in the event of a. strike. ; _ New York, August 29.. < The President appeared at a joint . • /'•Bession of Congress to-day, and urged .the passing of legislation for an oight- . hour day for railway employees, the authorisation or an Inter-State .Commerce Commission to permit railways to raise rates to _pay increased • ? a £ e . s > an d the authorisation of the President to, operate the railways as a : 'f military measure in the event of a • "strike. 1
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2864, 31 August 1916, Page 6
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116THE STRIKE CRISIS IN AMERICA Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2864, 31 August 1916, Page 6
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