STRIKES IN AMERICA.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1922, Page 5

STRIKES IN AMERICA.

APPEAL FOR AGREEMENT. BIG LOSSES INVOLVED. CALL TO WORKERS. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Received Aug. 22, 10.10 p.m. Washington, August 21. Senator Borah has telegraphed to the railway executives and strike leaders urging both sides to hasten a settlement and avoid losses in perishable crops. He pointed out that there was pending a car shortage to move fruit and vegetables in the growing districts of the west, which will suffer considerable losses unless these are moved to the eastern markets.

In the House of Representatives, Mr. | Winslow, after a conference with President Harding, introduced a Bill to create a fact-finding coal commission of nine members. According to the Presidential recommendations, no Congreas- ! men interested in coal is allowed to ■ serve on the commission. The tenure of • office will be one year, and the expendi- | ture is limited half a million dollars, jlt will investigate the ownership of the mines, prices of coal, wages, wage conj tracts, profits of mine operators and I coal distributors The commission will report and make recommendations by ' the new year Mr. Samuel Gompers (president of the Federation of Labor) has appealed to organised labor urging the fullest moral and financial support to the striking railway shopmen, and stating that the resistance of the railways has been strengthened by a powerful force see - ing to crush trade unions, and that the future of organised labor depends on the i outcome of the strike. The strikers are endeavoring to secure a living wage for the maintenance of the American high standard of living, reasonable working conditions, and the right of organisation.