Strike Washington, Nov. 1
The possibilities of a railway strike diminished today as presidents of 139 class 1 railroads were summoned to attend a special meeting at Chicago on Friday.
It was unofficially indicated that the railroads would abandon their proposed wage cut fight to enable them to begin work immediately on a joint management and labour rehabilitation programme which the Administration would support in the next session of the Congress.
Railroad officials said that the factors indicating that there would be a cancellation of the pay cut were ihe adverse report of the Roosevelt Fact Finding Board, the threat of a strike by the railway brotherhoods and President Roosevelt's offer to support constructive railway legisla-live proposals—United Press.
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