Third. The authorization of the appointment by the President of a small body of men to observe the actual results in experience of adoption of the eight-hour day in railway transportation alike for the men and for the railroads, its effects in the matter of operating costs, in the application of the existing practices and agreements to the new conditions, and in all other practical aspects, with the provision that the investigators shall report their conclusions to the Congress at the earliest possible date; in order that the public may learn from an unbiased source, in what actual developments have ensued.

Fifth. Explicit approval by the Congress of the consideration by the Interstate Commerce Commission of an increase of freight rates to meet such additional expenditures by the railroads as may have been rendered necessary by the adopting of the eight-hour day, and which have not been offset by administration offsets and economics should the facts disclosed justify the increase.

Fifth. An amendment of the existing Federal statute which provides for the mediation, conciliation, and arbitration of such controversies as the present by adding to it a provision that, in case the methods of accommodation now provided for should fail, a full public investigation of the merits of every such dispute shall be instituted and completed before a strike or lockout may lawfully be attempted. 