The president is the chief executive of a great country, at the time of great difficulty and expense in that country's international relations with so many and so great duties, that cannot be neglected, he would have no time to master the details of the railroad situation and do justice between the parties in conflict. Nevertheless, he will do all he can to bring peace from threatened war. The attitude of the railroad brotherhoods not been conciliatory. They have declined mediation and arbitration in any form. They have declined to arbitrate, according to the statement of the United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation, "even if the contingent demands of the railroads were withdrawn, and also declined to suggest any other method for a peaceful settlement; for the controversy."

The President is dealing with all human material, for the railroad, they offered in concessions, constituting the only alternative in arbitration or to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission. They have offered to arbitrate, however, and thus made their position with the President in the matter of arbitration or to the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission.  That of the bin, cs. He published not going to admit that an issue of this magnitude, for instance, in the public concern. 