Mr. Roosevelt and the Cotton Strike President Roosevelt's intervention in
the United States textile strike on the second day of the actual stop- page page (for Monday was a holiday over most of the Union) is, no doubt, secretly welcomed by both sides, by the masters because the strike on its second day looked more serious than on its first, and by the men because of the sympathy the President has always shown towards the workers' demands in the matter of wages and hours and— the vital question—the recognition of the unions. But the instruction to the new committee of enquiry to report not later than. November 1st suggests a strange and unusual dilatoriness about the procedure—unless the hope is that the mere appointment of the committee will lead to a provisional resumption of work in the meantime. The ruling of the National Labour Relations Board in another dispute that in collective bargaining employers must deal only with representatives chosen by a majority of the employees is a point in the men's favour, but the ruling may be upset by the Courts, and the announcement that there will be no Federal Relief for strikers dashes the hopes of some of their leaders.
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