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Within two hours after his arrival, he persuaded both sides to appoint three members to an arbitration board which he headed with the right to vote. Each faction agreed to abide by the board's findings. The board retired to the Hotel Sheraton. Four hours later it emerged with its decision—$2.10. The strike was over.
"Let's get closer together." exclaimed Governor Gardner as he was being photographed with the erstwhile strike leaders.
Seagirt. On the parade ground before the Little White House at Seagirt, summer home of New Jersey's Governor, appeared 200 guardsmen masquerading in blue dungarees as riotous strikers. To quell their mock disturbance a platoon of State infantry in gas masks marched against them, hurled tear bombs for practice. A soft breeze blew the white fumes back into the Little White House. Governor & Mrs. Arthur Harry Moore wept.