Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-07-26
MsADOO URGES
R. R. MEMS AID
Back u. S. to Limit and Plant
Kaiser Face Down" He
Pleads of Workers.

c. H. Markham, regional director OF
the railroads in the Allegheny region
today received by telegraph the text
of an appeal to the railroad shopmen
of the United States, made hy Dfrec-
tor General McAdoo in n brief address
at Hfllyard, Washington.
In his remarks, the Director Gen
eral promises the announcement of a
decision soon regarding further ad-
justment OF the wages OF railroad ma
chinisfs and shop workers. Conceding
hat peculiar conditions affect the pay
of these classes OF railroad employees
Mr.. McAdoo states 1t Is for that reason
that he appointed h new BOARD 81
railway wages and working conditions
whose report has now been placed IN
his hands.
Pending final action on h a report
the director general asks every ma
chinist and shopman, as q loyal Amer
lean, to stick to hts Job, back Uncle
Sam to the limit" and do his art in
helping 10 plant the Kaiser face
downward"
He urges all the men. when the de-
ctsion Is announced. to accept 1t nike
true patriots. putting country above
self or selfish interests like our brav
soldiers are doing in France
Ry order OF the director general,
couIes Of his remarks will be wired
Ia an divisions of the railroads In the
Allegheny region for immediate post
ing on shop and round-house bulletin
boards, and for general distribution
to the employees in the
crafts.
The full text of Mr.. McAdoo's re-
marks follows:
Ladies' and gentlemen, fellow rail-
road workers: I wish j could make a
speech to you but / oyerstrained my
voice in three Liberty Loan cam
paigns and the doctors ave orbid
den me to make any speeches Tor a
short time, but i do want to tell you
sociated with you in doing a very
great work for ONT country.
ITO us railroad men has been as
signed one Of the biggest parts IN this
war. It depends upon us whether on
not the kaiser will be licked ten
times as quickly as he otherwise will
be.
Il know thai we are going to Hex
him ten times as quickly because the
railroad men of the United States are
going to dc their duty to Uncle sam.
You are all Uncle SAINTS servant
now, no private interests control the
railroads any more.
Uncle Sam Is in command, he has
his hand on the throttle, he Is run
ming these railroads and are you go
ing to help him make a success or III
81 wan to give you all Just as fafr
treatment as I know how but we are
all servants of the American people,
Iyou and / alike. and 1t depends upon
the way in which we discharge our
RESPONSIBILITIES whether or NOT the
American people are going to treat
us right.
"The strength of our position must
always rest upon public opinion.
What 1 do for you from time to time
must be done with reference to what
Is just, not alone to you but to the
public which has got to pay The bill.
II want TO give you a square deal
and the public wants to give you a
SQUARE deal, but the public wants
YOU to XIV II a square DEAL as we'll
When your wages are raised how do
we get the money TO pay IT? We have
to put up the rates on all b Ameri-
can people and II we do not treat
them fairly they will refuse TO sustain
me IN trying TO hnlp You. ] want y0u
to help me do the square thing for
the American people while I am try
ing to do the square thing for you.
That is fair all around isn't it?
II know the machinists and tho
shopmen think they were not treated
fairly IL the original wage commits
sion report. 1Il0To AIo pSCuAhI &eA-
ditions affecting the machinists and
the shopmen of the country. Because
I recognize that. I have appointed a
commission, the Board OF Ra1r
road Wages and Working Conditions
They have made a report to me. !
am working on hat report n shall
render a decision this month. When
that decision Is made I want y9n TO
know that I have conscienttously
done the best I could for you. having
1ust regard 10 your interest md h
interests Of the public.
IT want you all to accept that deci-
sion like true PATRIOTS. putting
try above self or selfish interests lke
our brave soldiers are doing N
France. We owe that much TO u
splendid sons, who are shedding their
blood to make our jobs ana IN
homes safe and to have human liber-
ty throughout the world. .
eff we all do our duty as wen as
our boys are doing theirs In France.
We shall soon plant the kaiser face
downward and keep him there. Let
every railroad man hold ON 70 his Job
and back Uncle San to the limit"