Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-27

white men for the same service. the
director-General also explained. is in
conformity with government policies
IN other lines of employment. The
negro rule will affect many roads in
the South where negroes are employed
largely as fremen, trainmen, switch
men, laborers and for other work. This
rule will become effective June /, but
payment OF back wages will not in
clude increases resulting from the
rule.
In addition to the rule regarding
women's pay. Mr.. McAdoo specified that
where women are employed. their
working conditions must be healthful
and fitted to their needs" He said
all State or local laws relating to
hours and conditions of employment
must be observed carefully.
NAMES NEW BOARD TO
CONSIDER WORKING CONDITIONS
The new board OF railroad wages and
working conditions is composed of ]
j. Dermody vice-president of the
Order of Railway Telegraphers; G. II.
Sines, vice president OF the Brother
hood OF Railway Trainmen; 4. O. whar.
ton. head Of the railway EMPLOYEES
department OF the American Federation
~ Labor; r. F. Gaines. superintendent
OF motive power of the Central or
Georgia Railroad; c. L. Lindsey, main.
tenance OF way engineer for the New
fork Central. and w. L. Morse. gen
eral manager of the Denver and Salt
Lake Railroad. The latter three have
resigned their positions with the rail-
roads The board will sit in Washing.
ton probably continuously
IL shall be the duty OF the boa I'd"
says the wage order. ito hear and in
'estisate matters presented ny ran
way employees or their representative.
ahccting inequalities as TO wages ara
working conditions. whether az 10
oividual employees or classes of labor.
conditions arising from comne,i,iop
with employees in other industries.
rules and working conditions for the
several classes of employees. either for
'he country as whole or for different
Par's OF the country. The board shall
near and investigate other matters
aHcctlng wages and conditions OF en-
pioNment referred to by the director.
general The board shall he solely
d" ADVISORY body and shall submit lis
recommendations 10 the director-gen-
erai for his determination"
NEW ORDER CONCENTRATES
CHANGING INEQUALITIES
ms oroer contemplates a strong eff
TOT to iron out many Inequalities now
existing. The board will deal with or
ganizN and unorganized emplovees
aHke. and the railroad administration
on Its own initiative take up the
claims OF railway clerks and other nm
organized men,
The only provision for limita ton NJ
earnings In the order Is a rule that IN
iho,Vldual cases where the new scala
permits increases greater than Is an
Propriate or necessary to those train
men and enginemcn who make ab
normal amounts of mileage and who
therefore make already abnormalIy
nlsh monthly earnings" officials of
each railroad may take up with COM
mIttees of the men the question OF
uniting mileage made per month nv
employees paid on the mileage basis
special rates OF pay are provided for
once. messenger and chore bows. and
sim'ia employees under eighteen years
as follows: Twenty dollars increase
per 1918. was from $40 to $40 a month.
go increase where rate was 500 to
$50 month: $40 increase where the
rate was less than $50 a month
creation OF the new wage board Will
not affect the duties of the existing
Railway Board of Adjustment No. l.
having charge OF disputes over inter
probation of wage or employment rules
aHecting the four trainmen's brother
moods. nor other adjustment boards q
be created soon for other classes of
labor. These adjustment boards are
quasi judicial bodies, passing on inter
pretations which involve wages only
incidentally. while the new board Of
railroad wages will have much broader
functions. All these abor boards will
ne under the supervision of w. G. Car
ter. director OF the railroad admins
tration's division Of labor.
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