Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-19
FOUR NAMED ON
WAGE: COMMITTEE
BY GEN. NJ 'ADO0
Are to AnaIyze and Recon-
mend Action on Wage and
Labor Questions.
DIVIDES UNITED STATES INTO
THREE OPERATING REGIONS
Board Also to Hear All Com
plants and Make Ncccs-
jsary Inquiry.
RAILWAY LEADS ARE CHOSEN
Directors Will Undertake to Super
yisc General Transportation
Problems Of Districts.
DIVIDES UNITED STATES INTO
THREE OPERATING REGIONS
RAILWAY EEADs ARE CHOSEN
lHy As.ocls,.n rrcss.l

WASiIlECiTON. January lS.--Direc-
tor-c;cncral NchGoo announced Tonight
appointment OF a railroad wage com
mit,cc OF four public men TO analyzc
and recommend action on all wages and
labor question pending before the gov
ernmcnt railroad administration. in.
Guiding the railway b.othcrhoods' de-
nands.
~ the game tirac, the dircc.or-Sen
cral put into effect a new system o..
government railroad administration b.?
dividing tho country iu,o three opcrat-
ing reg egions--sou,h. east and wes;--
and placed a railroad executive ~ the
head Of each as his representative.
The wage commission consists o.:
Secretary Lane. Interstate Commerce
Comm !ssioner 6. {. McChord. Judge J.
Harry Covins'on. chief justice CT the
District OF Columbia Supreme Court. and
William X. Wilcox. ,vho tonight an
nounccd his resignation a. chairman
: OF the Republican National Committee.
II was planned originally 10 pass only
on the four brotheruoods wage de-
mands. but 50 many other labor ques-
tions have been submitted 20 The di-
rector general since ,ncn ,ha: he deter
mined 10 refer ihcm all 10 the board.
II Will hear all labor complaints or
petitions. make careful investigation
and recommend a course ot action 70
A.r. McAdoo.
The commissions inquiry VIII dca!
with general conditions affecting rail-
way employees. regardless o: whether
any specific rcqucGt or complaint has
been made to the director general or
to railroad mnnaScmon;S before the
government assumed control
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caro- snd Eo-,hves.,rn ,.s acnoi,,od
regional director for ,o-r,,o-v we<, g..
the snssissipp win bc,dnu,,,crs =,
Chicago. Soribcaytc-p rn,d; uo-o as
signed 10 C. n M.rEban nrcsid.n, n.
tic Illinois Central. with hcadousr,c-s
at Atlanta.
The Eastern division conrfy,s o,
territory north Of tho OH. ana 20.
:omac River and cas-, of Lake Mich.
ran and tho Iuditn,-IlIinois STATE ,;rs
also those railroads IN Illinois extend
inr into that state from points cas-, q,
the Indiana Illinois state line: also the
Chcsa peakc and ohio. the Norfolk: and
Western and ihc Nirginian l.ailways
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directors. will l.. i.su.d ~. ,u,7,,,,i,;
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spectcI accordingly" say. "rcuor..,
der No. T." ,si.rIisriu.- mo onor,,:,.
regions
Tic directors viii ,.ndcr,.,,o O..
ncryisc general ,rars,r.,,i., -,
lens of their districts aud u,I .,n ~,
field marshals Of the central orr,,j-a
ton, which the dircc,or-rcncral ,s OK
pectcd to form permanently in . do,
or two. This organization prnh.,h,,
will consist of five or six diyisions
with a chief of each.
Nearly every class Of organized ant
unorganized railroad labor has aske,
Director General McAdoo for a wage
increase. or has sought conference
to discuss some phase of the employ.