Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-11-15
Raj. workers.
SCORE VICTORY
BEFORE HOUSE
Plan for Voluntary Cancellation
of Disputes is Adopted by
Congress-.
COMMITTEE PLAN
is CAST ASIDE
Three Boards Representing Various
Unions and Three Commissions
Will Act in Disagreements as
Under Federal Rule.

Washington, Nov. 14.-Railway
| workers scored a complete victory
in the house today thru incorporation
! Of their plan for voluntary concilia-
! ton of labor disputes in the Esch
railroad bill. The house rejected
plan of compulsory arbitration, in
Guiding an anti-strike provision
and also the plan written into the
bill by the house interstate COM
merce committee, which was describ-
ed as "middle ground" between
that adopted and compulsory arbi-
tration. No direct vote on the anti
strike proposal was taken.
On both votes, the proponents of
the unions plan won by large ma
jorities. First by vote of 151 to
IS, the house substituted the unions
plan for compulsory arbitration and
then, ISL to 10S, cast aside the COM
mittee plan for that indorsed by the
workers. Final action came after
practically the entire day had been
devoted to debate of the three plans
and after adoption of the workers.
plan, renewed effort to include the
thru parliamentary tactics.
The plan approved by the railroad
employees, which was drafted by Rep
resentative Sweet, republican, Iowa
and offered in the house by Repre-
sentative Anderson, republican, Min
nesota, would legalize the machinery
used by the railroads and their en-
ployes before and during federal
control for the settlement Of dis
putes. with commissions on labor
disputes being added to consider
appealed from the joint boards that
first consider them.
In brief, the plan divides the rail-
road workers into three classes and
into each it establishe san adjust
ment board and an appeal commits
sion. No penalty against strike or
lockout is opposed and membership
on six of the boards will be restrict
ed to the workers and their employ
ers and divided equally between
them.
Create Three Boards.
Both the roads and employees
would be directed by the plan, as
written into the bin, "to exert every
reasonable effort and adopt every
available means to avoid an INTERRUPT
ton" Of traffic. and to this end the
three boards of adjustment would be
created, these being substantially
the same as those existing under the
railroad administration.
The three adjustment boards would
each deal with disputes Of certain
classes Of the Ia railway unions.
One board would include representa-
tives of the four bio brotherhoods-
the engineers. the firemen, the con-
ductors and the trainmen; another
would include the machinists, the
boilermakers, the blacksmiths, the
carmen, the sheet metal workers
and the electrical workers, and the
third would include the telegraphers,
the switchmen. the railway clerks,
and the wav and shop laborers. Rail
wav executives would name four. six
and Stourp representatives. resnective-
ly:s as members of these boards.
Corresponding to each board there
also would be set I'm p commission to
consider appeals. which could be sent
TO them'Sby half the members of a
board. These commissions would he
ut the same size as the boards, with
the select method Of choosing men,
bers obtaining hut with duality Of
memberships 5betw"en boards and
commissions prohibited. Headnuar-
tors IF all six tribunals would be in
Washington.