The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-29

ACSluc1C " iloCAA SIS aAS~e hilroad bill tonight on the eve If the return of the roads to heir owners and to private op- |ration.
 In proclamation Issued at Inc time the bill was signed Mir. Wii- son vested in walker D. Hines. director general of railroads, vir- tuaiIy all powers conferred upon the executive by the bill. Mr. Hines will also continue to exer- SC the duties of director general hich continue beyond the return of he roads to private control at mid ght tomorrow night.
 The White House also made public e text of the Presidents reply to cent request of representatives Of ,e railroad brotherhoods that he ap- Eoint commission composed equally ! employers and ew loves delegates consider wage de made by the |rotherhoods.
 It deals who'll n ge de- pand settlement als aud See not efer directly nleaieriaa q resented br tu bff iserhNQ9 2aa skiing that vsta tph %1f7a@ tats Anounce sf as sfEH Rt iu came Af4Af a53eiasa Fad t rols4e ertain, s& teoula 1>s ei .te n7 AS re to bscoma M ypi tion Xf tia laa das sH 3ea far presi- ep4ss a4sra&4s ifs af gr act Of g.ssa eg sslts .ons that
 GsAs a on the bill was
 afav gatap1etion of his 9s s arheod heads
 Als Ist k Wilson said the
 sNs road bill made 1t a.nf 4ha n d not act on you n < Ascex rf 1t should have been etef flsueS xf aer the bill would be- 3ne a-4SnF rr ot''
 Tt was rifest." the letter con- nued. ~that if the bil should become law the negotiations and considera- on of the wage matter ought to pro sed ih harmony herewith
 WAY NOW OPEN
 The bill having now become law. ie way is open for immediate action the wage matter in accordance with e terms of the bill Section 301 of the II evidently contemplates that the srriers and employees should. as sug- as sd by you. select representatives csNo win thus constitute g bipartisan n N ard for the purpose of attempting conference to agree upon a solution 4 this wage problem s3 *,In accordance with the assurance i've Last August and repeated in sub Ance in my letter of the 1sth instant shaIi at once request the carriers and q employees 10 join in this action ] slieve such a step will go far toward arifying and n1afnring the subjec1 r final disposition In fact. the sort board thus contemplated by Section l1 appears to be an appropriate sub flute for the committee of experts hich have heretofore suggested and deed such board will be authorized go further than such a committee uld nave gone
 while it is true that the provisions Section scr of the railroad bill re- ting to the labor board will prob ply also come into operation as tc lis wage matter, nevertheless the bi- artisan board can make great deal progress which will materially di- finish the time to he consumed by ths i bor board. and while the bipartisan bard is functioring. the appointment ! hd organization of the labor boaTf tn he expedited
 Y cannot share the apprehension o' i ourselves and your constituents as ts 6 provisions of the law concerning labor board I believe those pro sfons are not only appropriate in tn tereSt of the public. which. afte' 1. is principally composed of work s and their families, but will b. pnd to be particularly in the interer ! frailroad employees as class
 ARGUMENT WON'T HOLD
 s-Tfae argument that the public rep ksentatfves on the labor board vii preaudfced against labor becaus avn from classes of society antagon tic to labor can and ought to D xercospe by selecting such public rep Asentf~es as cannot he charged witl iy such prejudice Nor do I arttci lie that the public representative ill be against wage fncreAses becAus ey involve rate increases,
 t@Nof only must public represents yes be selected who can be relied upoi
 do justice but the bill itself provide at ths labor board shall sstablis tes and wages and salaries which 1 opinion Of ffe board are Just au a sonsble~ and it is further provide lat the entire labor board shall D sided by the very important standard hieh are provided in the Jaw. th0s andafds including the wages paid fd milar kinds Of work in other indus fes. the relation between wages an e cost of living, the hazards of tb h pieynlent, the training and skill rz hired, tias degree of respensibiiity. tf aafaefeF and irreguiafity of the sH oynnent and the correction of il Gualitiesi.is the result of previous ss Atmehfs,
 sCeupied with the diFeetisB ts the |, 7r board ts take into considerable aese imDoFtant standards is the high ,psrfanf direction ts the eemmisist pFesafiba rates sufficient ts admit 3a pasHsHf of the reasonable opera
 r expenses, iRfuidiHg, of course, ia btss of wages
 rAIy hopes are that the putting in Fsaef of these provisions with ear lily selected labor board whose Pu' d representatives eaR be relied ups D be faiF te labor aHd ts appreeia ak point Of view of iabsS that 1t
 rk longer to be considered a me Dtamodity will mark the beginning
 lnew era of better uRderstaHdiT
 JweeR the railroad mana gemeHts & ukir employees. and will furnish add Snai safeguards te the jsiRt intere railroad labor,
 Fl ana sure that every agency wh;
 ilI be invoked in the creation of t
 Dor board and in the conduct of n etiatiens fully appreciates that |
 ara dernanas are entitled te [ rIiest possible consideration. a ,erefore ! do not auticipate delay
 ,e appointmeat and organization
 ,e labor board CT ia the other nece