New-York tribune., 1920-04-16

who arraigned the board and who voted
against confirming the appointments.
They declared that the railroad act
does not force either the employees or
the railroad companies to accept the
boards decisions, and that the only way
the decisions could be enforced would
be through public opinion standing
behind the board
The board was attacked as a
typical Wilson board of mediocrities"
by members of both parties. After the
Senate had voted one Republican Sena-
tor, explaining the action of the Re-
publicans in voting for the board after
holding up the nominations for two
days, said:
st was the only thing we could
nominations the President would have
sent back another list just as bad"
The personnel of the board was criti-
cized generally by Senators on both
sides on the ground that it would not
command public confidence Henry
Hunt, named as representative of the
public, was criticized for not having
had experience in adjusting labor diff =
cultles. and James ]. Forester, named
as member of the labor group, was
charged with having been identified
and following the armistice.
The principal fight was made against
the nomination of Mr.. Hanger to be one
of the representatives of the public
Senators who declared that they in
vestlgated his qualifications said all
they had learned was that formerly he
was professor at girls seminary,
tnat he was a member of the board of
mediation and Cancellation in the Rail-
road Administration and that ne was
related by marriage to Mrs. Wilson.
Hanger was also charged in the SEN
ate with leaning toward labor. Sew
eral Senator's declared that by con-
tirming him as a member of the board
labor would have more representatives
than its own group. Representatives Of
railroad labor organizations went to
the Senate while the session was on
and urged that the fight against Mr.
Hanger be dropped.
During to-day's session one Demo-
cratic Senator demanded to know how
yesterdays proceedings in the Senate
became public. He declared that over
night he was flooded with telegrams,
some commencing him for having at
tackled the personnel of the board yes
terday and others, principally from
labor organizations, attacking him for
opposing the board.
The action of the Senate in confirm
ing the members of the board will per-
NIT an early test of the theory that the
boards consideration of railroad
labor's wage demands would ease the
strike situation and work generally to
alleviate unrest in that class of work
ers.
Attorney General Palmer said he be-
lleved that the chaotic condition
created by the walk-out was improving
but ne declared that the Department OF
Justice was not relaxing It's efforts in
any direction
Department officials have practically
decided to canvass the lists of al
strikers and expected to ask Off
Gals of all railroad hness saffectcl by
the strike to furnish tie same infor,ra-
ton as was requested of the Pennsyl-
vania and New York Central lines
Tuesday. Assistant Attorney General
Garvan said he expected these lists Of
names to divulge the identity of the
"borers from within in the recognized
labor organizations
The department has card-indexed the
records of more than $4,000 radicals
and the names of strike leaders and
agltators will be traced through these
records in an effort to establish con-
nectlon with previous activities. Mr..
Garvan said staff of clerks already
had BEGUN the work of eliminating
the "misled from the agitators" through
the process of. comparison of records.
Ihls work will 90 on, even though the
strike cOllaDSeS he Sa id