The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-10
WANT SPECIAL
RAILROAD BOARD
To Be CONTINUED
Would Keep Body FunCtlonIng
for Adjustment Of Disputes
on Rail Agreement Even If
Roads Go Back to Owners.

v,,euTxCTON. H. C.. Feb. 10 A"ttss1
49, ,,,asiIon has arisen mere III WV.
Minds or legislative ecohon,,9fe9 the
the praetieabillty Of cor '..nl1rnsd adj
special board set up by .,rrnrntation and
,aiptstratton for the intetpI e vi agree-
st,,rnant az disputes on ran as"
,nrnts This board Woula Autot tsa ,Iis-
- ross out Of existence WIN w t,,ra
,,tinuance Of the railroad a1'lliit t1aro
tton Inc end OF this montIL "a ~, the
seems TO be Consdtrapla IVA employes
nart III both the owners H'u ~ hnsrd
pr rnads 10 keep this neutral So1 a.
u =, III as an Interpreter Oh ~
.a,.os,usnts now existing p''N''"
nTsrators and the employs, ti,nns
ri q report to Director Gehtl"' ~ 4
~ the railroad admlntsttlHT ~, a. labor.
gartnr chief OF the division % "VTT
'arttI' highlv the work OF mus
,.,ra during the past year III -,
ssgt,,trg The necessity Tor an "'np..,S
t,,rh IA tho adjustment oodto ~, IN
,,,tas he explains that IN Nle 10" ,ases
particular in large nuhn,e,ht " senti-
o. railroad dl SPED that hat no man VINO
W., ~ had anything to 90 win ,apos
49, , Ia serve as a third parry W
,s'stral member ON any wax ''"r"
commission The result VI III e, 20
firp has been that many ak Nan
IA wage adjustments nave ug,nt
suu and Written by nontechhlSal
reached an ~, whose lack of familiarity
sst'h labor conditions has actua'g
s,,ss eases led TO the declslohS -,
wrltton In such a manner MY AZ
rnad almost the opposite from W
t,tsion int ndcd by the poatu VI ,,rnn.
WESTON. Interpretation OF soc', 49,
,,n,s and ali other orders ana agree
,o,ts over which disputes nave arLsen
Mo haen the special function oil lhyse
hnnrds al pdus' neuts, whose eohuh-
vatre II utewpntCu. .ss,,tat
at viii be noted says a. ot i.,,s.
publication Of ne ialtuaH az adinsi-
non that railway boards o. auJua'
Non, have no Jurisdiction. over recon-
M ndatiaps. igsuance and interpret -
fipn az Waga orders, their duh@s urlWA
epngired to decisions ON cohtroNvrsIess
,stsig out af the anp'icatlCn OF wpGe
.,s,,,.s and fo decisions en- Hll other
atsontrs between otItei2'G ana ethpl"N'e
4 liking under agreements
THE relations Of the empioN@s anu 'u'
nffirial on labor matters has under
zone radical charge IN me pHs,
decade or two according 10 thoSe VINO
taec followed W't,trs reg, ny 10 a., "a,
e,pd strikes. and K Is notnttd out INA
vhite some few years back nc eh
nfoypq If a given system took th"'r
grt,Vauces tirrc'N 10 'hcW op'rhVhu
affIcia's th1sr operating olittlA n"
longer control the auor policies Oh the
Il ~
darstood directly the difficulties Of the
enployeg and the employees had hopes
that IL fat cases were pres sntcd a.
least some direct relief Or adjustment
might he reached
Aa labor orraniza tons developed the
employees found themselves confronted
an the other hand with similar orEaui-
cations among the officials until now
the unions deal with committee q!
managers. who are backed and directed
~ AMI advisory committee representing
the capital invested IN the roads us
nutcs between the two modern factions
or bodies are nov adjusted ny scales
and agreements that are often diitiCul'
10 interpret both as 10 their specific
meaning and as 70 their particular ap-
plicatiun under given circumstances ON
different roads II ls In the interpre-
tation Of such agreements that the rail-
WAYS adjustment boards have been
called into play,
AT the end Of the last fiscal year u
Was found that one Of the three dl-
visions Of this hoard had passed upon
an average OF four and one-half con
trOVersies at each meeting. On Dec.
II 1919 division No, | of this board
had only 1870 cases waiting on us
,iocket. Of which 80 were being held for
further data. division NO had So
eases and division No. 3 had only III
eases not disposed Of ON the same
tay one Of these divisions reported
mat its average cost per case had
heen reduced to $lQTi during the last
six months Of the year saving OF
slOO3 per case under the average cost
OF SEER for each case adjusted during
the year 1918
No nu for them They an take Lax
alive Quiuidiue Tablets ,Nan NI""' 50
and keep well adv