The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-20

ing to the preamble to the award fig
ures, took into consideration the fol-
lowing points:
:. j. The scale OF wages paid for sim
mar kinds of work in other Industries
2, The relation between wages and
the cost of living.
:. The The hazards hazard, Of the EMPLOYMENT
O. Inc degree OF responsibility.
~. The character and regularity OF
the employment.
z. Inequalities Of increase in wages
or OF treatment. the result Of previous
wage orders or adjustments
FRANKLY admitting. that 1t has been
uma9ie ,,ia TO hnd any formula which, ap-
Just and reasonable wage for the raanv
l,nnousands OF positions Involved in this
dispute, the board, continuing the pre-
amble. declares that the determina-
tlon OF such wages Is necessarily a
,ian ,iau.er OF estimate and judgment In
Which individuals will differ widely as
,helr information, or lack OF IL their
anen' ah.epest' situation and bias may in
The employees who may think these
rates. too low should consider the in
creased burden these rates will place on
'their 1ellCw countrymen, many OF whom
selves.
The board has endeavored to Az
such wages as will provide n decent
living ana secure for the children of the
wage earners opportunity for education
ana yet TO remember that no Glars OF
aH1erlcans SHOULD receive preferred
lne people must ultimately pay great
part OF the Increased cost OF operation
entailed by the increase In wages de
termined herein" Wv
Not Unanimous.
The decision, Chairman Barton ex.
piained. was not unanimous one. soma
,nempers dissenting on nearly every Sec
non. The awards given were by a ma
Jorlty vote on each section. with AZ
S. vo,i. one member OF the public group
voting for each award.
Demands OF the railroad men who
struck last April and formed new unions
are ignored by the board No references
Is maze 70 the strikers or their de.
rnanus, me board had refused to hear
representatives OF the new unions, hold
ing with the old brotherhooda that thev
were alreadyrepresented by the officials
o. the recognized unions. In addition 10
tne M sixteen recognized brotherhoods two
other unions, the International Asho.
ciation Of Railroad Supervisors Of Me-
chanics. and the American Train Dis-
patcners union, are made a party 10
me decision. More than forty railroads
IRE 5 speclhcaly named as parties, The
a g.
plte as to the interpretation Of the de.
clsloh ,s the question shall be referred TO
The board for decision. The INV does
nor require that either side must accent
ne ne award, The decision provides that |
the daily increase shall be computed A.
eight times the hourly rate and the
hourly schedule.
Westerners Accent.
Ihe railroads, Mr.. Whittier announced |
Managers association. will accent The |
mediately 'S '"-
Presidents and general officers Of the |
uve nv, pig trotherhoods went into cxecu.
i've session Immediately after the do.
clslon was handed down and Indicated |
late today. ''''
The union men. as a whole. do no,
seem satisfied with the increase at,,bor
lied. hut there was no talk prIor to ,h.
executive session OF general strIks
me belief grew that the leaders wouId |
summit the question 10 a referendum
vote OF their men.
overtime and Holiday PAY
. questions affecting overtime ana boI,.
lAy ana sunday pay were not touched
'pon IN the decision, hut were Ief, I'm
heu present status. Working condI.
mons which were the subject Of much
lHcussion az tho board hearings were
~ AbEN hHiFt 80 tnNf the award !
uiRht he rushed 70 completion.
story Of the Board.
The railway labor board which |
handed down today's decision. was
rrtated by the Esch-Cummins trans.
nortntion act. under which the railroads
were returned 10 private management
IN March ] ~ this year. Neither the
-cads nor the men. however. are bound
10 accept the decisions of the board.
The hoard was appointed by PreEi-
lont Wilson with Judge r. NJ. Barton.
u Tennessee. chairman. Members Of
hn board, In addition 70 Chairman Bar
on. are; George W. Hanger. Washing
On, and Henry Hunt. CINCINNATI. rep
eSenting the public: Horace Baker. j.
T. Elliott and william l. Park, rep
cEenting the roads: Albert Phlips. of
he Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firen1en
nd EnEincmen: A. o. Wharton. rail-
cad division of the American Fedora
lcn Of Labor. and James J. Forester.
p otherhood ~ Railway Clerks. repre-
Icntlng the men.