The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-19
LABOR LAUNCHES MAIN EFFORT ID
 PRESERVE FACTS
Leaders Delve Into Records of Rail Executives to Show Fight Against Agreements
 Not Unanimous
By Associated Press

Chicago, March 18.-Union labor lead CTS delved into the records of the Asso- citation of Railway Executives today be- fore the railroad labor board in an en- deavor to show that the railroads. fight unanimous but was dominated by few officials.
 An underlying purpose to establish the open shop and crush labor organizations was declared to be behind the fight of the association against national boards of adjustment. The controversy over these boards in the associations labor committee was brought by cross-exami- ration of T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the association. and his assistant Rob- ert $. Binkerd, and the introduction of yoluminous correspondence.
 Today's proceedings marked the be- ginning of labors main fight for con- tinuance of the national rules and work ing agreements now in effect, the just ness and reasonableness of which the board is now trying to decide in hear ings which began January L
 A basic programme of Il points on which labor would be willing to nego- | tiate national agreements was laid be- l fore the board by B. M. Jewell presl- dent of the railway employees depart O Dor when the hearing opened today Frank P Walsh counsel for the unions, immediately followed with an exhaustive l cross-examination of MT. Binkerd and l MT. Cuyler.
 RECORDS ARE READ | The associations labor committee was the outgrowth of the transportation act, according to testimony of MT. Bini.erd brought out in the cross-examinat;on, <l lxf1 n. T,l le putes. Records brought by MT. Binkerd were read to show that divided opinion concerning national boards of adjustment l had existed in the committee.
 l As a result of d bipartisan board ap- 1 pointed at the suggestion of former Pres l ident Wilson in March, 1920, the national l boards of adjustment created under fed- eral control were continued with the ap- proval of majority of the labor com l mittee, it was brought out.
 The majority report of the labor com l mittee stated that it feared failure to jappointa boards as provided under the transportation act would result In over loading the labor board with disputes, and added that if the roads did not take
 advantage of the permisslve features ol q the law by agreeing to adjustment boards tie efficiency of the labor board might
 be greatly impaired, resulting in deet- l sions possibly adverse to the roads. II The minority headed by w. w. Alter
 bury, vice president of the Pennsyiya- nia however presentedf the reports al
 different times, which pointed out thai
 agreement to national boards meant deal ing with the representatives of organ ized labor and said the non-union would
 not have chance before such boarl
 Such d record of the unionss the repor'
 said. would lead to closed shop aEt concentration of control by the unions National boards, one of the reports sad meant national agreements and creation of uniform handling of all labor matter' contrary to the minority contention tha each road should be allowed to negoti'
 ate it's own agreements.
 The minority report 1t was shown, wa' adopted by a member vote of 50 to Il NOT RAILROAD MAN : Attempts to draw from MT, Cuyler hl connection with other business interest 3 brought the explanation that he was no f practical railroad man, although n . was director of four railroads, tel [ banks and other corporations. Publicity matter attacking nationa . agreements aent out under Mir Cuyler'
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