The New York herald., 1921-06-10
Rail WAGE DISPUTE
ENDS IN Love FEAST
Pull the Country Out of a
Hole Keynote at Chi
s4agO Hearing.
UNION MEN HARMONIZE
No Living Man Ever Made
Success Out of an Eight
Hour Day. One Slogan.
DECISION EXPECTED SOON
Spirit of Amity and Compro-
mise Marks Railroad Boards
Efforts Toward Peace.
UNION MEN HARMONIZE
DECISION EXPECTED SOON

CHICAGO, June 9.-The second wage
reduction hearing before the United
States Railroad Labor Board in which
more than $50 railroads asked wage
cuts, wound up in rhetorical love
feast to-day with representatives OF
both railroads and employees express
ing a desire for peace and amity in
the railroad industry.
Lets pull the country out of the
situation it faces to-day" urged F. w
Sargent, counsel for the Chicago and
Northwestern. I'VE are anxious to set
tie controversies for the benefit Of ALL
We have faith in this board. so far as
this road Is concerned. it will obey
every decision of the board, even if It
takes us into the hands of the re-
ceiver"
Mr. Sargent pleaded for more lenient
stand on the eight hour day, declaring
that mo living man had ever made a
success of life on eight hours day"
Heads of the big four brotherhoods
expressed their appreciation of the
spirit of cooperation" shown by Mr..
Sargent and other rail representatives
and the case was concluded with the
exception of dispute over the right
OF the Pullman company to appeal in
the hearing. Chairman Barton an
rounced that the board would con-
slider the Pullman application further
tomorrow.
A lengthy argument over application
Of the boards decision OF April IA re-
garding abrogation of the so-caIled
national agreements marked the morn
ing session. The board was asked to
place an Interpretation on the decision,
and members of the board said the
decision did not order the rules abro-
gated. but left it to the two parties
to continue the old rules or devise new
agreements.
In the wage hearing, which ended to-
day, both sides mainly reiterated testi-
mony offered in the hearing last month.
decision on the case was expected
soon.
Dissatisfaction over the boards abro-
cation of rules and working conditions
was expressed by union heads.
Trouble Is being made by these roads
which declare that on July ! the en-
ployees will have no schedule left il they
do not negotiate and set up a new set
of rules before that date" said j. s.
Carter president Of the Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen. II have received
letter from the president of one Of the
leading railroads in the country saying
that he does not wish to reduce the
wages OF our men, but he is before this
board with such request swept along
with the other roads.
II hold that this board has no right
TO destroy the existing schedules until
a dispute arises. and that the present
rules must remain In effect until that
dispute is decided by the board
w. @. Lee of the trainmen and l.. L.
Sheppard, head OF the conductors, up
held Mr.. Carter's contention. They de-
clared it was not their desire to circum-
scribe the railroads In their right to
ask revision Of rules. but maintained
that until negotiations had been held
and disagreement arose over specific
rules and these disputes set,led by the
board the existing rules should remain
in effect.