Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-28
PENNSY men TO VOTE
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
Purpose OF Today's BaIIoting is
Outlined by the Manage.
ment of the Road.

In connection with today.s vote by the
nrst group OF Pennsylvania Railroad
employees to elect representatives to
deal with the officers OF the system In
all matters affecting their welfare. the
management ISSUED yesterday the fol-
lowing appeal to the employees concern
ed TO participate whole-heartediy in
the election:
'On the eve Of the election by the first
group of employees of representatives
to deal with the officers of the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad the mana cement earnest
ly requests every employe concerned to
participate in the election.
The plan that has been proposed to
the employees concerns not only the ne
gotiations of new rules and working
conditions; it is plan whereby the
employees of this railroad. through rep
resentatives of their own selection win
have voice In management of all
matters affecting their welfare.
1T is your right to vote your choice
Of representation according to your
own interests and without prejudice
The United States Railroad Labor
Board in it's decision No. lIs has en-
phas that right as one of the car
dinal principles governing the relation
between the railroads and their en-
ployes, and the management Of the
Pennsylvania is making every honest
effort in this vote to afford you an OPP
portunity to exercise that right as you
yourself desire.
The negotiations OF rules and work
ing conditions viii be the first business
between the management and the rep
resentauves whom you elect but it is
not the purpose to stop there. Many
OF the problems confronting the railroad
today concern every individual empIoye
and it is the sincere belief of the officers
of the road that we can better solve
them in conference with our own EN-
ployes through mutual understanding
of the facts affecting our common in
terests
The details of this plan under which
employe representatives are to have a
voice in management are now being
worked out for discussion with such
representatives when they are chosen.
1t viii be the function of these repre-
sentatives in conference with repre-
sentatives of the management TO shape
this plan and organize themselves into
committees TO handle matters OF mutual
concern.
In geasrai the proposed plan is this:
Each class of employees. such as the
signal department employees, the main
tenance of way and structures employees,
the clerks, the telegraph department
employees. the shop forces, mechanics
their helpers and apprentices will elect
their representatives on each division
or in the case of the shop forces in each
master mechanics jurisdiction TO con-
stitute . Division committee. This COM
mittee will elect chairman, and IL
empowered by a majority vote of the
employees concerned will speak and act
for the employees on the division for
which selected.
1.-THE chairman 50 selected will be-
come members OF a general committee
which will in turn select chairman.
The General committee or such por-
ton thereof as may be decided by the
COMMITTEES itself will speak and act for
the employees before the general super
attendants and general manaxers. The
plan, of course, also contemplates the
selection of . system committee and of
q system chairman TO speak and act
for the employees of each class on the
entire system.
ssrhe procedure to be followed by
these committees will be worked out by
themselves in conference with repre-
eentatives Of the management iH a
manner similar TO the negotiation of the
procedure of the joint reviewing
committee in engine and train service.
1T is our hope that we shall very soon
perfect an organization in which each
individual employe viii be represented
and through which our mutual interest
may be discussed around a table and
an amicable settlement reached on all
controversial questions