Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-10
RAILROAD LABOR BOARD
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cutives. was dcsiGned 10 stampede
the board into a position which mature
consideration would IroNc IL ne indie
fensablc." Tie added that Nl Atter
bury also attempted ta falsely con
vince the pubic that hieh rates. due
"a financial irregularities ard iutfllCicn-
cies of railroad management, m" At
trlbutabIe "a the Unions II railroad
workers to rhta3r !. weapon With which
to exact from tho go> ctumcrt run pas
mc0t II the cAufbltAut claims which the
railroads arc maltng ard ito coercc
and threaten ;he railroad workers hy
the spectre III uncmp'uy agd re
du,ci warcs
AIr, Jcwrl. cHarg. Il that Mr. Alter
bury is ;hc spokesman of powerful
financial combination seeking 10 re-
establish thus aatoaratle control from
which tao war has freed us ami which
vyas csp, iaIiy oxcmran.d hy eondi-
;iuus ~ ,he Pynn4yl,auu Railroad.
NIr AjterhuiS Gs added has re-
sealed ,he intention - certain men to
o>,Ir.d ,b. board and Il t.4lue -lp
the case
iIy r,prr~, uts "n~plr'ey attempt
ne to cast dls r,dH apon the govern
eut III its administration os ,n, r4a-
roads and ta dasual ~ leEluuatn og-
eauizations 81 the railroad employees.
Alr Atttrbury undoubtedly knows
that the present plight ef tht roads S
not due To the ineficieucy 81 the eIu-
| ploycs. lie knows THAT il is mot dac to
mistr.atnent accorded 10 roads under
| Federal control And row he discloscs
| the determination of the conspiracy 10
make ra.d upon the pockets - the
| railroad employees whose annual raru-
iuCs stiH average less than The Icoog-
nizcd standard of living wage 8y tins
raid he says ho can secure $500 GOO.
/ other raids VIII follow according 10
his own statement. although "a three
mouths truce must be declared But
/ IL this policy should be accepted other
raids must follow. for $500 .000 600
| would not save the railroads from a col
/ lapse such as Mr. Atterbury foretcIls.
This conspiracy aims at the disrup-
ton OF the legitimate organizations Of
the workers of the country and the in
PRODUCTION Of chaotic industrial con
ditions dominated by the huge cceonom-
ic power Of an absentee financial com
binaton which has UP 10 this period
practically the conrtol Of the working
and living conditions of millions Of
wage carners and their families"
The railroad union chief demanded
the board recall Mr. Atterbury and re-
quire him TO furnish a "fun list Of the
railroads the point of view Of which he
| expressed and a full exposition Of the
nature Of his authorization He ex-
planned that the union leaders had to
present definite authority To represent
the workers.
Mr. Jewell said that this action would
eX0nerate the numerous railway ex-
ecutives' who would repudiatc Mr. At
| terbury's views.
We hardly need point out 10 YOU.
Mr. Chairman" he said that the rail
roads. having Ssed your wage decision
as a lever to obtain the highest freight
and passenger rates ever accorded,
now are anxious TO be rid Of the protec-
ton which this board affords 10 the
! employees Of the roads. They know
that the quickest way 10 accomplish
this purpose win be 70 cause the board
TO stultify and destroy itself by "a
I decision such as that asked by MIR
Atterbury.
ITO request the re-establishment Of
1917 conditions OF employment on
railroads is to deny to railroad employees
recognition for invaluable service. and
il as unjust as it would be 70 suggest
that no regard be had for the millions
Of yalient defenders of liberty who
made the supreme sacrifice
We are here today to insist that
the board VIII first, go below appear
ances. by which we mean that it Will
20 underneath apparent conditions. 10
determine the fundamental forces which
are determining those conditions; for
il is in these underlying tendencies that
the roots of Injustice viii be found
The railroads have disrcgarded the
case" ne said in conclusion. For this
reason we cannot, as representatives Of
the employees, willingly agree that the
case proceed until the board has dealt
with this situation. 1t will be tho pur-
est hypocrisy for us 10 pretend TO the
employees whom we represent that
there has been fair consideration Of
the case, if we failed to urge more
fundamental graphing with the under
lying forces involved"