The New York herald., 1921-10-29
RAIL CHIEFS NEEDED
| CUYLER'S PROMISES
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settlement justifying the calling off Of
Of our organizations
I'VE hereby call off such strikes.
having confidence that good results will
follow the adoption of the memorandum
by the Labor Board and the pledges of
he railroad executives made to the
board at the public hearing October 26 (;
and further to afford an opportunity
for a reduction Of freight and passenger
rates to correspond with existing reduc-
tions in wages, TO determine what effect
such reductions in freight and passenger
rates will have upon the cost Of living"
The men of the big five unions will
accept willingly the decision OF their
officers in recalling the strike order. wv.
c. Lee. president of the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Tralnmen, said in state
ment.
II expect the unions to follow the
counsel of the committees so that there
will be no sporadic outbursts In any
quarters" said Mr.. Lee. Last year
there were such sporadic outbursts. but
as n result the charters of ninety-three
locals were withdrawn and more than
$4,000 men were suspended. The men
know that the committees here would
accept nothing that was not for the best
interest Of the organizations.
Gives Most Credit to Hooper.
II am very happy that this has been
settled. But so far as / am concerned
all credit for settlement is due to Mr..
Hooper. and the manner in which he
conferred with us.
when l think OF the hundreds of let
ters on my desk from old members of
the brotherhood, from their wives and
children asking me to do everything in
my power to avert strike, I am glad
that they have been spared the suffer
ing that would have resulted. There is
no doubt that il the settlement had not
been made the men would have left their
jobs and some would never have re-
turned"
A statement by L. e. Sheppard. presl-
dent of the Order Of Railway Cor uuc-
tors, said:
There were several factors which
contributed to bring about a peaceful
settlement Of the controversy, notably
the promise of the representative Of the
railroads, Mr.. Cuyler, before. the rail-
road labor board, that ther would be no
abitrary cancellation of schedules and
working conditions or further requests
for wage reductions except in the
natural course Of events and after due
process. This means attempted negotia-
tions between the representatives of the
men and the respective lines or by col
lective effort, should the latter be agreed
upon. and that II failure to agree re-
suits the questions would be referred
to the board for action In connection
with the boards announced procedure.
We learned of this procedure for the first
ttt.,A - H.. to- Ia
Coliseum.
The questions at issue were fully and
ably presented to the representatives OF
the men by former Gov. Hooper and
undoubtedly his explanation of the atti-
tude of the board that il would be abso-
lutely fair to labor, that 1t would not
be stampeded by further requests IN the
way of wage reductions or changes OF
rules and that regardless of pressure
from any source the board was deter
mined to dispose of questions of rules
and working conditions already filed
had the effect of making 1t clear in the
transportation group that there could
not possibly be any further action which
would be unsatisfactory for a reasonable
period of time.
Another point became more evident
from day to day and that was that the
fight had drifted to a fight between the
brotherhoods and the Government
No Idle Threat, Says Hooper.
Ben w. Hooper, public member Of the
labor board. said:
There are some people who hold tc
the idea that the brotherhoods had nc
real intention of striking. This Is 9
mistake. If concillatory methods hac
not been used there would undoubtedly
have been q most disastrous strike. Now
that the strike Is out of the way, there
are many lessons the public should
learn from this situation relative to the
transportation act and the absolute
right that the people have to be pro.
tected from the recurrence OF these
periodical transportation disturbances"
c. w. w. Hanger. a member of the
group on the railroad labor board
said:
Il feel much qualification that the
strike has been avcrted. When learned
yesterday that the brotherhoods hae
not seen our announcement until 1t wa:
brought to their attention yesterday b.
Gov. Hooper. I felt that 1t offered {
way out and that there was at least :
possibility that the suggestions woult
be accepted. as q basis Of settlement.
II think the whole country owes &
debt of gratitude to Gov. Hooper for hi
| effective work in bringing about set
| tlement.
The board was fortunate also in hav
| ing as a member Mr.. McMenimen. wht
| through his former connections was abl'
| at the critical time to arrange the meet
| ing between the unions and Gov. Hooper
which resulted In averting n country
| wide "a la mffy"