The New York herald., 1921-04-01
LETTER TO WAKEFIELD
Head Of Securities Owners
Association Accused of
Interference.
ACTION sUNFORTUNATE'
Road Has Own Provisions for
Treating With It's Men, Mr..
Smith Explains.

a. III. Smith, president Of the New
York Central Railroad Company, made
public last night letter which he has
sent TO S. Davies Warfield, president
of the National Railroad Securities
Owners Association, in which he pro-
tests against the action of the as
sociation in inviting the chiefs of the
four big railroad brotherhoods to a
conference ON the labor situation. and
making it plain that the association
does not speak for the New York Cen
trail
Mr.. Smiths letter follows:
The newspapers this morning print
the letter dated the 30th instant ad-
dressed by you to the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen.
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
and the Order of Railway Conductors
of America, in which you, as president
of the Railroad Securities Owners Asso-
citation, invite representatives of those
brotherhoods to confer with a commit
tee of your association for the purpose
of considering what should be done in
regard to wages and other matters af
fecting the railroads.
"The board of directors of the New
York Central Railroad Company has d.
rected me to advise your association
and you, as its president, that that
board and the officers appointed by It
represent the New York Central and its
stockholders in all matters of manage
ment. including relations between the
nd ffS -ha4 har
those relations have to do with wages.
working conditions or practices. The
board further directs me to say that 1t
regards as most unfortunate the at
tempt which you and the association of
which you are president are apparently
making to Intervene in the present labor
and that IL cannot recognize
any right or propriety in your doing so.
COPIES of this letter have been sent
to the chiefs of the four brotherhoods
SO that they may understand that neither
you nor the Sesurity Owners Association
speaks for the New York Central or the
companies which it controls in asking
for the conference which YOU propose to
hold"
A copy OF Mr. Smiths letter was sent
to Warren S. Stone of the brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers, W. G. Lee
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men. L. e. Sheppard OF the Order OF
Railway Conductors of America, and
w. S. Carter of the Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen.
To each Of these men also this letter
was sent:
This mornings newspapers report
that Mr.. S. Davies Warfield. president
of the National Association of Owners
of Railroad Securities. has invited repre-
sentatives of the four railroad brc ther-
hoods to confer with comnittee of his
association for the purpose of orsider-
ing what should be done in regard to
wages and other matters affecting the
railroads.
For your information. and tha. you
may know that neither Mr.. Warfield
nor the National Association of Owners
OF Railroad Securities speaks for the
New York Central nor the companies
which it controls, am enclosing here
with copy of my letter of even da;e to
Mr.. warfield setting forth the position
of those companies with respect to the
conference which proposes to hold
with representatives of the four rail-
road g,rnfberb0ods -