Bisbee daily review., 1921-03-19
RAILWAY LABOR
 LAUNCHES FIGHT
scoNTINUED FROM T,uE oNE:7


 the aasionaI boards of adjustncpt ;;r"1ted unGr federal ccrtrCi w..,.,, cont nued with the approval of . majority or the conmittes if va brought out Minofitv rsDors, ron. resenting the stand of w N A,+er- bury, ice president of the PennsvI-s,. me, hoFescT. were adopte.j bv rha associatiOn, which went on record in IdFor If local boards Of adjustment.
 Majority Report
 The majority report Of the Iahor committee. submitted on March -,y 1920. said that if the roads did not take. advantage of the permiss;ve features of the law by agreeing ,o adjustment boards, the efficiency of the labor board might he greatly inn. paired, resulting in decisions nos sibiy adverse 10 the roads.
 The minority. headed bv Alter. buTy, however, presented three re- ports pointing out that agreement to national adjustment boards meant deaI nS wth the representatives of organized labor and declared the hcn-unlon man would not have Q chance before such a board. Such a recognition of the unions. the re- port said, would lead to closed shop and concentration of control by the unions. National boards. ore Of the reports said meant national agreements and creation of uniform handling of all labor matters. con trary to the minority's contention that each road should be allowed to negotiate its own agreements and settle it's own differences with it's own employees. The minority report II was shown was adopted by 2 mem her vote of SO to fl on April 10. 1920 Both Binkerd and Cutler were chal- lenSed by Walsh to show why the majority report was disregarded, but both maintained that the member roads, after discussing the matter. agreed With the attitude of the min cTlty and adopted it's report.
 Cuyier Not Practical R.R. Man
 Attempts 10 draw from Cuyler his connection with other business in- ieresis brought the ready explana- ton that he was not a practical ra,i- rad man and merely acted as chair man of tho executives association without taking any part in laboI mat ters. tle was Q director of four roads he said and ten banks and other corporations.
 Publicity matter attacking the ma tional agreements sent out under Cuyler's name was prepared by pup lic'sts. he sad. hut had his thorough concurrence and he declared em- ,phatcally that he was opposed to all national agreements s
 Walsh clashed with his witness several times and kept the big crowd n such a confusion that the chair man threatened several times to clear inc room. CUvler. however, main tained his objections to national agreements and blocked all effort of the unions to show tliat strife ex isted in the association over tha, question.
 Says Agreement Easy
 JewelPs opening statement at the morning session declared an agree , ment would have been easy if tho roads had agreed To confer on rules He claimed for the employees 'bii of rights" embracing the eight hou1 day overtime. arrangement of work ] ing shifts to provide contract witt employees families. rules of safety send health of employees. apprentice rules. seniority rights. tho right t' oIganizc and definition of the dutie Of each craft
 With these fundamentals as basi Jewell said. an }arrangemept coul' 2, socn be Teaohed with the railroads Iie intimated that the roads had re fused such conferences and said tha the emnlOyes were therefore willin tO proceed with their arguments fo cort nuatiCp of the national agree ments.
 IL was expected. labor ielders sai, to draw out from the executives pla' ed on the stand an alleged stand Q the national agreement question