The New York herald., 1921-11-11
ROADS MOVE TO CUT
WAGES $300,O00,OOO
FOR FREIGHT SAVING
Rail Pay and Rates Must
Fall Together at Once,
Say Executives.
DRIVE STARTED HERE
Commerce Commission to
BE Consulted on Change
in Tariffs.
NO FEAR OF LABOR BOARD
Results May Not Be Obtained
Before Midsummer, Due
to Procedure.
NO FEAR OF LABOR BOARD

concurrent reductions in wages and
Ireight rates without delay.
Within the next two or three davs
me 100000 railway men in the United
states will be notified by their respect
I've managements of proposals carrying
q new and further reduction Of 10 per
cent. in the wages Of train service
employees and cutting all other classes
OF workers down to the going rates
paid for similar kinds of work in non
transportation industries.
The resultant saving in operating
expenses, estimated at between $780,
100000 and s400, 900 900, will be passed
OH at once to shippers and the general
puollc in horizontal reductions in
.reigrt charges.
Members of the Association of Rail-
way Executives, representing more
man 80 per cent. of the railroad mile
age in the United States, met in the
BOARD room Of the New York. New
Haven and Hartford, Railroad yester-
day TO determine the quickest means
OF putting the issue of lower wages
before the Railroad Labor Board and
that OF rates before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Unawe& by Strike Order.
It was announced that neither the
recently averted strike against the wage
reduction effected last July nor the
statement Of tie Railroad Labor Board
that no further wage revision for any
class OF employees would be considered
until pending disputes over working
rules have been decided will deter tho
carriers. They will try to follow the
decision OF The Association of Railway
Executives on October IA to wipe out
the remainder OF the 221a per cent. wage
increase OF 1920 and Immediately TO
translate the saving into decreased
transportation charges.
The association designated its execu-
tive committee, headed by II. De Witt
Cuyler. to confer formally with the
Interstate Commerce Commission In
Washington to-Inorrew with reference
10 measures for obtaining and distrib-
uting equitably lower freight rates
This committee will report back to a
meeting Of the member roads OF the
association in the board room of the
New Haven next Wednesday.
The action OF the association was
forecast plainly by decisions at a meet
ing of the Eastern presidents confer
ence at the Metropolitan Club. Fifth
avenue and Sixtieth street. earlier in
Inc day. Chief executives of fifty-two
railroads embracing all the territory
81 y.
sissippi rivers attended
These men determined that tire East
crn carriers would lose no time in fol-
lowing the lead of the Western roads in
sending out notifications of the proposed
wage cuts Similarly, preparations Of
TIE steam carriers Of the Southeast end
the Southwest are known to b. so near
COMPLETION that their notices will hs
posted also within few days.
All groups will serve the usual thirty
days notice on the workers and call
conferences in attempts TO agree on the
reductions on the expected refusal of
acceptancc by the men the disputes will
be certified to the Railroad Labor Board
for decision.
Members of Committee.
The committee Of rail executives
named Il. confer with the Interstate |
Commerce Commission follows:
Thomas Dewitt Cuyler. chairman, AS |
sociation of Railway Executives: +. N. |
Brown. chairman, st. EJuis. San Fran |
cisco and Pere Marquette Howard /
Elliott chairman. Northern Pacific
S. NJ. FELTON,. president, Chicago Great |
Western; Hale Holden. president Chi
raeo, Burlington and Quincy; Julius
Kruttschnitt chairman. Southern Pa
cific Robert S. Lovett. chairman. Union |
Pacific: Samuel Rea. president. Pennsyl- |
vania Railroad A. II. Smith, president |
New York Central; w. B. Storey, presi- |
don't. AtchIson, Toneka and Santa Te :
Alfred 2. Thorn. general counsel As
eociatiori Of Railway Executives Daniel
WIZARD. president. Baltimore and Ohio, |
end Henry Walters. chairman, Atlantic |
Coast Line.
In addition TO the executive commit |
fec. II il understood that the following
traffic officials will Join in the confer
ence
Edward Chambers. vica-president
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe George |
IT. ingalls,. vice-presIdent New York
central; George ID. Dixon, vice-presl-
dent, Pennsylvania Railroad. II. Camp /
bell, ce-president, New York, New |
Haven and Hartford L. j. Spence. di-
recta- o. traffic. Southern Pacific g.
capps vico-prcsident. Seaboard Air |
Line; W. c. Maxwell. vice-president |
NaDaSn, hHu W. 4. Nellnty, NlCe-pFesi~ |
dent Great Northern.
CHICAGO Nov. 10 II the apnlication |
for o reduction in the wages Of train
nnd yard service emrloyees or Faster
roads Is placed before the United Statoc
railroad Labor Board. II probably .wo',id /
not bc considered for some time. Il w~e
Indicated to-day NJ the boards office
when members were Informed By e
Associated Press Of the intention % CIV
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