The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-03-14
RAIL BOARD
SUMMONS 4
ROAD HEADS
Must Appear Wednesday
Morning to Testify in Hear
ing Over National Agree
ment-Demand Records.
FOLLOWS THE REFUSAL
(By Associated Press)

Wy ASSocidteu FEeSSJ
CHICAGO. March 1.-THE railroad
labor board today requested four rail-
road heads to appear before it Wed
nesday morning to testify in the hear
ing over the national agreement
The men summoned were r. Dewitt
Cuyler. chairman of the Association
of Railway Executives; NJ. W. After
bury president of the Pennsylvania;
Carl R. Gray, president of the Union
Pacific. and R. s. Binkerd. assistant to
Mr.. Atterbury. The decision to sum
mon the men was made in executive
council after Frank P. Walsh, attor-
ney for the four brotherhoods had re-
fused to go on with rebuttal testimony
unless the witnesses were called
The board ordered Mr.. Binkerd to
bring with him the minutes, letters,
recommendations and other records
having to do with the proceedings of
the labor committee of the association
of railway executives, in the dispute
over the national agreement
Urge Subpoenas
Railroad labor unions today noti-
fled the United States Railway Labor
board that they could not proceed
with the hearing over national agree
ments unless the board complied with
their request to subpoena various rail
road executives to appear before the
board.
Frank p. Walsh, attorney for the
Railroad brotherhood, told the board
at the opening of today's session that
he was greatly surprised to find
that his request for subpoenas. had
not been complied with and that it
was useless for the labor side TO go
on with it's testimony.
The testimony of the railroad heads
was essential to a fair hearing. he
said.
Declare Waste.
The board was prepared to continue
hearings on the rebuttal of labor COM
missioners to the rail managers plea
for the notification of the national
agreements on the ground that they
imposed wasteful practices upon the
roads and constituted a financial bur
den which headed the transportation
systems of the country for insolvency.
Presentation of the workers reply will
require seven weeks, according to the
union chiefs.
Commend Probe.
Seven officials of rail labor organi-
cations. including Mr.. Jewell. last
night wired United States Senator
Cummins. (Republican, Iowa) chair
man of the senate Interstate COM
merce committee indorsing the sen
ator's proposal for a congressional in
vestigation of the transportation situa
tion and requesting that railroad labor
organizations be given a hearing in
the event of such an inquiry. The
message charged that nine men con-
troll and have dictated the policy OF
all the railways of the country in the
wage question.
Railroad labor stands for industrial
peace and evolution. and not industrial
warfare and revolution" the message
concluded.
PHILADELPHIA, March 14-War-
rem S. Stone. head of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers; w. S. Car
ter of the firemen, and L. Z. Sheppard,
of the conductors, were here today to
confer with T. Dewitt Cuyler. chair
man of the association of railway exc
cutive, and a director of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad. Neither Mr.. Cuyler
or the brotherhood men would talk re-
garding the conference.