Arizona republican., 1921-09-08
REDUCTIONS IN PAY
 OF BUILDING CRAFTS , ORDERED BY LANDS

NalSAGo, Sept. T-Acceptanca bv ne oniicing trades employees of inc NAge decision handed down todav h,, re0erai Judge Landis was forecast -.n'snt oy Thomas Keaney, president ., me Chicago Building Trades SS~nci. Ss, after meeting Of the coun cl 70 discuss the award.
 TOT course Judge Iand,s, 5sc;s;o, came as a blow" said Kearney, @We expected him to be more liberal but we sesected him. and I exnect all of us will abide by his decision"
 CHICAGO. Sept. Wage reduc- I-ons oi rom 10 to S3 per cent for many classes Of construction workers h Chicago were made today h,, 1ooge l-andis in a decision wbicb Y was believed would end the con croVersy and open the way for nroi- ects valued at s5o,0O0, 900. The old pay was Sl-25 an hour Considerinr the elimination of all restrictions on Aoor saving machinery and materials save prison made. Judge Iandis es- tfrnated the saving in actual cost of building would be about 20 per cent.
 While builders and architects de- clared the decision the most momen- tons ruling of its kind. building trades officials refused comment bur al once planned meeting to protest against certain wage reductions or dered.
 T. g. Kearney, president of inc Chicago building trades council. while admitting that the decision is binding on the crafty agreeing to abide by Judge Landis' decision. de- clarcd that he feared the men may Individually decline to go to work al the wage. set. A meeting to dcc'do fin what form their protest will Le made Is to be held tomorrow by rep resentatives of the building trades until after a meeting of the council on Friday.
 President Kearney said some oi the workers felt Judge Landis had been in error in making the cuts fl certain trades and that if the mat ter is properly brought to his atten- ton some changes may be procured.'
 Predictions that the decision wil be used as a basis for settling slmi- lar difficulties in other cities wert made by builders who expressed pleasure over the judges findings.
 Reductions from the SIPS rate fol the important unions follow:
 Plumbers. s5 cents; bricklayers si-I0: steam filters, 30 cents; cleo trfcians. sl.10: cement finishers, 8 cents, ornamental Iron workers, g cents. slate and tile roofers, sl-
 Eight of the A building trade ruled upon will receive less than s cents an hour and 10 crafts whicl are in the laboring class will receiv 70 cents. Excavating laborers an composition roofing men and team stsrr will receive less than 10 cents.
 The carpenters union was not in cfuded in the agreement. Judg r.andis said. however, they were en titled to S1 an hour. According { Harry Jensen. president of the car penter'S district council, the unio will insist that their agreement wit 500 contractors calling for s1-25 hour stand until its expiration, nea May i.
 Piaxterers and painters also re raired outside the arbitration.
 While the mere cutting of wage will make possible a decided lowerin of building costs. employing builder roint to the following paragraph the decision:
 -Tt fs expressly agreed that ther sNMu be no restriction as to IT amount of work a man may do, nc against the use of machinery metf ods. nor against any raw or manufaS tured material except prison mao Employers may employ or dlschari whornsoever they please and en ploves may work for whomsoev shev see fit and the foreman Is to ,xriusfveiy the agent of the en ~,1rer~