Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-20
PROGRESS
MADE At SESSION
RAIL ROAD b0ARD|
WALSH UNABLE To PROVE AL
LEGGED DIssENTIONs IN RAIL
OFFICIAL RANK.
OFFICIALS ARE EXAMINED
National Agreements WIN Not n
Satisfactory. Says Gray; Certain
of tho Rules Are Very
Restrictive.

tHl'Atoi mhEcn lNs-AttcmpuuH "a
bring out pilegcd dissention IN thd
ranks of railway executives over quca|
tlon Of national agreements. labor counI
sci put two high officials through 4
grllling examination before the railroa(
board today. Frank y. Walsh. unioII
counsel. failed 10 obtain any admlsaIonI
however that there was any division a
pInion on National agreements. and
,ftcr plowlng through an eighthou1
session. the board recessed until Mon.
day.
Carl u. Gray. Of Omaha. president (.
the Union Pacific System. was ON th&
stand the entire afternoon and. undeI
questioning by MFR. Walsh. detailed M
activities aH chairman of the NOV
abandoned labor committee Of the a1
ISOLATION Of railway executives. II wa
In this commlttee. unions contcndcd
that "a split developed. and for two dayI
they have been digging into the associaI
tlon records In an effort 10 show thai
III railroads did not favor abroEstio1
n national agreements
..,.. "s .a
ton ~ the justncss and rcasonablenea
of rules and working conditions whicI
the board In determining IN hearing
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,sso Ne nray ..,d ,,ss ,s.rss.,s.
win the ldea that the agreeing wIl
The na,Io,ai hoard whIch yns urg.d
he enploves waa the c.slest x.,av
.e,,la aIsnu,e.
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lion " ur crav s.Ia s.-rha ,,. so,s,l
~ The conm,,,.s h.a n, ans, ,,Ind
yh.ther boards of adjustment sbou
h. nationai reglon.I on ioc.i mi
ob,ec, 10 regional or local hoard. ",
that they woula reouire loo many ma
ur A,,.rhuyv ,ooL the no.ltIon I'M
ra,,onaI hoayds meant rational arr
men,s Tina, was ,he f,,ndsmentaI Al
unctIo, no the ma atorltv ana mlror,
ronoy,. \, 4 or a,v ,nsr,h., ~
committee ma a,.rl,v had fan The w|
Mr. A,,erhurv ald xe would ha
changed o,,r ,o.,,lon {.
M 1nr.v d,clared thar M hsa
dgnoa aa chairman ~ ,hs iahor co]
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nInorl,v At,erburv renort ana.
though Containing "a n Committee ma
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zoo cha,rwan
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ov.r a. lame. ghssnan rovns., for
ra,lroad comm,,,ee before the 1si1
ho.rd AZ shesn., asked Mr. 0r|
A. ,.Ii ,.h., ha ,honyh, aho,,, r.,,o,
ay,..ron,s rn,,.nalrg ,hs, the n
~ a,,o.,,on,o. ,hu. s.r hsa M, hor
ON ,he Ius,ncss ,ov r,an,nableness
snch ruie.
"Mv feeling A. that ~ is praetlca
,mnos.,hl. ,o aevlse rules which n
raie Justly and reasonably over
whoio country . Mr.. Grad uia.
~ reached This conclusion m nv
ncrlence as an operatlne official
many narts az the country and AZ
rector az operations under the dlrec
general Of railroads I have had RI
before me which seemed reasonai
yet technical appllcation produced
traordinarlly. unusual and unfair
suits"
MIR. sheenan asked II there had q
been any disagreement ON the con
uatlon Of national agreements by
rail executives
"Ncyer" said Mr.. Cray.
Mr.. shecnan then referred "a
eleven f,,ndamentai prlnclples
down as labor hill of rights nv