Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-03
RAIL HEADS PLAN To
CRUSH LABOR. WILSON
TOLD BY EMPLOYEES
Charge Advantage is Being
Taken OF Temporary Unem-
ployment Conditions.
BOARD HEARS ARGUMENTS

BOARD HEARS ARGUMENTS
By Associated Press o. Every FvsrIrr
Chicago. FEB. 3.--Presentatiou ~ tne
railroad employees view q the carrirrr
plea for Immediate abrogatlon ~ ~
uonal agreements Naa deferred urhsU
the federal raiiroad .abor boarl faa
today. II had been announced that r.
N. Jewell. acting president o. The rar
way employees department ~ III.
American Federation q Labor. r1h
reply n the statement made Monde.
by Brigadier General " ~ stfarfrlr-
on behalf ~ the asEociati0n - RaFus
Executives. The bpard however. vac
not prepared % hear Mr. Jewell AMI
set 10 a. 70. Monday ior his rtatemert
r. A. Whittier. who has neer yre.ert
ing the railroads o., iden~s .r Ia. .-t
sent rules hearing. Continued nIa trr
tmony today and siso read into -r
record sta ternert b. General Atfe-
bury experimenting tnat made Bv
latter nqndav. u K ras = dr~iaraf.f
mat a recent can ass ~ -sirraar -a
supported General Atfrrhur- aesa
tion that many railroads nsr. r. .rrs
pect q earning hare operasf~r .rr..
sos under present conditions
The statement quoted yss...
Cuylsr, president = the Arrocf.t
Railway Execu'ivrs. as artfsri,, r..
the canrass and said
The canyesg shows frat
railroads estimate that they sanee
earn even their operating evBarv.a r
the month - Januarv
Among these roads s~e-
Bufa,o Susqueharna. Ere s
York, View Haven a Har-ford ..f --
Philadelphia q Reading
While earning their ane-atfrr ar
penses e. additional roads .-ffr,.-s ~
they did rot earn their tar-s s~a s..
charges IN January" The t.ats--.-
continued. and Included .r-rrr .-.
the Baltimore 4 ohio. T.ehivh Vans.
Pennsvivanis Pare Marqu-tf. yv..fs.
Maryland and The wheeHnr .aa-
Erie.
nder present traflc 1ra a-e-a.ir.-
conditions" il added these -a-r ~
results despite the fact 'hat -hs .int
four companies referred rs rar. r
the aggregate. decreased thetr t-h.-
cost ~ operation ~ laying So tnn~or.
naateiy 100000 employees einre ga1trr,
, Der q .s20
These corupa anles have \ total -
line mileage - 9. -n than I8a 0nl .-t
and constitute aprroxiratri. ~
I cert = he's railway uuiisa.s ,f NJ.
country
( The statement said nat a5a.r ~rr
Z panies "as WeH .sraIl. shs.t .arntf.
power under normal -uudit.ara
pected 20 earn only slghf.y riore .h-
their Hxed charges il Januar-
- statement -tul -lat rne H
ties q me short line roads a..I- i
up under the national a-.re-Iurnts WV.
argued that this only -ues 81 iuusrr,
mat Il = economically .rsound
fraught with disaster - ern..
roads 70 meet identical wage ard wora
ing conditions.
Chicago. Feb. 3.-Arguments aEain.t
aoroSation = ne national uaEe axra.
3 ments between The railroads and ny.
employees. already iald before f'rssider
wilson and members % Ccnsress rr
brotherhood leaders. we're pre-snrs.i y.
( day 20 the Railroad Labor Beard
Since the request of ". " Atterbur,
I OF the Pennsylvaaia ttnes. tor ra.i..
! from these agres usnts was aid nafor,
the board Monday. representative
I the employees have Seen preparing theu
! reouttal. which p NJ Jewell. nr.sid,a
! of the Railway Employees Iepartu.ar
( Of the American Federation ah.
was 20 present
Members ot the ,oard ndl>a "a "a
+ decision may - -sa. ned p .,e,rifit A..
session Friday Mr Atteroury ssriars.
the railroads need s0r economies va
! 50 urgent thst many o. -he ..als 'ac..
/ bankruptcy.
We are CONVINCED SAD a a.eSa
10 FrC CsldsEt Wilson slgneG -t N.
Jewell and sin other .rSautzu.Il. "a.
ers. that he Mr AtteThslyl v.shss
take advantage 80 the relupors-. .r
( employment and he unfortunate a.
nom!c condition ~ ,he uailroad ,vorke. +,
which the railroads ghSnselves hat 4
intensified, 10 crush our 'ahcr ofgar
E2tions.
We shall SHOW that there . 81
economic justification for vase -
auctions and thar a reduction in ths
general cost ~ living . nos iepende
upon a reduction .n our vases and .ha.
OF other wage eAruers.
There is 0o lcubS ;ha, ne tempo
raTy requirements o. the rallros a,
could be hnanccd by The railroad han.
erS if ,hey were as mitch ,uteresra.
in tbs maintenance % railroad credit a.
some of them evidently are IN -rush.ns
labor organizations and rciucing wagcs
III the public expects - 90 .ualf
tain the spirit and letter ot ne Rw Rn.
20 rely upon iudicml settlement 10 IlE
fcrenccs n an orderly wax Ov must e
protected AGAINST the tA-adylStd c0ur
q Nj Attcrbury ana his assu, .ati
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