The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-18
ELEVEN FUNDAMENTALS Set
BEFORE i. S. LABOR BOARD
list of Requirements
Does Not In c u dse
Closed Shop Principle
President J e w Ell 4
Says These Principles
Have Been Sanctioned
by Public.

by Public.
Chicago, March 1S.-Eleven basis
principles satisfactory to labor and
on which labor would be willing to NE
gotiate agreements were laid down
before the United States railroad IL
Dor board today by b. M Jewell.
president of the railway employees de-
pGrtment of the American Federation
Of Labor
The fundamentals upon which,
rational agreements are based consis6
only OF those elementary principleeA
and safeguards which enlightened
public opinion has sanctioned and Of
iiCially declared necessary TO the well
being of the men and women employ
et not only in the transportation In
drStry but in all basic industries.'s
Mr.. Jewell said.
Arguments upon the proposal of
/ the railroad executives to abrogatd
the national agreements has occupied
the attention of the board since JAM
uary q when the request was submit-
ted by w. W. Atterbury, vice pres4
ident of the Pennsylvania railroad. 4
Fundamentals which are the basis
Of the national agreements are as foliF
lows Mr.. Jewell said:
Jab0r's Demand
The eight hour day; he proper
overtime rates for work in excess OF
ight hours; arrar gment of working.
shifts for reasonable living by em-,e
ployes and their families; reasonable
precautions for the protection OF &
health and security of employees; deh-i!
milton of the work of each to be per-
formed by mechanics and helpers;
formulation of apprenticeship, four
years apprenticeships required foR
mechanics; right of the majority fH
each craft 10 determine what Organ
ization shall represent themj tzlH
right to select committee to handle
Eievances; limiting of crafts senoTfty
to local shops and not permitting I'm
terchange Of seniority with other shops
o" crafts, and right to organize with !
out discrimination.
IF machinery is to be successfully
established for the peaceable settIe-
rent of disputes" said Mr.. Jewell,
these fundamental principles are an
aEso.utely necessary preliminary.
Appeals to Public
I'VE have no doubt that the rail-
road labor board will sanction these
fundamentals. We know the public
will support them when it really
';novs the truth. Our reason
'~rr' IT. tt0sa fundamentals
his time is % -monstrate no,
8" i wou haze been had the rail-
roads besn sincere to meet with those
who have been selected and instruct-
ed by the rank and file of railroad
employees to adjust the whole matter
of national agreements.
We'll rounded and smooth running
machinery would now be in operation
and peace on railroads and good will
between management and employees
would prevail where now exists grow
ing distrusts. dissention, dissatisfac-
tion and increasing rumblings. of
fast approaching costly and vicious
conflict.
Even now. if the representatives
of the railroads were sincere in their
attitude and not engaged In a mis-
guided attack on railroad employees,
ell questions as to national agree
ments and national adjustment boards
could be quickly settled"
ndIl GHHlOyCS SOuHIcT fAtldSH k
Chicago, March 1S.-The first real
counter-attack of the railroad em-
ployes before the railroad labor board
was opened today on the railroad ex
ecutive's indictment of the present
national agreements put into effect y;
while the railroads were under feder-
al control. The railroad leaders were
prepared to lay before the board
concrete proposal for conference OF
the national agreements and railway 7
executives had been instructed to APP
pear for questioning by counsel for
the employees on their statementa
that the existing rules were responst-
BILE for wasteful and inefficient prac-N
tices. Ter
Through their testimony, labor
leaders declared, it is hoped to bring
out that the sentiment of the mems
bers of the association was not unanis
nous in favor of abolishing the ma
tional agreements.
When the labor representatives re-
quested the board to ask the railroad
executives to appear, it was stated
that if the testimony they expect f
forthcoming from the executives they
could complete presentation Of their
case within two weeks.
CT DETE NIcIrnR lAcAME