Evening star., 1921-10-09
LEE THINKS RAIL
STRIKE UNLIKELY
Head Points Out
That Average Labor
Leader Is Not Insane"
VOTE 1870 FOR QUITTING
Letter to Chiefs of Other Brother.
hoods States Readiness to Act
as They Decide.
VOTE 1870 FOR QUITTING
by the Associe ted Press.

hy The Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October s-Pre-
oictlon that there will be no general
strike on the part of the railroad broth
ernoods was made today by William C.
Lee president of the Brotherhood of
railroad Trainmen. Mr. Lee based his
prediction on his belief that "the av-
erase labor leader Is not insane to the
extent OF not recognizing conditions as
they now exist"
Asked whether he admitted the possi-
oitty of strike on any one railroad
ne replied that it was possible. but he
olo not admit its probability.
Mr. Lee returned yesterday from
Chicago, having supervised the canvass
" q strike vote of more than $50. .oeO
mem' ers OF his organization, taken in
prot 1t against the II per cent wage re.
ducfI.n ordered by the United States
railroad Labor Board. effective Julv
81 Per Cent for Strike,
Air. Lee declined to be party to the
joint strike ballot Of the other brother
hoods sent out early in September
Claiming nothing could legally be in
Guided in such a ballot, according n
the Esch- -Cummins law, except the wag.
reduction of July 1. since the labor
board had not made decision on othe,
subjects mentioned in the joint ballot
MI Lee prepared and submitted a sep
arate ballot for the train and yard men,
The vote returned. he said. was in ex
cess of IS per cent in favor of a strike
with the following provision:
I'VE further request that our mem.
bership on this railroad be authorized
to withdraw from service on the same
day and hour that the membership OF
either the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers. Order of Railway Conductors
or Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemer
and Enginemen of this road is author.
lied to stop work, as a result of the vote
taken by such organizations in connec.
tion with the wage reduction of july /. >
Notifies Brotherhod Heads.
The next move is up to the othe,
organizations" Mr.. Lee declared. H,
made public. in part. a letter of Octo
Der 3, addressed to Grand Chief War.
rem S. Stone of the engineers. Presi.
dent w. S. Carter of the Firemen, ant
President L. E. Shepperd of the Con.
ductors, as follows:
This communication is to motif,
you officially of the action of tn,
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen il
regard to the vote submitted to then
relative to reduction of pay.
THE vote of our membership on al
reads a.scteI by such reduction ant
reports filed with me show in exces.
| of sS per cent of the entire member
ship ,on all roads voting in favor O.
Withdrawing from the service of theif
employer rather than continujn,
longer under the reduced rates of pa,
established by Decision No. 147, ant
addenda thereto of the United State
Railroad Labor Board
Pledged to Permit Strike,
lam pledged to grant the author
ity SO requested and permit our mem
bership to leave the service on an,
or all of the roads requesting author
ity to do so whenever I am officiall,
advised by either of you that an au
thorized stoppage of work Of tn
membership of your organizations ha
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