Evening star., 1921-03-29

! ports and analyses which we have had
prepared by reputable railroad engi-
neers and experts.
BY the series of exhibits which 1
am ABOUT to preSen.- We shall estab
iish the following f1.s:
Il. The policy OF '. establishing ma
t1onai agreements Or uniform rates
OF pay and workI.e conditions is in
conformity with custom and prece-
dent In the transportation industry
ana IN accordance with the best pub
nc policy. as shown by the awards of
boards of arbitration. and the acts
ana recommendations of other official
agencies during the pre-war period.
In other leading industries of
this country collective bargaining on
. national scale and national agree
NETS as to working conditions and re-
iatlons have been found to be best
means of stabiliZing conditions pro-
! noting Industrial peace and accelerat-
Ing production.
Great Britain Sees Facts.
3. That in Great Britain these facts
have become so clearly recognized by
both employees and employers that ma
tlonal agreements are encouraged by
the federated industries and the Fed
GRAFTON of Trades Unions as whole
| and the effort is being exerted to
make them compulsory upon all en-
ployes and employers in a given in
dustry.
-: That the former railroad ad-
m1nlstration. in entering into national
agreemets. therefore merely recog-
niZed a tendency which had almost
reached complete development prior
to the war and which was sanctioned
by enlightened opinion both within
and without the transportation indus
| try.
| -. That the representatives of the
railroads have given their sanction to
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conditions Of engine and train crews.
D. We shall further show that the
arguments of the railroads are the
same which have been urged in all
past years to prevent the establish
ment OF human standards in indus
try. and shall demonstrate that the
| railroads are now cons3ously and de-
iiberately taking advantage of a tenn
porary industrial depression to de-
stroE human standards which are
! sanctioned by the thought and prac-
tice of the leading industrial nations
of the world"
Bars Traffic League Case
The Railroad Labor Poard toaav do.
chned to admit the National Industrial
TRAFFIC League to the rules case now
before the board
Hearing of the petitioner would not
be helpful and would not be in the pub
lie interest" said the board
NIT this organization as a party con-
testant would result in opening the
gates to dozens of similar bodies and
perhaps prolons the hearing for year.
Following the boards ruling Luth-
er NJ. Walter. counsel for the league.
Immediately filed protest with the
board declaring the body could not
obtain all information necessary to
fully determine the rules dispute if
the Representatives of the paying
public in traffic matters" were ex-
cluded..
Mr.. Walter also asked to be heard
orally in argument for the league
petition.
The boards decision to exclude the
league stated that under the trans
portation act the league was not le-
gally entitled to be a party to the
rules hearing. it had not partici-
pated in the first hearing which re-
suited in the wage award of July
1920.
The league. claiming to represent
63 per cent of the country's shipping
interests. petitioned the beard on
March Is to be made a party to the
hearing.
Wfthdraws Injunction Request.