The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-19
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name was prepared by punlicists, he said, but had his thorough concurrence, and he declared emphatically that he was op- posed to all national agreements. He said the association appropriated S11o,0l0 year for publicity.
 | MT. Walsh clashed with his witness sew eral times and kept the big crowd in | such confusion that the chairman seV- eral times threatened to clear the rocm MT Cuyler, however, maintained his ob- iections to national agreements and 1 blocked every effort of the unions to show that strife existed in the associa- ton over the question.
 | It was expected. labor leaders said. to draw out from the executives placed on the stand an alleged divided stand on the national agreement question. Carl R. Cray president of the Union Pacific and w. w Atterbury were on hand, but their appearance was po.stnoned until to- morrow.
 One letter from MT. Binkerd to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the asSo- | citation. reported that the commlttcs had voted in favor or One or more na tional boards of adjustment only with : w w Atterbury, vice president of | the Pennsylvania, voting against the resolution MT. Atterbury, the letter l said, had submitted a minority report against the plan and this report later | was adopted 50 to 4l py the ralHoausa 1 in an individual ballot.
 CAUSED GREY TO RESIGN Mir Walsh said that as result or this, Carl Grey, president of the Union Pacific, resigned as chairman of the committee and Atterpury succeeded l him,
 Mir. walsh had asserted before the meeting that he would prove that Mir. Atterbury, E. T. Winter, chairman of e. l a few others dominated the policies of the roads.
 The unions bill of rights was pre- sented by B. M. Jewell, chairman of the railroad labor department of the American Federation of Labor, and out lined Il points which MT. Jewell said could not be changed with labors con- sent. They dealt largely with work ing conditions.
 DESCRIBES ASSOCIATION MT Binkerd. the first witness called by MT. Walsh outlined the formation of the executives association and it's various committees. The association originated in 1912, he said, and was formed to deal with the steadily de Iveloping railroad problems in the United States These problems he said. showed that it gradually was becoming impossible for the railroads | to keep in advance of the other indus tres' The present association was the outgrowth of the 1912 organization, he said. He declared it did not have | general power over the roads as eacn road acted on it's own Judgmenta'
 If it has no control over them. why is Winter here as their representa- tive" asked MT Walsh.
 "He is here as the result of a policy adopted by the roads individually to their association" MT. Binkerd replied.
 Asked by a board member where MT. Winter got authority for his action in the railroad question, MT. Binkard Lsaid originally MT Winters committees was to act on wages. but as rules came up in the wage hearing, he was au- Ithorized in telegram from the asso~ citation March IT, 1920, to deal with that matter also. This action by the association later was confirmed by the roads, he said.
 l NUMBER OF VOTES
 MT. Walsh asked how many votes the roads had, and MT. Binkerd replied .one each for Class A road"
 How many has the Pennsylvania I system?" asked Mir Walsh.
 Eight" was MT. Binkerd's answer.
 Judge Barton, chairman of the board said he thought MT Walsh was dealing entirely with boards of ad- justment, while the question before the board was national agreements. The judge said he thought that they prob ably would finish more quickly this way, however, and told MT. Walsh to go ahead with his questioning. ! At the afternoon session. MT. Walsh. read the three reports made by MT. lAtterbury on the board of adjustment question, which finally resulted in the 60 to 41 vote by the individual roads in favor of local boards.
 These reports declared that national boards of adjustment would lead to l nationalization of the railroads, the closed shop and would be unfair to ponunion employees of the roads.
 ATTERBURY REPORT l Tt is clear to us," said MT. Alter bury's second minority report on the lquestion, that national boards of ad- justment mean national agreements I national agreementS mean uniform working conditions. wages. etc. as well as uniform handling of :abor matters. which in turn mean the closed l shop. You cannot escape the issue --------------- | nocfLc {,