The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-17
SOWING SEEDS
! OF BOLSHEVISM
Railroad Board Minority
Is Accused BY the
Majority
In REPORTING
"A WAGE SLASH
Cut of s27,OOO.OOo Affects
Clerks, Signal Men and
Others

Chicago, June II tBy the Associated
Press Majority members Of the Unit
ed States railroad board, who yesterday
ordered another s27 100000 slash from
wages Of the nations railway workers,
to-day replied to criticisms OF minority
members of the board with the charge
that the dissenting members presented
.incendiary arguments in a strained
and exaggerated effort to inflame the
employees to strike against the decls
ion Of the board
The minority, constituting two Of
the three labor members, were accused
OF sowing some Of the tiny seeds that
have germinated and blossomed into
industrial anarchy in Russia =
Yesterdays decision, which affected
wages OF 325,000 railway clerks, sig
nalmen and stationary fremen,
brought total reductions effective July
1, under the boards orders to Sl35,000,
600. Approximately 100000 railway
employees are affected by the orders.
accompanying yesterday order ear
rying reductions ranging from two TO
six cents an hour was a lengthy sup
porting opinion from the members
representing the railroads and the pub
lie, and the dissenting opinion by the
labor members condemning the order.
In their reioinder to-day. the ma
jority members said in parti
1T is not incumbent upon the six
members of the board concurring in
this decision. to follow the minority
into partisan controversy which part
was more of the characteristics Of i'm
advocacy than Of calm ad
iudication. There il one fea-
ture OF the dissenting argument, which
is SO unusual, that II should not te
passed over without notice. and that
is the portion wherein the two dissent
ing members advise the employees to
strike against the decision of he
board
1T is something sow for labor mem
bers of the board to issue incendisry |
arguments TO employees in favor Of
against decision. OF the
board. The giving of advice of this |
Kind has heretofore been left TO out
siders, who were not under the official
imposed by the transporta
ion act, the main purpose OF which is
% prevent railway strikes and protect
he public from their dire effects.
mot only do the minority step do xn
rom the judicial position which they
,ccupy, to advise strike. but they OBJ
'iously distort and misconstrue the
anguage Of the majority in order 20
,rovide the condition which they p o.
lounce justification.
'The entire dissenting opinion CON
tituted strained and exaggerated
fort TO inhame the employees by the
'elief that they have been grossly out
a ged by this decision.
"A fair statement Of the facts will
onvince any disinterested man that
10 injustice has been done to these
mployes by the present decision and
hat the decrease in their wages is
onservative and i based upon the
aw and the evidence" '
s.It is well to remember" the state
lent continued. shat the time will
ever come in this or any other coun-
ry when the ordinary rules of common
cnse and business can be absolutely ,
ynored in the conduct of any indus.
~
"It will be readily conceded that our
1cial and Industrial system has not
lvariably produced perfect results,
at upon the whole II has demon
trated its superiority 10 every expert
rental substitute that has been Of
red. And the fact must not be over !
,oked that this great industrial re-
ublic has rewarded labor with its
lrsest degree of liberty, prosperity
nd happiness. 1t is well not to hold
: minor imperfections so close to
,e eve "a to obscure It's benefits,
The minority report to which to- n
avs reply was made, was signed by il
rthur o. Wharton and Albert Phil r
ps. The third labor member of the 4
,ard. W. L. YcMemin. was in The p
lst when the minority report was is Z
led.
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