The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-07-05
JEWELL CHARGES BOARDOUTLAWED
 ITSELF IN REPLY
Singing Charge Sent to Board Replying to Resolutions Ef- fecting Disputes Between
 Carriers and Employees
By Assoelatsd Pres.

Chicago, July 1.-The labor board has "outlawed" itself and not the shopmen's organization by it's action in declaring the shop crafts outside its further jurisdiction, B. M. Jewell, head of the railway employees de- partment of the American Fedora tion of Labor, declared today in letter addressed to the labor board taking issue with the boards "out- law" resolution adopted yesterday. Tn this partisan effort of the board to destroy the effectiveness Of the organizations which the railway employees have formed by their own desire and in the exercise of their right of mutual aid and cooperation, the board has 'outlawed' not the or- ganizatlons of employees, but itself" MT. Jewell asserted.
 Hoard to Exclude
 Charged with the duty of mediat- 1 ing in disputes between the carriers and their employees. the board an nounced that unless the actions ot the organizations of employees meets with it's approval. the board will one | by one exclude from consideration these organizations, until, in the course of time. following its present l policy. we may assume the board will have excluded from it's consid- eration the entire 2.00o.o00 railway employees thus leaving itself unable tos,p perform any pf the duties and obligations imposed upon 1t by the | transportation act"
 MT. Jewell charged that the board Ifs lending its aid definitely to the nationwide drive inausurated by selfish short-sighted financial in- terests against organized labor. and in favor of the so-called open shops. which is In fact, as you well know, a nonunion shop"
 Living Standard Low He asserted that the board .hs= allowed itself to be used as an in- strument to lower the American standard off living at the behest of organized greed" and has become an Instrument of attack against national i1abor organizations.
 He asserted his organization was ready and willing to meet repre- sentatfves of the carriers to try and reach an agreement on wages and ! working conditions.
 We have no desire to promote any further misguided effort of the labor board to hamper and prevent a fair | oi Ahio 0toPhAc anu Coh accept the action of this board of July 8. as relieving these organiza- tions, which. the board has attempted to outlaw from the faintest obliga- tion. in the present controversy to the board which has thus abandoned it's efforts to fulfill the duties imposed upon 1t by law" the statement con- cluded.
 Not Fighting Board
 MT Jewell reasserted previous statements that the shopmen are not fighting the labor board or govern ment but are engaged in dispute with the carriers after the railroad labor board had failed to obtain an asi cement acceptable to both parties. There is nothing in any lawful de- cision of the board to prevent such an agreement being reached. he said. and asserted that the action of the board in outlawinR his organization simply means that the board has accepted It's failure to bring about an agreement. and the acceptance of that same fact by the employees can not be honestly described as fight against the labor board or the gov ernment.