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authority of the Labor Board to de-
termine. as in decision No. 21s, the
method Of selecting accredited repre-
sentatives of the employees, assuming
that the railroad has appealed from
the decision Of the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals, which sustained
the action of the Labor Board.
Second. the carriers will with
draw all lawsuits growing out of the
strike, and the Railroad Labor Board
decisions which have been involved
in the strike may be taken, in the
either party, to the Railroad Labor
Board for rehearing.'
Spokesman for Men Revealed
ut is our understanding that the rep
resentatives of the employees, upon
seeking rehearing of the controverted
decisions concerning wages and work
ing conditions, will be afforded a
prompt rehearing and decision by the
Labor Board We assume also that the
practically unanimous action of the
employees in electing to suspend work
and in continuing this suspension un-
der the sanction of, and in accordance
| with, laws of their national organiza-
tions, has ended any capitous question
ing as to who are the properly accred-
tied spokesmen of the vast majority of
| railway employees.
eve desire to call attention to the
orderly and disciplined conduct Of these
employees under difficult conditions,
which has demonstrated the indispen-
sable value of their national organ ia
tions in aid Of the effective adjust
ment of controversies and the efficient
conduct of the industry
Third, all employees now on
strike to be returned to work and
to their former positions with
seniority and ether rights un;ln-
paired. The representatives Of the
carriers and of the organizations es-
pecially agree that there will be no
discrimination by either party
against the employees who did or
did not strike
1--WE are glad to observe that the OBJ
vious justice of this proposition has
been accepted. 1t would certainly be
wholesale injustice Of unparalleled
extent, if hundreds of thousands of
experienced men who have given four
to forty years service, and whose value
to the transportation industry is pro-
portioned to the length of their service
should be placed in position of in
terlority to a limited number Of men
who have been employed as substitutes
for these experienced railroad work
ers."
Working Conditions Assailed
"The demand that such q wrong
should be perpetrated, as o penalty
against men who have exercised q
fundamental and admitted right not to
tender service under non-acceptabl Ole
conditions was SO unfair that we could
not believe it would receive the sane
tion of any impartial judgment
"We understand the language 'all
employees now on strike to include all
employees who hold seniority rights
under the rules agreed upon between
the carriers and the organizations of
employees or as promulgated by the
: United States Railroad Labor Board
at should. be understood that in act
ing favorably upon the proposals for
settlement Of the pending contro-
versles the representative of the or
ganized employees feel that they are
making concessions and sanctioning
sacrifices on the part of the employees
which entitle them to the highest con-
slderatlon and to recognition as law
abiding American citizens, who are
ready and willing to do all in their
power, even beyond that which is
strictly reasonable, in order to pro-
mote industrial peace and to further
the uninterrupted flow of the com
merce of the nation.
Contracting Out Condemned
eve see evidence of little sacrifice
required on the part of the manage
ments to whom like proposals have