Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-02
TELEGRAM Carries Refusal
Of Railroad Operators C.
Accept Harding Peace Plan

nored by the leaders OF the strike
who refused to attend the. hearing,
Thercupon 1t became, the plain, duty
Of the railroads actively and vigorous
~ to undertake TO uphold the orderly
processes tor the adjustment OF In
dustrial disputes contemplated by the
statute creating the labor board and
representedE by the decisions OF that
board against which the strike IN
question was directed and at the same
time continue to the best OF their
ability to discharSe their duty to the
public as common casrters.
Would Protect Loyal.
Many men in the service refused
to Join the strike II IN SO doinK
we're assured OF the seniority rights
%accruing to them and Of the pernla-
hence of their positions. On some
important lines so per cent or nor
old loyal employees have been
thousands OF new men who were en-
ployed and could be secured only
| upon 4 definite promise that their
services would be retained regaruleSs
Of the settlement OF h strike, with
oil the rights appertaining OF sucn
; employment including thai of senlorl-
ty under the working rules and regu-
lations previously approved by the
| AOAA oSAu AoooA oSAlN.
point out that 4 refusal to the oio
men who remained in the service n
to the new men who accepted service
OF the rights of seniority incident 20
their employment would have just
the opposite effect to that desired pF
the president and would most serl-
ously discredit the labor GARD. the
board itself prescribed the rules OK
seniority under which the men re-
A fnrroa ~ horyo eor1vci their seniority
rights and ,he railroad companies
have neither the legal nor moral right
to deprive these men of those rights.
BY public utterances since the strike
began the board has recognized and
emphasized these rights, and to deny
them now, would instead of uphold
ing the authority of the labor board
overthrow its rules n 'scredit its
authority.
THE chairman of the or board
at the time of the strike was called
and made the following public state
ment
"'IJpon one question. the striking
employees should not De deceived.
Their leader has said that the strik-
ers a no longer employees of the
railways. and they have thus auto
matically abandoned all the rights
they possess under their agreements
and under the decisions of the board.
including their seniority. This is not
the boards action. 1t is their own.
Many carriers are giving their
former employees the opportunity to
re-enter the service within a limited
time. It must be understood now
that men who remained in the SER
vice n those who are now entering
it will have rights of seniority that
the board could not ignore
individual Expression.
1.-The chairman of the boards state
ment that is an individual utterance.
but it expresses, in substance, the
sentiments Of a large majority of the
members of the railroad labor board.
was justified by formal action of the
board taken in its resolution on July
3, 1922, which stated, among other
things, as follows:
BE it further resolved that the
employees remaining in the service
! and the new ones entering same be
accorded the application and benefit
of. the outstanding wage and rule de-
cisions of the railroad labor board
!. until they are amended or modified
BY agreements with said employees
arrived. at in conformity with The
transportation act or by decision O.
the board. and =
: t""Be it further resolved that if it b,
{ assumed that The 1employes who ieav,
the service of the carriers beca Use n