The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-08-10

ployees entering II,
The executives had accepted th'
first two conditions proposed by tn
president, namely, that both employ
ers and employees accept the deci
sions Of the labor board. and that al
law suits growing out Of the strikt
be withdrawn; and in relation to tA'
third condition state, not only a.
above, but also as follows:
Agree With the President.
"The railroad executives and man
ayers agree entirely with the pres
dents statement in his letter thai
is wholly unthinkable that the ra
road labor board can be made u
ful agency Of the government in III
tanning industrial peace in the
way service -niess employers
workers are both prompt and unC
tioning in their acceptance OF
decisions
Many men in the service retus
to Join the strike and in so do
were assured of the seniority righ
accruing to them and of the perma.
ence of their positions. On some il
portant lines so per cent or more RI
fused to join the strike. To these oil
loyal employees have been adda
thousands Of new men who were Ell
ployed and could be secured only VI
on a definite promise that their ser
ices would be retained, regardless t
the settlement of the strike, with
the rights appertaining to such e
ployment, including that Of seniorlt
under the working rules and regula
tions previously approved by the rail
road labor board
Just the Opposite Effect"
"We especially point out that a re
fusal TO the old men who remained
in the service and TO the new men VIII
accepted service OF the rights of sen
iority incident to their employment
would have just the opposite effec
to that desired by the president, anC
would most seriously discredit tht
labor board.
The board itself prescribed tht
rules of seniority under which th'
man referred to have secured
their seniority rights, and the rail
road companies have neither the lega
nor moral right to deprive these mel
of those rights. BY public utterancei
since the strike began the board hal
recognized and emphasized thes
rights, and to deny them now would
instead of upholding the authority o
the labor board, overthrow its rule
and discredit its authority. The chair
man of the labor board at the tim
the strike was called made the fol
lowing public statement:
Upon one question the striking
employees should not be deceived
Their leader has said that the
strikers are no longer employees
of the railways. and they have thus
automatically abandoned all the
rights they possess under their
agreements and under the decisions
OF the board, including their SEN
iority This Is not the boards ac
ton. II is their own. Many car
riers are giving their former en-
ployees the opportunity TO re-enter
the service within a limited time
II must be understood now that
men who remained in the service
and those who are now entering II
will have rights Of seniority that
the board could not ignore
What the Proposed Plan Means.
1T must be understood that an,
proposal that employees now on strik
shall be permitted to return to tn
service without impairment to thei
seniority, is merely another way
suggesting that those men who tool
employment in this crisis in goot
faith, relying on the promises of tn
railroads to protect them in thei
positions, these promises being just
fled by the authoritative utterance
OF the labor board, and thus hav
made possible the continued operation
Of the railroads, shall now be sacr
ficed in favor Of men now on strike
who not only brought about the crisis
but, by their own action and declara
ton, are no longer employees of tn
railways, under the jurisdiction of tn
United States Railroad Labor Board
or subject to the application Of tn
transportation act
In addition to the necessity OF uI
holding the labor board and maintain
ing the pledges made by the railroad
10 the men now at work, there is tn
practical effect on the supervisory oi
ficers of violation OF the pledge
they were authorized to make, Thei
encouragement and demoralizatio
would be far more disastrous than thi
or any other strike"
CHECKING UP.
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