The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-08-19

tanned, as the law contemplates. This
must be So whether the carriers or
the employees ignore It's decisions.
Some Decisions Ignored.
"Unhappily q number OF, decisions
of this board had been ignored by
the carriers. In only one instance,
however. had q decision, CHALLENGED
by n carrier, been brought to the at
tentlon of the department OF Justice
and this decision was promptly car
ried to the courts and has recently
been sustained In the federal court
OF appeals. The public or the eXecu-
tive has no knowledge OF the ignored
decisions In other cases, because
they did not hinder transportation.
when these failures OF many OF the
carriers TO abide by decisions OF the
board were brought TO my attention,
could more faily praise the
feelings OF the strikers, though they
had a remedy without seeking to
paraly2e interstate commerce.
"The law creating the railroad la
Dor board IL inadequate Contrary to
popular impression, Il has little or
no power to enforce Its decisions. 1t
can impose no penalties on either
party dlsregarding its decisions. IL
cannot halt n strike, and manifestly
congress deliberately omitted the
enactment OF compulsory arbitra-
tion. The decisions OF the
board must be made euforceble and
effective against carriers and EN-
piUyes alike. But the law Is new
ami no perfection Of ii ny congress
NJ this moment could he helpful in
the present threatened paralysis Of
transportation.
Tried q Lone Hand.
y t.. "A. - -. y
oft times possible to settle disputes
outside OF court, so, in desire 20
serve public welfare, ventured upon
an attempt at mediation. ] submit
ted TO tho officials OF the striking
employees and the chairman OF the
Association OF Railway Executives,
in writing on the same day, a tenta-
tive proposal for settlement.
knowing that some OF the car
riers had offended by ignoring the
decision OF the board and the EN-
ployes had struck when they had a
! remedy without :ho strike, I foit x
was best to start all over again, re-
sumo work, all to agree TO abide
faithfully by the boards decisions,
make II a real tribunal OF peace in
transportation and everybody serve
the public. The barrier to be sur
mounted was t1e question OF senior
ity. BY the workers, these rights are
held to be sacred and unsurrendered
by strike. BY the carriers the
preservation of seniority is the
weapon OF discipline on the one hand
and the reward OF faithful employees
on the other. 1t has been an al
most invHriable rule that when
strikes have been lost seniority and
its advantages have been surren-
| dered; when strikes have been set
tied, seniority has been restored.
Proposed Settlement.
"In the tentative PROPOSAL which
sponsored. IL was provided that the
workers should so back with the
| seniority untmpaired; that there
should be no discrimination by either
workers or carriers against workmen
who did or did not strike. ] zeal
lied that the proposal must carry a
dieappointment employees who had
inherited promotion by staying loyal
on the Job and to such new men as
had sought Jobs, looking 10 perma-
nent employment, but l wanted a
fresh start and maintained trans
portation service and I appraised
the disappointment OF the few TO be
less than the impending misfortune
to the nation, 1t was not what !
would ask ordinarily to be considered
or conceded, but at that moment OF
deep anxiety. with the coal short