Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-08-26
committed against the American
people by the doubly organized
coal interests.
MR.. JEWELS CONTENTION

UIn. il WILL ~ WV AA' AAO@'
Mr.. Bert NJ. Jewell, official
Spokesman for the shop craft
strikers, gave out a statement i'm
mediately following the action OF
the railroad executives, rejecting
the proposals OF the Brotherhoods,
in which this passage occurs:
They (the Association OF Rail
way Executives even tried to
justify their refusal on the ground
of promise OF permanent employ
ment to strikebreakers which they
have not made"
The executives maintain that
they have made such promises. But
for the sake OF argument let it be
conceded that in this they say that
which is not true. The fact never
theleSS remains that these roads
were proceeding under the rulings
of the Railway Labor Board, and
that the Railway Labor Board had
in substantial effect defined the
rights OF men employed as substi-,
tutes for strikers. In support OF
this contention, The News again
cites rule embodied in decision
number PIP adopted by the Board
in November, 1921;
'Rule Is; When new jobs are
created or vacancies occur in the
respective crafts, the oldest en-
ployees in point of service shall if
sufficient ability is shown by trial,
be given preference on filling such
new Jobs, or any vacancies that
may be desirable to them
Subsequently-on July 3, 1922
the Board by formal resolution
declared that the employees re-
naming in the service, and the
new ones entering the same, be
accorded the application of the
outstanding wage and rule decis-
ions of the Railroad Labor Board
until they are modifed or amend
ed by agreements with said en-
ployees, arrived at in conformity
with the Transportation Act or by
decision of this Board
To the benefits OF Rule Is,
therefore, the men employed in
the place OF shop craft workers,
are clearly entitled-nor would it
seem that the roads have author
ity to ignore it, Mr.. Jewell, how
ever, insists that it shall be ignored.
Further the Railroad Labor Board
received July 5, 1922:
That, If it be assumed that the
employees who leave the service
of the carrier because OF their dis
satisfaction with any decisions of
the Labor Board are within their
rights in so doing, il must likewise
be conceded that the men who re-
main in the service and those who
enter it anew are within their
rights III accepting such employ
ment: that they are not strike
breakers seeking to impose the ar
bitrary will OF an employer on
employees; that they have the NOR
al as well as the legal right to en-
gage in such service of the Amer
lean public to avoid interruption
OF indispensable railway tranSpor-
tation, and that they are entitled
to the protection OF every depart
ment and branch OF the govern
men, state and national
Here the Railway Labor Board
has squarely met and directly CON
travened proposition laid down i'll
the quoted statement OF MIR. Jew
ell, spokesman for the striking
shopmen, Mr.. Jewell says that
men employed in the place OF the
Shopmcn who quit their employ
meut are "strike-breakers.' The
Labor Board says they are not
strikebreakerS, that the have both
the moral and the legal right to
take the place OF strikers, and that
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