Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-08-02

time. II must Ice understood now
that men who remained in tho serv-
&C" aud thos" VIII" are now enter
inE II viii have rights of seniority
that the board could not ignore
TN" chairman Of the boards state
| m"nt that this is am individual ut
torancc. hut il expresses. In sub
stance. tho sentiments OF a large ma
j"rity Of tn" members or the Rail
road tabor Hoard. was justified Nv
formal action of tn" board taken in
it's resolution OF July :. l?22. which
stated. among other things. as fol
lows:
Il" IL further resolved. That III"
'mpl"N"S remaining in the service.
and tn" new ONES "ut"rins same. i.
accorded IN" application and benefit
If tn" outstanding wage and rule
decisions of the Hallway Labor
Hoard until they are amended or
modified with agreements with said
employees arrived at In conformity
with IN" trauSpor alton act OF 10y de-
rtSi"n OF tn" hoard. and
lie 1t further resolved. That I'll
II hc assumed the employees whn
cave ia" S'rNic" Of tho carriers be-
'auS" az their DISQUALIFICATION with
any decisions of the Labor Board arc
within their rights In 50 doing. II
must likewise l,e conceded that the
those who cutter II anew are within
'h"ir rights in accepting such ON
pI"N m"nt. that they AR. not strike
breakers seeking to 'mpos" tho arbi-
trarN viii Of AN "mploy"r or en-
pl"ycs: that they have the moral as
well rs IA" legal rights I" engage
ia such S"rVic" - IN" American pub
u" To avoid interruption OF indispeu-
SaL!c railway transportation. and that
lao,
every department. aud branch of the
government. state and national
1T must h" understood that any
proposal that employees now ON
strike shall 10" permitted - return To
tho service. without impairment of
their seniority IS merely another way
OF suggesting that those men who
took "mpi"Nm"nt in this crisis in
good faith. rclNin On tho promises
Of tin" railroads O." protect them in
thor positions. th"s" promises being
Justified by the authoritative utter
anC"S of the labor board. and thus
have mad" possible tho continued
operation ~ tn" railroads shall now
he sacrificed in favor or men now on
strike. which not only brought about
tn. crisis. but 10y their own action
and declaration ar" no longer en-
pl"y"s Of III. railways. under tn"
jurisdiction of tn" United States
Labor Bnard. OF subject to the APP
r!icaticn OF the transportation act.
Has Discouraged >-w Men.
In addition "a TIA" necessity OF
upholdinr tn" labor hoard and main
Naming tn" pledges mad" by the rail
roads To the men now At work. there
Is the practical effect on the super
viSory onircrS ~ a violation ~ the
nj a
make" Their discouraI"mcut and
m"ralizntion would II. far more
disastrous than this or any other
strike. Much harm has already been
done by repeated publication Of
rumors in recent days that tho loyal
men and tn" new men ar" to bc
sacrificed to tho strikers This has
discouraged now men from accepting
employment In as great numbers as
would com. forward II certain that
the pledges given would be fulflicd.
such published rumorS only delay the
complete collapse OF the strike
In view OF the above, IL Is sub
mittcd that tn" striking former en-
ploy"s cannot to given preference to
employees ~ present in the service
without doing violence To every prin-
cipl" "f right and justice Involved in
rms matter and without the ErosscSt
breach ~ faith on tn" part Of III"
railroads To tn" men -, present in
their service. Under those circum-
stances. 1t becomes apparent that tn"
railroads canno, consider any set
Element NJ the present strike which
docs not provid" protection in their
present employment. both 10 the loval
employees who remained in the scr
fIc" and To the new employees entering
II ="