Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-07-29
SHOPMEN'S LEADERS
REPLY T0ATTERBURy
In Letter to Oelmar Strikers
N. D. Good Makes Caustic
Comment.

which. among other things. he adj
Niscs the company's employees that the
company viii protect all those who
remained at work and refused to obey
the strike call OF the federated shop
crafts. has drawn n rather tart reply
from y. ID. Good. president of System
Federation No. 30. which IL the branch
of the shopmcn's organization COM
prisinx the Pennsylvania system.
Mr.. Good has written a letter To ID.
y ringle. a member of the executive
committee of the striking shopmen i'm
pclmar. In which he does not hesitate
60 brand some of Mr.. Atterbury's
statements az mis-statcments. Mr..
Goods letter is as follows:
MIR, Tingle. Delmar. Delaware.
Dear Sir and Brother;
In answer to your letter of the
asinst.. In which you enclosed cir
,ular issued by W. w. Atterbury
Nicc- president I'm charge of operation
uf the Pennsylvania System under
date of July 81. 1929. which deals with
the rcfusal OF the Pennsylvania man
ngcmcut To apply a decision of the
United States Railroad Labor Board
and IN which he also gives certain
assurances to such employees as as
sisted the Pennsylvania management
in prumulgatiug the socalcd rcgula-
tlons and rates of pay In violation of
the boards orders and To other Cm-
iloyes who have remained loyal 20
tho management and were traitors TO
their fellow wurkmcn
MIR Attcrhury saws in part: The
management intends to stand hl
agreements whi,h have been reached
10y the elected representatives at the
employees and the management.
MIR. Atterbury here implies the in
tentiun of the Pennsylvania manage
mcnt 90 back up an act which was
representative of only 10is per cent
e the employees. even though he has
to violate the orders and DEGREES "
tho Federal Courts aud the 1. :
Government to do So.
"ie also states that those arEce-
ments have already proved to be mu-
tually satisfactory to the vast ma
Jority OF employees. etc. To which we
reply that; the very fact more than
80 per cent OF the shop craft employees
of the Pennsylvania System ceased
work on or after July as part q this
nation n-wide strike is sufficient cNi-
dcnCe u such is needed. tu brand his
assertion as a ridiculous miS-statc-
mont intended tu mislcad the public.
MIR. AttcrburN's assurance that the
Pennsylvania railroad viii protect
every cmployc who has remained On
duty and VIII comply with every one
of the 'Romp Rules indicates a phe-
nominal departure from his past
practice as the lauded protection aC-
corded the employees Of Pennsylvania
railroad is a sarcastic Joke among the
employees of other railroads and the
numerous violations ~ the socalled
regulations which have now been in
effect FOR ;nore than a year have turn
cd many former supporters against
this Company Union and have had
much 80 do in influencing the thou
sands Of men who are now out on
strike.
In his statement ot facts Mr.. A.
terbury alleges that system Fedora
tiuu No. 90 persuaded It's membership
not 10 vote and demand the right "a
represent the shop craft. This is a
malicious mis- statement which IS MT
based on records either in the Office
of the Pennsylvania railroad. System
Federation No 80 or the L : Rail
road Labor Board. The true facts be
inr that al the time this dispute arose
system Federation no. 20 did and does
now represent "a majority Of the shor
craft employees and its representatives
did agree 20 the submission Of a ballot
tu all az tho empluges. so prepared as
80 enable them - decide by referen-
dunn vote whether they wanted rep
ro..ntation through System Fedora.
ton No 90 or any other organization
or by individuals who the majority OF
them might namt This right. which
was clearly one that the employees
were entitled 90 under the provisions
Of the Transportation Act 4 1920. and
she decisions of the United states Rail.
roed Labor Board. was denied then
by the Pennsylvania railroad. who
prepared a ballot dcsregarding or
ranizaiions then IN existence and pro.
Nidcd for the selection 81 individuals
in territorial Jurisdictions following
which. under their own supervision
created organizations representing
small minority who acting IN contunc.
tion with the management destroyinl
working conditions. claEsihcations anC
rates of pay established during tn,
period OF Federal control and In plac,
q these established others which ar,
oven less favorable 20 the emplove,
than are those handed down by tn,
United States Railroad Labor Board
against which the employees Of al
railroads are now engaged In thn
nationwide strike.
We feel sure that you want tn,
truth and We believe that the public
which the railroads OF this Countr,
serve. are entitled 10 the truth. and W,
ray here. without fear Of successfu
contradiction: Mr. Atterburys state
ment that 50 per cent Of the shCl
crafts have stood loyally by the pubrt
IN the Pennsylvania service is
malicious mis-statement intended {,
deceive the public. unless Mr.. After
bury includes in this group a mai rit,
of the loyal red blOoded American mel
who are not unmindful of the interes
OF the public and are desirous of serv
d ing the public through employment b,
the Pennsylvania System in the futur
as many OF them have done for a.
much as thirty-five and forty year
in the past. but who are now out OF
strike II MIR Atterbury gives thi
statement To the public as the truth
then he must mean that large ma
Jority Of the shop craft employees GU
on strike are still being considered en-