The New York herald., 1922-08-03
SHOP UNION WIRES
FULL ACCEPTANCE
Continued from First Page.

L
ceptance and the Interpretation Of the
/ proposal sent to the President Tonight
Timothy Healy, president or the fire
men and oilers union. which is also on
strike, signed the shop mems acceptance
or the Presidents proposal. stating that
| his union would abide by the sug-
! gestions and would follow the shop
men,"
| The full text of the message to the
President read as follows:
| THE representatives of the employees
feel themselves under obligation to sup
port every proper effort on the part Of
the Government to bring about or to
preserve the uninterrupted operation of
the transportation industry. The stub
born refusal of the railway executives
to establish a board of adjustment, as
contemplated by law. in order to settle
efficiently disputes over rules and work.
ing conditions between the carriers and
their employees; the continued refusal of
railways representing over a quarter of
a mileage of cass railroads, to comply
with the decisions of the railroad labor
board against the practice of contracting
out work and shope: the persistent cam
paign to deny to the railway employees
just and reasonable wages; to impose
upon them unfair working conditions
and to disintegrate their organizations
all in cumulative effect rendered service
! by railway employees under tho terms
and conditions to be effective July /,
1922, intolerable to over 95 per cent. of
these employees, who therefore voted to
suspend work.
TT is now proposed that they return
to work, temporarily accepting wages
and working conditions which they feel
to be unjust, with reliance upon the fol-
lowing program for redress of griev-
A ances:
First, railway managers and work.
mon are to agree to recognize the valid
ity Of all decisions of the railroad labor
board, and to faithfully carry out such
decisions as contemplated by law
Blame Roads for Violations.
THE employees have always taken the
position that as long as they continued
to render service they should abide by
the rules and working conditions AMI
accept the wages agreed upon by proper
regotiation. or determined by the labor
board after a hearing of dispute upon
any of these matters. They respectfully
point out again that violations of law
! and refusals to comply with decisions
OF the labor board have been exhibited
! only by the railway managements and
that II has been universally admitted
that the employees. in exercising their
right to suspend work uner monaco
| oeptance conditions, were neither violat-
! ing the law nor the decisions of the
} board.
I'VE understand that the recognition
Of the validity of all decisions by the
: railroad labor board, as contemplated
! by the law means, for example, that in
the case of the Pennsylvania Railroad
2 all employees will return to work under
. the wages and working conditions estab-
! lished in the decisions Of the labor
T board and that the sole question OF
validity pending is the authority Of the
labor board to determine, as In decision
number 21S. the method or selecting ac'
credited representatives OF the en-
I ployees, assuming that the railroad has
appealed from the decision of the United
States Circuit Court Of Appeals, which
? sustained the action of the labor board.
tjeoond--The carriers will Withdraw
all lawsuits growing out OF the strike ant
the Railroad Labor Board decisions which
, have been involved in the strike may bt
taken, In the exercise of recognized
, rights by either party, to the Railroad
Labor Board for rehearing.'
: Expect Prompt RebearIng.
1T Is our understanding that the rep
? resentatives of the employees, upon seek
ing rehearing of the eontroverted de
! oisions concerning wages and workinl
conditions. will be afforded n prompt re
hearing and decision by tho labor board
, We assume also that the practically
/. unanimous action OF the employees II
electing 10 suspend work and In con
tinulng this suspension under the sane
tion OF and In accordance with laws o.
their national organizations has endet
, any captious Questioning as To who arr
the properly accredited spolesmen of IN,
, vast majority OF railway employees.
! I'VE desire to call attention to III,
orderly and disciplined conduct OF thes'
employees under difficult conditions
which has demonstrated the indispen
sable value OF their national organize.
tions in aid OF the effective adjustment
OF controversies and the efficient con
duct OF the industry.
Third. all employees now on strilS,
to be returned 10 work and TO their for
mer positions with seniority and othei
, rights unimpaired The Representatives
. OF tho carriers and OF the organization
especially agree that there will be n,
discrimination by either party agains
the employees who did or did no
strike
We are glad 10 observe lnat I'M
obvious justice Of this proposition hai
been accepted. II would certainly bo |
wholesale injustice OF unparalleled ex
! tent II hundreds of thousands Of OK
perienced men who have given four y
forty years service, and whose value 4
the transportation industry IN proper
toned to the length Of their service
should be placed In a position of In
feriorty to q limited number OF mel
who have been employed as substitutes
for these experienced railroad workers.
'srhe demand that such wronl
should be perpetrated, as penalt,
against men who have exercised funda
mental and admitted right not to tende
service under non-acceptable condi
tions, was so unfair that we could no
believe IL would receive the sanction o
any impartial Judgment
I'VE understand the language all em.