The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-24
ELECT TO BOARD
Santa Fe Hospital Case Settled
for Employees.
Association Control Remains
With Company.
COMPLIANT STILL A MYSTERY
State OF Kansas Represented
Unknown Persons in Suit.
First Election of Two En-
pIOyes in Next Sixty Days.

The persons or interests who OBJ
tanned the use of the states name
from the attorney generals office in
starting an action in the supreme
court, August Is, 1921, to take from
the railroad company the control OF
the Santa Fe hospital association and
turn it over to the employees. have
agreed to leave the control with the
company and be content with the cleo
tion of two employees as members of
the board of trustees instead of hav-
ing them appointed by the president
Of The railroad company, as at present
provided.
A stipulation to this effect was
signed today by Gardiner LaihroP'
general solicitor. and Judge w. X.
Smith for the railroad company; Rich
ard j. Hopkins and John D. Egan Tor
the state of Kansas. and James A
Troutman and Z. D. Mckeever Tor
the complainants. The names Of the
latter have never been ascertained by
the railroad company Any attempt
on the part of the cOmpanyS attorneys
10 obtain the names from the attorney
general has met with refusal on the
ground that the parties, for fear of
jeopardizing their positions with the
company. had requested that their
identity be withheld. Hints that union
leaders were behind the action have
often been heard.
The plan in existence ever since the
organization of the Santa F'e hospital
association for the territory compris-
ing the Eastern and Western lines
calls for a board of five trustees, to
be appointed by the president of the
Santa Fe Railroad company three of
whom shall be officers. and two shall
be employees. who shall be appointed
un the recommendation of fellow en-
hNaa eaVN1aa
shall be sent to the president by the
employees. The officers on the board
at present are: +. G. Fox, general
manager of the Eastern lines; r. II.
Allison. assistant general manager,
and Irving c. Hicks, mechanical su-
perintendent. The employe members
are James Z. Thomas, an engineer,
and Richard F. Hayes, conductor.
All hold their appointments from w.
B. Storey, president of the railroad
company.
10 Eject by Ballot.
BY the terms of the new stipulation,
the two employee members of the
board of trustees shall be elected
hereafter, by ballot of all employees,
and the first election shall be held
within thirty days after April 10, 1922.
Every railroad union is authorized to
select one candidate for the election
for ee en- of the two employe places on
the board. and certify the nominations
10 the attorney general Non-union
employees are authorized to send two
names to the attorney general, and
the namessOf the two employees having
r1e highest number of endorsements
from the non-union employees shall go
on the ballot with the names of the
union candidates. A ballot shall then
be mailed TO every employe. There
after, the places of the two employe
members, who must always be regular
employees of the railroad company,
shall be filled in like manner by cleo
ton every year.
Retain Senior Rights.
Other items in the stipulation are;
While serving as members of the
board, employees shall retain all seniors
ity right. pension rights. insurance
right, etc; no candidate shall be dis
charged from the service of the COM
pany on account of his candidacy;
ballots shall be counted in the presence
of Representatives of the union, and of
the non-uniOn employees; salaries OF
he -employe members will be $4,000
a year, the same as at present for en-
ploye members; vacancies by death,
resignation. or other cause. shall be
filled by unanimous vote of the board
of trustees; after the first election,
nomination shall be reported to the
secretary of the hospital association
instead of to the attorney general;
and the case in the supreme court shall
be dismissed when the stipulation
shall have been carried out. The
stipulation further provides that the