The Washington times., 1922-09-19

bof policy in the minds Of numerous
members of the National Association
of Railroad Executives.
I~found Mr.. Good in an office
enormously supplied with files and
records Of all descriptions. Railroad
passion for manila folders and car
bon copies that railroad executives
have.
Why the Feud Arose.
l asked Mr. Good why 1t was that
the shopcraft unions started fight
ing with the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company on a large scale long be-
fore the general shoperaft strike
happened asked him also what he
Thought the prospects OF general
settlement were.
He said:
.sMr. Atterbury, Of the Pennsyl-
yania Railroad Company, manage
meht, has been chairman of the La
Dor committee of the National AS
ISOLATION of Railroad Executives.
He has a policy'of what he calls EN-.
ploye representation. He installed
this policy in the shops Of the Penn
sytfvania railroad more than a year
age. ~.
"It has spread now to other rail-
roads which still are refusing TO
come to terms with the shopcraft
unions in this present strike.
a'Mr Atterbury's 'employe repre-
sentation' has developed into the
chief weapon of the railroad COM
panies against the shopcraft unions.
1--WE took a strike vote against
It almost a year ago. On that
strike vote we quit work on July
of this year. Thirty-three thousand
Pennsylvania shopmen walked out
gone back.
1--WE do not claim that the Penn
syRania Railroad Company has not
been able to hire strikebreakers. II
has been able to hire large num-
bers of them.
.,'What we do claim is that the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
vail soon find these strikebreakers
too expensive.
s'Lots of these strikebreakers
have to be given free meals. They
have to be given free lodgings.
They have to be given twelve
hours pay for nine hours work.
Matter Of Economy.
eve claim that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will presently see
that 1t is cheaper to hire union men
who get eight hours pay for eight
irpurs work and get fed by their
wiyes at their own expense. ..,..-
give also claim that we will prove
10 the country--just as we have
ILfoved TO the Railroad Labor Board
---that Mr.. Atterbury's 'employe rep
resentation' has not been accepted by
tie Pennsylvania shopcraft en-
p}oyes
SsMore than $1,000 Pennsylvania
shopcraft employees voted last year
ID be represented by the shopcraft
unions.
=.Fewer than 5,OOO-according to
the Pennsylvania Railroad CoIi'
pany's own figures-Voted for Mi.
Aterbury's 'employe representation
pdan.
I'Mr. Atterbury, nevertheless, re-
fused to meet the officers Of the fed
eration OF Pennsylvania shopcraft
uhions, although all of us, including
myself, were Pennsylvania employees
Refusing to meet us, he proceeded
10 call conventions of the delegates
:.elected by the fewer than 5000 en-
:ployes. u
:: Plan Broke Down.
= "In four of the five regions into
:.which the Pennsylvania system Is
:divided he. caused agreements to be
.signed with the delegates from this
:small minority; and then these agree.
.ments were issued as 'regulations|
:: I'm the fifth region the delegates
refused to assemble, but the 'regular
;tions' were issued anyway. -aa $500
:: "The expenses Of the delegates
::who assembled were paid by the
:Pennsylvania Railroad Company. In
:.other words, the management paid
.the expenses of the alleged represen'
:tatives of the men.
:. THE expenses of the representa-.
:tives of the shopcraft unions are paid
:by tie members of the shopcraft
unions.
-. We claim that the expenses OF
Representatives get paid by those
.whom they really represent.
:: I'VE expect to be able to per-
:suade Mr.. Atterbury that he has
'sbeen misied and that the true rep
::resentatives of his shopcraft en-
;sployes are the officers Of System
Federation No, 90'-which Is the
Federation of all the standard shop
::craft unions of the Pennsylvania
!: New Election Ordered.
!: "The Railroad Labor Board has
.sordered both us ana the fennsylVa
i;nin lines to determine just what
;:sU-t oil representation the Pennsyl
:.VanIa employees do in fact want.
y The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
::pany refused to obey the board. II
:s~ss then that we took our strike
: vote. We have taken no other
strike vote. .,
{; 1--WE contend that we are on the
side of American ideas Of repre-
/. sentation. We contend and claim
also that the Pennsylvania has now
I. used it's surplus stock of repaired
. locomotives and that $500 loaded
: cars of coal we're recently blocked
: in the yards at Olean, N. Y, fol
lack OF locomotives.
I'VE expect that the Pennsyl
: Nania railrbad company will pres
entity want to get us back to work
; But the big point viii be this: