The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-17
UNION CHIEFS TO DISCUSS JOINT WAIKOUT With MINERS

ClAlou OF the bunfd.
Ut "a something now for labor
members OF the board Ia issue in
condiary arguments to employees In
favor of striking against a decision
of the board. The giving OF adj
vice OF this Kind has heretofore
been left 60 outsiders, who were
not under official obligations inn
posed by the transportation act the
main purpose OF which n to pre-
vent railway strikes aud protect
the public from their dire effects.
Misconsfruc Language
"one of the passages rcferrcd 10
~ as follows.
"The transportation net aimed 70
substitute for the strike such just
and reasonable wages NJ would
render resort to a strike unneces-
sary. II this tribunal created to
, determine such wages admits that
under existing circumstances "
cannot fulflll this function, OBJ
viously the employees must use
such power as they have TO In
fiuence the labor market which IN
henccforth TO he the determining
factor In their wages.
THAT Is to say II the board
makes such admission. the em-
ployes must strike.
Then the dissenting members
proceed TO remove the 'if' and 10
assert that the board has made
the admission which renders
strike necessary
"Not only do the majority siep
down from the judicial position.
which they occupy. to advise
strike. has they obviously dlstort
and misconEtrue IN. language Of
the majority In order to provide
the condition which they pro-
nounce a justification.
"1hiz IL not the only place In
the dissenting opinion whore the
suggestion H. made 10 the employees
10 strike. As matter Of fact the
entire dissenting opinion conrii-
tutcs a. strained and exaggerated
effort tn inflame the employees by
| the belief that they have been
grossly outraged by this decision.
"a fair statement Of the facts
will convince any dlsinterested man
that no injustice has been done To
these employees hy the present de
cision. and that the decrease In
their wages is conservative and Il
based upon the .aw and the evl-
denco"
Declaring the minority savageiy
attacked statements quoted from
former decisions by the board In
which relevant circumstances
referred to In the transportation
act were considered IN wage in
creaEcs. tho majority members as
...f.a tl.a tsfs t.us.tla amman lNuf
, the relevant circumstance were
to 10 considered by the present
dissenting members In relation
only to wage increases but not de-
creaEes."
The statement then went into
/ the controversy over theoretical Nv
ing standards and the minorlty's
charges that the year 1917 was
an unfair year to adopt as n basis
of starting point In the conSidern-
tion Of wages of railroad labor.
The dissenters are well aware
that the wage reports Of this board
have begun with the year 1917 and
both of them have twice concurrHd
In this arrangement. the state
ment continued
Costs Are Quotrd
Statistics from the bureau af la
Dor and the interstate commerce
commission - living costs and
standards In 1915. year which the
dissenters Rntd wnH fair basis
were quoted by the majority mem
bers who. after n lengthy prescn
4 tation. said the standard ~ livlnE
for clerks under the rates pre-
srribed by the decision Is i2i per
cent above 1918.
III certainly affords grounds for
satisfaction and encourage
rather than for inflamfnatory ap
nealr for strikes" the statement
said.
Recognition of budgets proposed
by the minority would result In The
loss Of hundreds Of millions 81 dol
lars to the railroads each year, the
majority members continued
This shortage woud have had IA
he paid bv some form of taxation
OF the public, presumably freight
rates. which would have added q
the burdens OF every individual IN
tn" country. rich and poor thcs
said.
1T Il well To renember.' IN.
statement continued. that the time
will never come In this or any Other
country when the ordinary rules nj
common sense and business. cal
them economic laws n YOU wish
can he absolutely ignored In th'
conduct OF any Industry Th'
latest Instance In which these law
have been thrown overheard anc
replaced by fine-spun socialisti'
theories. both In railway and othel
industries is found IN Russia, ans
the result there IL not one that thil
country desires to emulate.
'The minority are sowing SONS
of the tiny seeds that have ner
minated and blossomed into indus
trial anarchy IN Russia when thu,
make such statements a. this The,
tthe economic lAwsl are simply :
description Of the way in whicl
business and Industry has workes
to date. and !, has worked out ven!
badly for human life.
IN will be readily conceded fital
our social and Industrial system
has not invariably produced per
feet results. bat upon the whole 4
has demonstrated its superiority q
every experimental substitute tha
has heen offered and the fac
must not be overlooked thHt thu
great industrial republic has re
wardee labor with rs largest de-