The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-17
BITTER WORDS
MARK DEFEAT
OF LABOR BILL
Both Railroads and Unions
Raped in House Over
Full Crew Measure.
So TO 81 VOTE FATAL
Efforts to Make Special
Order of Business and
Call Absences Beaten.

Labor sustained it's first serious
loss in the Indiana house of rep
resentatives late Monday when the
full crew bill" was voted into in
definite postponement, SO to 81, on
It's second reading.
Sponsored by Representatives
William H. Lee Dem, Gibson:
William McClain (Posey, Wander
burg and Warrick); John F. Ryan
Dem, Vigo); William E. Wilson
Dem, Hancock and MadiSonJ, and
Howard S. Grimm rep, DekalD),
the measure was the subject of
acrimonious and personal debate be-
fore it was defeated.
Substantially, its provisions re-
quired railroads to use full crews"
Of five men on trains operating out
side railroad yards and contained
various limitation clauses on length
OF trains.
Representative Earl Crawford
REP, Wayne, Republican caucus
chairman, led the fight for in
definite postponement, assailing the
limitation clause.
we can't handle this sort of
legislation from state standpoint
and we can't have freight rates
equalized if railroads have to operate
In Indiana under different system
on through traffic than that in
neighboring states" Crawford as
serted. He was joined in this view
by Representative H. H. Evans
CRep, Henry.
Charges Crooked Work
There never has been such
damnable, dirty and crooked work
by the railroads as there has been
IN this session to defeat this bill"
declared Representative Fred S.
Galloway Dem, Marion).
Waving a handful of petitions.
Galloway shouted: Look at the
names on these petitions against the
bill by railroad workers You'll
find lot of them were 'scabs' in the
1922 strike and now have good jobs
with the railroads.
Declaring the measure is one of
the most important labor bills to be
introduced at this session, Repre-
sentative Howard S. Grimm rep.
Dekalb) tried to forestall vote
and make the bill a special order of
business for today.
Shouts of question, question"
rIrOu11ed J,ir de,,,a,,I Joou,o,,o,. a,.l
the proposal was lost.
Thrust at Unions
Il question the good faith of the
unions in backing this law" as
serted Representative John D. T.
Bold (Dem., Vanderburg. Rail
roads are paying two-thirds of the
taxes in a lot of communities and
if you pass law of this kind, you'll
force more of these little branch
lines out OF. business.
You don't see these gentlemen
(the house labor delegation making
any effort to pass bus and truck
legislation and it is the buses and
trucks opposition that are making
pAAAAASS OOu6lA lOl JIG IdllIO dQS. AS
a matter of fact" continued Bold.
Il believe the railroad workers tried
to make a deal with the railroads
by agreeing to unite on truck and
bus regulatory laws if the railroads
would assent to the full crew de-
mard, and were refused"
Representative McClain. one of
the bills co-authors, made an es-
.pecially sighting reference to Bold's
honesty.
The latter Immediately declared
such personal remarks had no place
in floor debate and was support
ed by cries from several members of.
that's right, withdraw them!"
Speaker Myers also objected to
the improperly OF McClains re-
marks and McClain retorted: "Well.
I apologize.
When the bill was defeated. Nc
Claim moved the absentees be called.
but was voted down.