Evening star., 1937-12-05

park a block or maybe more away
from where a delivery is to be made
and carry some heavy article or bundle
that distance in order to park his
truck against the curb,
I wonder if Mr. Keneipp has ever
taken into consideration the fact that
hundreds OF automobile owners use
their automobiles for pleasure only
and go to and from their work on cars
and buses, leaving their automobiles
parked along the curb all day, thus
making parking space for commercial
vehicles, which have to operate, un-
available. 1 might also suggest that
Mr. Keneipp consider the hundreds of
traffic signs which read mo parking
at any time" the primary object of
which is to prevent pleasure cars
which are unusued during the day
from congesting the traffic in that
particular section.
In view of the fact that a delivery
truck or commercial vehicle is parked
but a very short time at any given
place it would seem to me that If the
No parking ng-et-any-time" signs were
changed to read mo parking except
while actually loading and unloading"
and more signs be used it would great
ly reduce the double-parking menace
understand, of course. that there
are always f1agrant violations OF most
any rule, but where a driver Of COM
mercial vehicle tries his best to re-
spect the law and at the same time
hold his job he should certainly be
given some consideration in the full
fillment of his duties.
L. A. WHITE.
Doubts It's "AmicabIe" Adjustment
OF Rail Labor Disputes.
To the Editor Of The Star:
WHATEVER the merit to the strik-
ing Greyhound bus drivers
grievances, despite serious disturb
ances that have accrued with their
"walkout," the bus drivers strike Is
really ironical, if not paradoxical, be-
cause directed by the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen. biggest of the
railroad brotherhoods mot A. F. OF l..
rail unions, categorically DISTINCT
| which never get nearer to a strike on
the railroads than the noisy gestures
of their leaders The trainmen re-
Gently organized the bus drivers.
During the wholly ill-fated Ameri-
can Federation of Labor shopcrafts'
strike of 1922, except where it made
train operations unsafe, the brother
hoods-engineers, firemen, conductors,
trainmen, switchmen-simply looked
on and continued working. The
brotherhoods have threatened, as in
1916, when they got the Adamson
eight-hour day by act OF Congress.
Had Theodore Roosevelt then been in
the White House their bluff" would
have been called; undoubtedly, there
would have been no strike, neverthe-
less.
Columnists and editors will affirm
that if bus drivers had been covered
by the Railroad Labor Act of 1926,
amended 1884, their strike would have
been at once arrested. the status quo
maintained. pending "amicable adjust
ment" through the friendly Offices of
the National Railroad Mediation
Board-ever infallible. Such would
no doubt be correct-stoppage Of the
strike, adjustment through the Medi-
alton Board. But have the board S
adjustments generally been amicable
doubt it!
Scars left after the Mediation Board
settlement on the Louisiana & Ar
kansas Railroad have not yet healed
even though the board did not make
them; who knows they are healing?
A while back five rail brotherhoods
and IA A. F. of L. rail unions jointly
demanded 20 per cent wage increases,
which were rejected by the rail man
| ayers. Thereupon, the unions decided
| to strike" The leaders knew that
the Mediation Board eventually would
| take Jurisdiction and settlement, pro-
viding at least enough pay increases
| for the men to take care of their re-
Gently imposed pension and social Sc
curity obligations, effected. The board
effected "amicable adjustment" OF a
$l2 monthly increase for the IA A.
F. Of L. unions retroactive to August
/, 1887. That afternoon big West
ern railroad dropped abou, 300 from,
the pay rolls. To date, over Al 900 OF
them have been laid off indefinitely
''the ak Is yet poised" Last week a
major carrier in this vicinity dropped
800 skilled A. F. of L.'ers, even cut the
maintenance of way personnel-al-
ready at the barest minimum. Other
carriers operate their shops on about
half time" basis, while one develops
reserves in order to close its shops
altogether for a spell. So what ami
cable Mediation Board adjustments
But for the gestures of the brother
hoods leaders, practically all would
yet be working full time; and but fol-
the Mediation Board to effect ami
cable settlements" the brotherhood
leaders-who know quite well the pub
lie never would support their wages
increase demands-could not be per-
suaded to battle to a conclusion with
the tight" rail managers. Buses
however, are not railroad trains, and
the trainmens brotherhood could risk
q strike of bus drivers-young men
without seniority rights and free
transportation privileges for their de-
pendents to protect, as is true Of rail
workers RIENZI B. LEMUS.
President, Brotherhood Of Dining
| Car Employees.
Some Idle Speculation
| On, Fisherman's Luck.
To the Editor of The Star:
|No MAN knoweth what the Great
Angler will use for lure, nor can
predict his changing of bats.
In the depths of the Atlantic turks
the Chiasmodon niger, fish also
known as the BLACK Swallower," and
noted not only for voracity, but fol
the enormous distensibility OF Its
stomach and integuments de, the
natural coverings Of its BODY. This
distensibility is so great that G. niger
| liz capable Of swallowing fishes faI