Evening star., 1937-03-15


assumption of power over the lives of
men and shocking in its concept OF the
status Of the modern industrial
worker"
"Ruthlessness" Charged,
The board summed up its review Of
the strike in long hearings with these
words:
From the thousands of pages of
testimony in this proceeding there may
be distilled two very plain facts: The
unwavering refusal of the respondent
Remington Randi to bargain COL
lectively with its employees, and the
cold, deliberate ruthlesSness with
which it fought the strike which its
refusal to bargain had precipitated. !"
Its order included instructions that
the company re-employ those who
'oSt their Jobs because Of the strike,
~ischsrging new emnloyes il nsces-
,aIv sn0 paying the train Iaye CT old
emoloysg snd tneir families TO tne
oWns Whsle the fist joos we're avail
aoie.
In connection with the order as to
train fares the board said the COM
pany had closed its Norwood plant,
opened new one in Elmira, N. Y,
and curtailed operations in the Mid
oletown and Syracuse plants.
Representatives of the unions in
solved said the decision was "just
what we expected" William Rip
berger, district business agent for the
international Association of Machin-
lists, said at Cincinnati the ruling did
not surprise him Sin any way what
ever"
An appeal from Labor Board rul-
ing may be taken to circuit court
of appeals by seeking an order set
ting the ruling aside. 1t also may
be resisted by Injunction proceedings
IN district courts.
Rand Asked to Parley.
The boards decision followed closely
an invitation from Secretary of Labor
Perkins to Rand to meet her here
Thursday to consider renewal OF
negotiations with an A. F. of L. union.
A company official said Rand would be
glad to talk with her.
John P. Frey, president of the
A. F. of L, Metal Trades Depart
ment, Saturday had criticized the
Social Security Board for awarding
The S57,50o contract TO Remington
Rand
This was followed cv .ltmeyers
S'atemsnt mat Frey Nas correct in
MS Understanding that it is the policy
nt the Social Security Bcsrd TO avoid
making purchases from the Heming-
ton Rand Co., so long ss 1t engages
in practices" charged by the Labor
Board.
"As regards the contract for pho
tographic records" the Board chair
man said, THE Social Security Board
was advised by its technicians and
It's lawyers that Federal regulations
governing purchases it had no other
choice in the matter.
However, the Social Security Board
has directed that the entire question
be reconsidered for purposes of de-
termining whether any other course
Is now open to the board"
In its lo0-page decision, the board
said that if the provisions of the
Wagner national labor relations act
ever required justification, one need
20 no further than the fact in this
case" 1t added:
over 5000 employees, with their
families and dependents, are subjected
TO the miseries of prolonged strike,
the people of six communities expert
ence the economic hardships that in
eyitably result when an accustomed
source of income is suddenly with
drawn, these same communities are
turned into warning camps and un-
reasoning hatreds are created that lead
TO abuses alien to a sane civilization
all because the respondent refused to
recognize the rights of 5000 en-
ployes."
The boards decision also directed
the Remington-Rand Co.:
To withdraw recognition from the
nion, Remington Rand Employees As
sociation and the Middletown Rem
tngton Rand Employees Association.
To bargain collectively with the
Remington Rand Joint Protective