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Strike
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was hearing arguments of a petit.
ton for contempt of court cita-
ton against. the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen and it's off,
cials in District Court here.
Judge Tamm brushed aside ar
gumentS of brotherhood attorneys
that the court lacked jurisdiction
and that the whole strike situa-
tion would be cleared up in a
short time"
The brotherhood and it's officers
must stand trial on February 10,
Judge Tamm ruled.
This is not san ordinary case"
Judge Tamm said. THE people
of the United States are a party
to this case and it must be tried
as expeditiously as the interests
of the two parties permit"
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Ross Donohue urged an early
trial, declaring this is time of
crisis"
Francis H. Monek, attorney for
the brotherhood, said the BRT
did all it could to avert the wild
cat walkouts and persuade the
switchmen to return to their Jobs.
Many of the trainmen who walked
out. he said, were not members of
the BRIT.
THE only thing that will solve
this problem" he said, will be the
satisfactory conclusion of nego-
tiations that have been going on
for % months"
Mr.. Monek urged that the con-
tempt petition here be transferred
to Chicago and incorporated with
the contempt trial underway there.
Judge Tamm. however, ruled the
local District Court could not
transfer the case to any other
Jurisdiction. '''2-
Anti-strike injunctions were
obtained by the Government both
in the District and in Chicago
during the first sick strike" last
December.
Order Is Quoted.
The Army order warned the
strikers:
Those who continue in their
refusal to return to work either
misunderstood the grave conse-
quences of their act or they or
their leaders are Indifferent to
the welfare and security of our
Nation. Not only that, both the
past and current work stoppages
are willful violations of the lawful
order of the Federal Court. Such
violations cannot be condoned
under any circumstances. The
Army will continue vigorously to
support action by the Department
OF Justice not only to insure OBJ
servance of the restraining order
but also to prosecute it's viola
tions."
Therefore. the order directed
that:
| l. ANY employe of the rail
transportation systems under
Army operation and control effec-
tive 48 hours from the effective
date and time of this directive
"A pm. EST today who fails to
report to his assigned post of
duty when called or who here
after fails to continue in the
normal course of his employment
when called, in accordance with
the rules and regulations ap-
plicable in such case to the rail
transportation system on which
he is employed, unless he can
prove himself to have been
physically incapacitated or physi-
cally prevented. will be dismissed
with consequent loss of all
seniority rights. -
Each rail transportation sys-
tenn now under Army operation
and control is ordered to establish
and maintain a record of the
facts and circumstances of each
individual case. Dismissal action
will be taken only after hearing
and justification in each case and
in accordance with the standing
rules and regulations applicable
in such cases to the transporta-
ton system concerned"
1t was learned earlier that
strategy for dealing with the
strike was worked out by Fed
eral officials at a secret meeting
at the White House last night.
It MaS Understood that nc q