Evening star., 1961-02-22
AIRLINES

NOnbtmue0 from F1fSG rage
tional Airport were taking up
the slack. however, and it was
still possible to get flights
with some delay-to nearly all
points.
The keystone Of President
Kennedy's plan Is establish
ment Of q three-man commits
sion to hear the flight engi-
neers' jurisdictional dispute.
Pending q report by the COM
mission, probably within 90
days, the interests Of all parties
would be protected by guarsn-
tees keeping the situation as it
existed before the strike.
Goldberg Gets Pledges
The President issued an ex-
ecutive order establishing the
commission late yesterday, OF
the recommendation of LabS :
Secretary Goldberg. Mr.. Gold
berg had obtained the status
quo guarantees from the air.
lines and from the Air Lines
Pilots Association, which is en-
gagged in a jurisdictional dispute
with the Flight Engineers In
ternational Association.
The Secretary said he had
obtained no assurances from
officials Of the flight engineers
that their members would 60
along with the plan and return
to work. But, he told reporters,
II hope and expect these men
to respond to this very fair
treatment"
He said no ones rights could
be prejudiced under the pro-
cedure proposed by President
Kennedy.
Members Of Commission
Mr.. Kennedy appointed these
public members to the fact
finding commission: Nathan
Feinsinger. professor of law at
the University of Wisconsin,
chairman; Richard Lester, eco
monies professor at Princeton
University; ]. Keith Mann. pro-
fessor Of law at Stanford
University.
He directed the commission
to inquire into the issues Of the
dispute; holding public hearings
II desired, and to report its
findings and recommendations
to him.
In addition, the commission
was authorized to help the
National Mediation Board me-
diate the dispute, with the
aim Of achieving IAN amicable
settlement"
Urges Return to Operations
Asserting that the President
had approved his statement,
Mr.. Goldberg declared. I'm
these circumstances, there is
no legitimate reason for the
men involved to remain off
their jobs or for the carriers
involved not to be operating. I
therefore strongly urge that
the men return to their work
and that operations promptly
resume"
The plan for ending the
wildcat strike was predicated
on prompt return of the en-
gineers to work. If they failed
to respond promptly, Mr.. Gold
berg indicated, the carriers and
the pilots union would be free
to withdraw their guarantee.
The engineers had rejected
a previous plea by Mr.. Cold
berg to endekheir strike pend
ing Government fact-finding.
He presumably hoped that the
guarantee embodied in the new
plan would persuade the en-
gineers that they had nothing
to lose by returning to work.
No Disciplinary Action
Mr.. Goldberg said six struck
carriers had given asSur-
a11ceS that no disciplinary
action would be taken against
the strikers if they returned
to- work promptly. and that the
airlines would make no changes
in training procedures or rep
reSentation rights until the
commission submits its recon-
mendations.
The Secretary said Clarence
Sayen, president of the Air
Lines Pilots Association, also
had guaranteed to maintain
the status quo by refrainine
from seeking a representation