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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1921)
V RAILROAD LABOR BOARD REPEALS i ; OLD AGREEMENT DECISION AFFrXTS ALL KM 7 FLOYF.S BIT TRAINMEN National Tacts Between Unions and Roads Not Effective After July 1 Sixteen New Rules National agreements defining work ing conditions fcr employes on all .American railroads formerly under flfte federal railroad administration Thursday were ordered abrogated, ef fective July 1 by the railroad labor bnuvil urmiuMntr In AccAfSaffMl Pfna dispatches:. The board called on the officers and system organization of employes of eacn railroad to select representatives "to confer and to decide" as much of the rules controversy as possible. "Such conferences shall begin at the earliest possible date," the decision paid. In connection with, the conference negotiations the board laid down a set of sixteen principles which are to serve as a foundation for rules which ! may be agreed to. The present general rules hearing before the labor board in progress since January 10, will con tinue until both sides have completed their testimony following which the board "will promulgate such rules an it determines just and reasonably pos sible and will make them effective July 1." Sixteen Rules. The sixteen principles outlines were' as follows: "An obligation rests upon manage ment, upon each organization of em ployes and upon employes to render honest, efficient and economical serv ices to the carrier. "The spirit of co-operation between the management and employes being essential to efficient operation, both parties will so conduct themselves as to promote this spirit, "The management having the re sponsibility for safe, efficient and eco nomical operation, the rules will not be subversive of necessary discipline. "The right of employes to' drganixe for lawful objects shall not he denied, interfered with or obstructed. "The right of such lawful organiza tion to act toward lawful objects through representatives of its own choice, whether employes of a particu lar carrier or otherwise, shall be agreed to by management. "No discrimination shall be prac ticed by management as between mem bers and non-members of organiza tions or as between members of differ ent organizations nor shall members of organizations discriminate against non-members or use other methods than by lawful persuasion to secure their membership. Espionage by car ers on the legitimate activities of abor organizations or by labor organ izations on the legitimate activities of carriers should not be practiced. "The right of employes to be con sulted prior to a decision of manage ment adversely affecting their wages or working conditions shall be agreed to by the management. This right of participation shall be deemed complied with, if ami wnen, me representatives of a majority of the employes of each of the several classes directly affected shall have conferred with the man agement. "No employes shall be disciplined .1 without a fair hearing by. a designated officer of the carrier. Suspension in proper cases pending a hearing, which shall be prompt, shall not be deemed a violation of this principle. At a reasonable time prior to the hearing he is entitled to be apprised of the charge against him. lie shall have a reasonable opportunity to secure the presence of witnesses and shall have the right to be there represented by a counsel of his choosing. If the judg ment shall lo in his favor, he -hall be compensated for the wage los, if uny, suffered by him. "Proper classification of employes and a reasonable definition cf the work to be done by each class, for which just and reasonable wages jue to be paid, is necessary, but shall rot unduly impose uneconomical conditions upon the carriers. "Regularity of hours or days during which the employe is to serve or hrid himpclf in readiness to serve is desir able. "The principle of seniortv, jorir rp plied to the railroad service, .is four.d and should be adhcYed to. It should be so applied as not to cuue jnuue impairment of the service. "The board approvvs The principles of the eight-hour day, hut believes it should be limited to work requiring practically continuous application dur ing eight hours. For eight hours' pay eight hours' work shaulj Ikj pcifoimed by all railroad employes except eng.ne and train service employes, regulated by the Adamson ict, who are paid gen erally on a mileage oasis us well as an hourly basis. T "The carriers an? the several crafts and classes of raifroal employes have a sfebsbraitial interest in the compe tency of apprentices or persona under training. Oppi ;uiiry to learn cry craft or occupauoi shtll not be unduly restricted. The majority of any craft or class of employes shall have the right to de termine what organization shall rep resent such craft or class. Such or ganization shall have the right io make an agreement which shall apply to all employes in such craft or class. No sch agreement shal infringe, however, on the right of employes not members of the organization repre senting the majority to present giiev ances either in person or by repre sentatives of their own choice. "Employes are required to report for work and' reporting but not used should be paid reasonable compensa tion therefor." J. P. O'Furev. virp m-ispilont nf tVio Mebrnskn Pres ns nirf inn. u-na olort. ed vice-president for Nebraska of the national eu.ioriai association. NOTICE Regular teachers1 examination will be held at the court house April 23, lt21. OPAL RUSSELL, 39-42 County Supt. After a dehate that -was more or less warm in spots the house approved Senator Reed's biTl requiring state wide registration of voters. Register ing will be done by the assessors and new registration is not required unless one changes his residence. The object of the bill is to compel voters to re frain from switching around in pri maries. A voter may change his party affiliation by notifying tbe county clerk not less than thirty days before a primary election. Non-partisan league members took the hill as "being aimed directly at them and all of them voted against it. Cottonseed ca.ke for sale. (VBannon & Neuswanger. Phone 71. 29tf Speculation differs from investment asfishmg differs from buying boneless cod. litminiHH iiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigggtntr NEWSPAPERS FIRST! The person who buys a newspaper every day and i at least one member of every reading family does spends more money in a year on that item than he does on any other regularly printed publication. He spends more on his newspaper because it is vorth more to him. If it cost him ten times as much he would still buy it or if it were priced beyond his means he would arrange to borrow it from his neighbor. He would have it lecause without it he would be at a disadvantage among his neighbors and competitors. He would not Vnow whafwas going on. He would be left standing still while "the world and his wife" kept moving on. When a medium of information is so close to the people, when it is so vital to them, is it any wonder that the columns of the newspapers are such a potent place to advertise? Is it any wonder that newspaper advertising brings results in good seasons or bad? Nearly Everybody Reads the Alliance Herald Favorite of Discriminating Readers. V MASONIC TEMPLE BLDG. LEGISLATIVE NOTES ' I ' Roth houses have approved a bill establishing game preserves at Valen tine and lialsey. In the future Nebraska girls will not come of age until they arc 21 instead of 18 as in the past. After be'ng pulled back and doctored some the Omuha charter bill was ad vanced to third reading by the hou.e. The senate approved a bill provid ing for the placing of non-partisan candidates on the regular ludlqt but without party designation. The I?pclo substitute for the house movie hill passed the senate by a Rood majority. The next question is what the house will do with it. The final big fight in the senate on April 11th. I resulted in the defeat of the house bill and the substitution for it of the Beebe amendment, which 1 are, practically, a new bill. The Reele bill spcifies pictures which may not be shown, provides penalties and will .otherwise regulate the pictures with I out leaving the question to anyone's opinion. ,This did not settle the tight, however. The bill net has to pna the senate on third rending and wjll then have to be concurred in by the house. Some think this will not be jlfinn nnil i Vi li f t hoi a ti-ill n i.mmm IrpLslation at this .ossion. j " Tire and Battery Work YOU CAN II ELY ON That's what you got here as well as dependable new batteries and fully guaranteed tires. Times l'uilding. Alliance Tire Works The senate changed the Douglas pri mary bill so it only provides for two convention nominees instead of three. R. B. Howell made a hard fight against this bill. He ays it means the death of the primary. Adjournment is still a live subject and is. becoming more pressing every day. borne think the work will be completed by the 23d, others insist that it will be the first of May, at least before the law makers can quit and go home. At the time this was written the governor had signed 90 bills, 66 from the house and 24 from the senate. The house had sent 207 of its bills to the senate, passed 45 senat? files, killed 411 of its own bill sand 26 senate bills. House members get considerably out of sorts with the penate. They say the senate adjourns regularly from Friday until Monday and otherwise proceeds as slowly as though it was the begin ning of the session instead of near the end. The house members would like to see the senate show a little speed. The house reached a high water mark of speed on Saturday, April 9th, when it aoted favorably on 37 hills and only killed one. The lest days of the session when everyone is anxious to quit and go home is the time when bills fail to receive all the attention" they deserve. The senate refused to concur in the house idea for charging tuition of high school pupils and changed the bill so it provides that high schools shall charge actual cost, only. When this feature was under discussion in the house it was claimed that such a pro vision in the law would provide for an endless number of lawsuits. Nebraska now has a law creating a commission to license and regulate horse races. But the commission will have nothing to do with races at state and county fairs. An ohl law pro hibits racing at fairs and. does not allow fair funds to be used for purses but another law allows trials of speed, which answers the same purpose. The house took another crack at the supreme court commission hill and this time, it is believed, killed it dead enouch so it will stay killed. It is predicted that this action will result in serious delay in supreme court business. One reason the court is un able to keep up with its work is be cause a part of its membership is physically incapable of work. The house killed the child welfare bill which provided for a board of child welfare in each county. This was the last of the important child welfare measures which provided good jobs, The original bill provided for a paid superintendent of child welfare in each county. This was cut out in committee of the whole but it was finally thought best to kill the entire bill. umntaitixtxxmxxe don't spend hours Washing: Clothes Over a Hot Tub There is no need for any housewife in this territory to wear away her good nature, good health or good looks over a steaming w ash tub during the hot months to come. We have the electric washer vou want and will sell it to you on terms to fit your income. Look over these EXCLUSIVE FEATURES and if you don't believe we have the BEST ELECTRIC WASHER YOU CAN BUY, , Jr. Come in and We Will Prove it to You Conclusively. National Vacuum Washer ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN. r i 1. Only successful valve type vacuum washer. 2. Handles most delicate fabrics without fear of damage. 3. Perfectly smooth, all copper tul) easily cleaned and never mouldy. 4.. 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The reason given for the bill is that such ..tiirn An th mart nf members of the county boards makes it possible for incompetent men to fill the place. At the time this was written the big fight was on in the house over the new taxation bill. It is impossible to pre dict what the outcome will be, al though it is expected that the bill will he passed in some form. It is apt to be radically different, however, from , the bill passed by the senate. A rep resentative of the Minnesota tax de partment was imported by the house committee to explain the workings of a similar law in that state. The senate killed the house anti-Jap bill and adopted in its place a substi tute prepared by Senator Hoagland which includes all aliens. Aliens who are eligible to citizenship have five years in which to establish their citi zenship. It is claimed that the substi tute accomplishes all that was provid ed by the house bill in the way of keeping Japs from acquiring real es tate and also applies to all aliens who fail or refuse to become citizens. This is a feature that was frequently men tioned in the house debate. Jack Walsh now probably has a bet ter opinion of the legislature. His county seat bill was killed some time ago and then, last week, it was lifted by the house and passed. If this bill becomes a law, as now seems likely, Crete will not have to wait ten years before making another attempt to se cure the county seat. Several other counties are interested in the bill. One of the objections to it was that it would start county seat fights all over the state. i j Wanted to buy both your fat and stock hogs. O'Bannon and Neuswanger. Phone 71. 18tf IMPERIAL THEATER TONIGHT FRIDAY, APlilL 22 Eileen Percy in "The Husband Hunter" A Brilliant Comedy of Near Matrimony Plot and Counter, Plot epSode "The Son of Tarzan" "SNU3 POLLARD COMED Y" f SPECIAL. SATURDAY., APRIL 23 SPECIAL "TRUMPET ISLAND (From the Story by GOUVERNEUR MORRIS) A SUPER-FEATURE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD A Thrilling Story of Love and Adventure A Strange Theme of Three Lives All Different It Holds You Spellbound MUTT and JEFF CARTOON GAIETY COMEDY. SUNDAY, APRIL 24 Justine Johnson in "BLACKBIRDS" A Very Clever Crook Story Full of Human Interest Love and Adventure MONDAY, APRIL 25 PHOTOPLAYS AT MATINEE ONLY Gladys Walton in 'ALL DOLLED UP' EDDIE POLO in "KING OF THE CIRCUS" NIGHT ONE SHOW ONLY 7 : 3 0 X St. Agnes Acadamy School Play AND "KING OF THE CIRCUS" I?