THK BEE: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1921.
Concerted Drive
Started to Av oid
Railroad Strike
Farm Bureau SetuU Petitiom
To Commerce CoiwniMon
Asking Hate Cut LaW
Board CulU Mtf tinp.
t'hkifo, Oct. 18-I'fUlt to avert
the nation-wi rail urik-e irhtdulcd
(or Octolirr JO, tonight (mint kov
eritmrnul aumcici, rcprerntativet
of the jublic and oinr railway la
linr union taking action (imultan
eouly which nil three hope would
prevent a tieiip of the trwsporfi
t.on tyttrnt.
Foremost among movei being
made wat a nieilinif hctwrcu the
railroad lahor hoard and the head
of the five unions, which have al
ready authorized thrir men to (trike,
called for Thursday by the board
and at the request of President
llan'inir, it was said by the board
members.
The first move by a public orgini
ration to avert a strike came when
the American Farm Bureau feder
ation, representing 1,250.000 tarm
ers, sent petitions to the Interstate
Commerce commission asking an
immediate 10 to 21) per cent reduc
tion in freight rates on necessities
and aunounecd that it alsj would
appeal to the H:sr board not to
trrant a new 10 per cent v.a,;c rt-J
iluction which the roads have nn
nounced they will seek, but rather to
rrvine wanes generally in accordance
with the cost of living. Concurrence
in these requests should avert the
strike, the federation said, ana vol
unteered to meet with union and rail
representatives as a meditator.
To Hold Meetings.
Meetings lasting all week will be
started tomorrow by the 11 rail
unions which have not yet issued
strike calls, althoueh most of them
have voted for a strike. Leaders of
several of these unions announced
that they wilt oppose a strike call
in the hope a split between them
and the five unions already author
izing a walk-out may avert a strike.
Union leaders called in by the la
bor board were V. S. Carter, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Locoma
tive Firemen and F.nginemen; War
ren S. Stone, president of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers;
William G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen;
L. E. Sheppard president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, and
T C. Cashen. president ot the
Switchmen's Union of North Amer
ica.
. The conference was called for the
avowed purpose of preventing a
strike, according to Ben Hooper, vice
chairman of the labor board. He
. . ... t iit- i.
returned lonigm iroin viduuisiu
where he and other memhers ot tne
l public group conferred with Presi
dent Harding.
"It is the desire of all elements of
the board to do everything possible
to prevent a strike," he said after a
conference with board members.
"What the . procedure will be on
Thursday, I can t say. it is sale to
assume every possibility of averting
a walk-out will be taken up and it
is our hope that the two parties can
be brought together on some basis
locking toward settlement."
To Observe Order.
Mr. Hooper refused to say
whether the board regarded the con
ference summons as an investigation
of a threatened violation of the
board's orders. It was pointed out,
, however, that there would be no vio
lation of the board's July 1 wage re
duction order until the men walked
out. .
. By coincidence, the first hearing
at which any party has been cited to
appear because the board Believed it
has violated a decisioi is set for the
same day as the conference, 10 a. m.
Thursday. The Pennsylvania has
been ordered to appear then because
it has not held an election of shop
men's representatives as directed by
the board.
Explaining further the statement
issued by the public group in Wash
ington Sunday, Mr. Hooper said that
the board recognized that there was
"A universal demand for the reduc
tion of freight rates." '
"In suggesting translation of the
last wage cut into reduced freight
rates and advising against further
requests for wage reductions at this
time, the board does not mean that
parties may not come before it with
disputes, e sam.
"The suggestion was made merely
as a 'modus vivendi' for solving the
present transportation problem. We
suggested that the roads cease wage
reductions for the present and re
duce rates as a step in the revival of
industry. We believe such action
would result in helping bridge the
business depression and lower the
cost of living.
Wage Cuts Later.
"Then after the public had been
given a breathing spell, the roads
would be at liberty to come back to
the board with further requests for
wage reductions."
Proposals of the American Farm
Bureau federation were made known
in a statement by J, R. Howard, its
president
The federation, he said, was eager
and willing to meet with either rail
road executives jar employes or with
both, if anything can be accomplished
in preventing the threatened strike.
Telegrams asking for a conference
here have been sent to both sides.
. A 10 per cent reduction on basic
commodities, including farm prod
ucts, food, fuel, building materials
and possibly ore would amount to
between $200,000,000 and $250,000,000,
farm bureau officials estimated'. A
10 per cent reduction on everything,
they said, would amount to about
$430,000,000, approximately the
amount by which wages of railroad
employes were reduced July 1.
President Howard asserted that he
had presented his proposition for an
immediate reduction in freight rates
at a recent meeting of railroad execu
tives in New Yorok. The executive
committee of the railroad executives,
he said, approved the plan, but the
Association of Railway Executives,
meeting in Chicago last week, voted
it down, deciding to press for a
further wage reduction.
The 11 great railroad unions which
have not yet formally issued a strike
call, although most of them have
voted for a walkout with the
brotherhoods, will go ahead with
their srooosod meeting.
Sidelights on Strike
Coal Prices.
Pethlrhem. IV. Oct. 18 -V. R.
Coyle of ihi city, president of the
American VholeIe Coal anocia
lion, Utt nitM telegraphed the Na
tional Association ft ruriiiiting
Agruti and the directors of hi own
orgjntin urging that "cod head
and steady hand" tc kept in the
railroad situation as it may affect the
coal industry,
ile recommended that "in case of
eiurrijency, member of the eoiil o.
elation mil aid immediate profit in
favor of completing business now on
their liooU" and a.ked them lo "let
no clurue ri bo-iiting price be
brought at'aint our membership."
State to Run Trains.
Columbia. S. C. Oct. 18.-Tn.ins
will be operated in South Carolina
'Vrike or no strike," Governor
Cooper declared last night in an
nouncing that a special session of the
legislature would be called if neces
sary to meet the emergency of
threatened ticup.
"In esse the strike becomes a real
ity," Governor Cooper said, "it
would be the duty of the state to
use every meant in its power to tec
that trains are operated, and I would
pot he.iuie to call for volunteers to
aid in running them.
' To Operatt Own Train.
Okmulgee, OWL. Oct. 18. In tlx
event ol railroad strike the uk
inulgee post of the American Le
giou will operate its own train over
the St. Louis St San Francisco lines
to the lesion national convention at
Kansas City, according to plant an
nounced yeiterday by V. Wood,
pat commander in charge of ar
rangements. A train crew will be made up of
member el the legion post, regular
Frisco men, who anticipate no ob
jection from the union to their op
erating the legion train. G. A.
l'.rundage, general agent of the road
here, exorcised the belief the train
could be operated if approved train
men manned it.
To Use Autoi.
lawa Citv. Oct. 18. Automehiles
will be used to transport the Univer
sity of Iowa foot nail team lor its
scheduled fames should a railroad
strike tie up transportation. Coach
Howard Jones announced today.
9,000,000 Motor Cars
Ready for Rail Tieup
New York. Oct. 18. More than
9.000,000 automobiles and trucks will
be available for emergency use if
railroad strike called for October
30 goes into effect. Alfred Reeves,
general manager of the National
Automobile Chamber of Commerce,
declared in a statement yesterday,
lie said the motor trucks cf the
country could easily handle frcig'i
necessary to relieve emergencies,
and added that in cities commuting
passenger traffic could be taken caro,
of by motor buses.
Farmers, Mr. Reeves said, own
ItOnOO fnirt- anrl thrciv with those
in cities, could be utilized in delivcr-l
mg food products.
Rail Executives Claim No .
One Will Starve by Tieup
New York, Oct. 18. Assuranc?
was given yesterday at the offices of
Association of Railway Executives.
6! Broadway, that there is no need
of public alarm over the threatened
railroad strike. "No one will he al
lowed to starve or freeze to death
if the rail unions carry out their
threat," said the spokesman for the
executives, "because every well
managed railroad in this country has
skeleton plans and the necessary
skeleton forces to meet any emer
gency." The speaker also pointed out
there are approximately 5,000,000 un
employed in the land.
Portugal mines less coal than any
prouueuon being about 22,000 tons,
other European country, its annual
President To Support
Railway Labor Board
(raMlau4 From lt Am,)
He conccivet that tint test will dem
oiutrate whether the labor board it
impotent to effect compliance with
itt decisions, whether the plan for
preventing railroad strikes emooa
icd in the transportation set is al
together futile.
Approves Action.
Mr. Harding believes that the la
bor board should cite any individual
or organization ignoring its dec
ions. He approves the recent ae
tion of the board in citing the l'cnn
sylvania railroad to show cause for
its refusal to comply with a decision
on working rules involving the re
fiisal of the road to recognize cer
tain reprmmtatives of its organized
employes. He regards the sum
mons to the brotherhood chiefs as in
the same category.
The president's attitude is unan
imously supported by the members
of the cabinet, which met today and
discussed the strike situation only
informally and briefly. The ques
tion was deemed one that is being
dealt with by the authorities consti
tuted by the transpoArtation act and
therefore not one requiring, as yet,
the formal attention cf the cabinet.
The president takes the position
that there is no occasion for undue
excitement over the situation, which
was foreseen as a possible, if not
probable, contingency by congress
when it passed the Commins-Esch
bill and which is being dealt with in
the manner prescribed by that law.
If the law fails to prevent strikes in
the manner contemplated, it will be
time to adopt other measures and
possibly propose additional legisla
tion. This time has not come, in the
opinion of the president, and in the
meantime the public should remain
calm and lend its support to a full
and fair trial of the law.
May Disregard Law,
In this connection it is recalled
that the leaders of organized labor
served notice on congress before the
bill was passed that it would not
me to prevent strikes and that la
bor would not hesitate to strike in
defiance of any order of the labor
board deened unacceptable. Orig
inally there were provisions in the
bill prohibiting strikes in defiance of
decisions of the labor board and
prescribing penalties therefor, but
they were eliminated at the behest
of organized labor.
While exerting his influence to
procure obedience U the decUions
of the labor board, the president it
also endeavoring U bring about a
general I eduction in freight rates.
Such a reduction would demonstrate
to the public that the benefit of
railroad wage reduction were be
ing passed on to the consumer.
Trie question of rate dcereasei U
reins discussed by the Interstate
Lommerce commission, which i in
touch with the responsible leaders
among the railroad owners. A re
iluction may materialize either as a
more or less voluntary proposal by
tin railroads or as a measure im
posed on the roads by the govern'
inent.
Readjustment Needed.
Negotiations, inspired by the presl
dent, are in progress and administra
tion officials arc confident that it
will be possible to announce rate rc
cluction within the next few davs.
On the question of freight rates
ucprcsemauvc nucrson 01 iuinnc
Citi ilinrmnk elA lAint mmmir
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ice on agriculture inquiry, sum to
day:
One of the greatest problems be
fore the American people today is
the establishment of a more econo
mic system of distribution, and one
of the creatcst factors in the cost
of distribution is transportation, and
it appears that the greatest factor
in transportation costs is represented
in wages.
"We are now passing through a
period of readjustment of prices of
commodities and wage levels inci
dent to the activities of production
and distribution.
"The unwillingness of any rtoup
which is an element in costs of dis
tribution to do their full share to
ward effecting a proper readjust
ment of costs and wages, necessari
ly retards a return to normalcy. The
interests of all groups and classes
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of people in hi readjustment art
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necessary id a re-esiuinistiuieiii ot
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Hou.l Dan to Ak Further
Salary Cut for Employe
New York, Oct. 18.-The rail
road, tlirmigh the Association ot
Railway Executive, last niuM an
nounced their intention of nuking
immediate application to the railroad
labor board "for a reduction in waget
of train service employe stitlkicitt
to remove increae made by the
labor board' deciion of July JO,
VJ20, (which would involve t fur.
ther reduction of approximately 10
per ccii i) and fur a rrduciuMi 11
t4tff o( .ill uihcr il4c iif rjilim.l
l.hor to the lining rate for null
!tor in the several territories u lu-rr
the carrier oiieraie."
Miner Klansmcn Must
. Hire Own Attorneys
Muskogee, Okl, Oct. I3-Mem.
bera of the I'mled Mine Worker
of America, who join hc Ku Kbit
Klan must provide their own mean
of defending thrill ;etvr klwtiild their
artivit't-t as klaiMi'en reutt in pros,
rrtitinn, John Wilkinson, president
of District 21 of the 1'nited Mine
Worker announced on hi return
from Arkansas, where ie said he
im collated the arre tf J" alleged
kUiiaiiirti in the Spadra O'! htlds.
He .tid he found four of th de.
fiiidiit were member of the mine
makers. I'lcvutiu irporf. he said,
declared all of the defendant weie .
iiirmbett ( the union.
Yuriluuoler Won't Quit
C'olunil.u, O, Oct. 18 There
Mill he no ttiikc of the Railroad
Yardnuwier ot America. whoe
lieadnuarter are located here, ac
cording to William Itrown, grand
srrrcMry-trrasiirrr.
"Tin orgjn r ition is not a strik
ing t'rgaiiMatiun." he said.
I'aragiuy has established a factory
for the manufacture of twine and
baling from native plant fdiret.
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For the child from 2 to 8
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Also a beautiful line of
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Hosiery for
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IT School hose with double
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f Three-euarter silk and
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roll tops for $2.35.
Button Button
Who has the button?
The clever woman who
fashions her own garments
has them. She sews the
large ones on her coat and
suit and saves the fancy
ones to trim her blouses
and her frocks.
And so we remind her that
we have all kinds, colors
and sizes, appropriate for
every purpose.
Modish Fall Apparel
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Youth's fresh attractiveness is becoming
ly expressed by these smart models for
late fall and winter.
Very nifty are the heavy coats for the
. Miss from 15 to 19 with their narrow
belts and large collars. Some, too, have
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