Show UN I 3 8 rRAI PRAISES HAl I HAl HALTING TIN J Ii I Kf J i Executives Are Silent as Brotherhoods Claim I Greatest Victory in Organized Organized Organized Or Or- Labor History By International News Service V YORK March 19 The The N V. N four our great railroad brotherhoods brotherhoods brother brother- hoods have won their fight for foran foran foran an hour eight-hour working day and there will be no no strike I 1 that Hint the country countr is iN standIng standing stand stand- ing on tho verge vergo of rif war wal and that a astrike astrike strike at n time would bo ho a national calamity of ur the gravest ra vest eha character r. r t the h railway ay executives foI pave gave in hi to In tu the tho mens men's demands IR this morning and accepted their terms almost almott as they thy dictated Ih 1 I An agreement wa was drawn up by hy resident Jr Wilson s mediation hoard board presided fl over r by Secretary of tho the In InterIor Interior Interior In- In LanC Lane and thi this thin wa was signed by ly all the principals prIncIpal The Tho attaching of uC the thee e signatures 1 ended ende almost seven months of It hitter bitter controversy er durin during which the nation n has haN twice stood perilously on the edge of a paralyzing strike OVERTIME PAY Secretary Lano was in direct communication com corn with the White House After AflEr his hili communication he ho laid be he- he fore tore tho railway executives the status tutus of or the grave gra international situation and It was then the railroads tub sub Under tin the agreement the tho men mell will get their hour eight day Ilay and time and lie eighth eighth for overtime work Tills This was 1 the tho only point on Oil which they yielded c C even cn 11 minute minutely rhe They had originally demanded a hash baste of or time and half uric for tOI overtime All the principal oads of or the I tr he bc e put on nn nn on o n pace ie 2 21 20 1 I U. U S. S PRAISES I Continued from p page p e 1 hour eight-hour schedules These will re remain remain re- re main effective regardless of the de decision decision do- do of ot the tho United States supreme court as to the constitutionality of ot the Adamson hour eight law A plank to this effect was Inserted into the docu docu- ment mont The men will get back pay on tho the basis of today's agreement from January 1 when the Adamson dam on law la lawas was scheduled to become effective LANE GIVES PRAISE Secretary Lane paid hl high h honor to the patriotism and self sacrifice of oC the railroads in submitting to the thc mens men's demands at this time On behalf of the mediation board he ho issued a public statement thanking them and commending commending com corn mending their action Tho The brotherhood officials are highly elated They declare the result to be bea a great victory It is the greatest victory in the history of ot organized labor said W W. G G. Lee president of ot the tho Brotherhood of oC Trainmen We Wc are arc returning to our homes greatly catly satisfied with our work And it has all been effected without the expenditure by us of one dollar strike mone money The railway wa executives were silent |