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Show MAINTENANCE OF 1 WAY MENTO STAY 1 PRESIDENT GRABLE STATES SB THAT WALKOUT WOULD BE jfl AN UNWISE MOVE H 400,000 Men to Stick te Jobs; Course IM ef Action Ik Laid Down In Set K ef Rules Prepared by Commit- H tee ef Track Men HI Chago. The threatened strike ff 00,000 saalnteaance of way employees B of the country's railways was post- K poned Tuesday pending furthor ne. H (goUations, B. F. Grable, president of W tthe maintenance workers, announced K ,after an nil-day conference wIUi mem- W Ibera at the United Statea railroad la- ! W board. S "After mot careful conaldoratlon Ml of this entire situation, wo have 9f "reached tlie conclusion thnt It Is not wise for our membership to leave Uie Br service of the carriers until every ro. W$ source has boen exhausted that nf. forda hope of a peaceful adjustment" K said tho announcement, which wns In signed by Mr. Grable, throe vice- Sf presidents of Uio union, nnd a quorum ml of the executlvo board. 9 The conference resulted from the II preenal efforts of Walter L. McMenl. Ml men nnd Ben W. Hooper of tho labor .B board. Mr. McMenlmon, n momher of ml the labor group on the board, nr- m ranged tho conference by telephone m en Saturday with Mr. Qrable, who was l Detroit canvassing Uie strike vote of lils organization. This vote waa Bi said to be largely ta favor of a walk- fi out I . Ml Accompanied y J. C. Smock, vice- president and members of hla execu. B tlve icouncll, Mr. Grable arrived la B Chicago from Detroit and immediate- B ly weat lata conference with Mr. Mc- B Menlmen and Chairman Hooper of B the board. Brcept for a brief adjourn- M raent for lunch, the session continued B all day. The formal announcement B was not nsads unUl after o'clock m and It ouUlBtd the coarse of action K decided upon by the track men as fol-lows: fol-lows: "First: To Instruct our chairman on sack carrier to take up promptly with Mia Management all the grievances grievanc-es and controversies outstanding between be-tween the members of our orgnn'za-tlon orgnn'za-tlon and the carriers, for the pnrpowa of negotiating a speedy adJnstnHfit, the matters to be taken up, among others, to embrace, a revision of the recent wage decision of tho railroad labor board, certain changes In our rule, nnd the question of contracting out the labor of the classes of employees em-ployees Included In our organisation. Thnt tho carriers could not well hesitate hes-itate to consider a revision of Uio IB wage decision Is Indicatod by the fact that many of them lmvo already batn n offering certain changes fuvornble to S cortaln classos. H "Second; In cbbo of failure to se- cure from any cnrrlor fair and reason- H able concessions In regnrd to tho vnr. loua manors lnvolvod, to bring thesi mattors before tho rallrond labor 1 board with the assurance Uiat they I shall be given the right of way for If prompt consideration and decision. II "Third: To continue work under B the presoat wago decision of tho labor I bonrd under protost, pending tho of- forts to obtain a satisfactory adjust- m mont 9 "Fourth: To Instot that ony rovl- B slon of wages obtained bo made retro. nctive to July 1. m "Flftfi: To seok Immedlatoly from B tlie railroad labor board n ruling ab- w solving our mombors from being re- n quired to perform tho work of strlk- W Ing employees bolonglng to other class- B CO. M "Sixth : To withhold our strlko order jfi pending tho carrying out of Uio fore- going program. m "With tho beat intorosts of the mmbcrs of our organization nt hoart, I It is our Judgmont that more will bo H gained for them by tho program hero 1H outllnod than could bo derived from B any othor course. h |