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Show MB Pago Four B LEni SUN LEI11' UTA!I UNION POCIFIC PRESIDENT MAKES PUBLIC STATEMENT REGARDING RAILROAD STRIKE President C. R. Gray ot tho Union Pacing Railroad In a letter dated July 10 to Vlco-Prcsldont Calvin, doclares the attitude of tho U. P. system sys-tem In rolatlon to tho prosent shop craft strike ns follows: Now York, July 16, 1922. Mr. B. B. Calvin, Vlco-Prcsldont U. P. System. Dear Sir: For tho Information of tho genoral public from whom lnqulrlos havo i cached mo ns woll as for tho assur-anco assur-anco of our shop employees and thoso who are ontorlng our Borvlco ovory day, nnd to tho ond that our formor employees may thoroughly understand under-stand our position, I wish you would communlcnto tho contents of this letter to tho public through tho pross and to nit of our officials so that tho public and each formor employeo shall bo personally advised In regard thorto: , ., Chairman Bon W. Hooper, of tho U. S. R. R. Labor Board, July 1, 1922, Issued tho following statement regardless re-gardless of any question of tho right ot tho men to strlko: Tho men who tnko tho strikers ploco aro mcroly accepting ac-cepting tho wngos and working conditions con-ditions prescribed by a government tribunal and aro performing a public sorvlco. Thoy are not nccoptlng tho' wages and working conditions which an employer Is trying to imposo, for this reason public sentiment and full government powor will protoct tho mon who remain In tholr positions nnd now men who may como In subsequently. sub-sequently. Tho Labor Board has do-clared do-clared that tho rulos and working conditions con-ditions under which tho mechanical forces wero working boforo tho strike aro still in full forco nnd effect, Thoy cannot bo changed except by an agroo-tnent agroo-tnent botween our omployoos and tho management of tho system, or In ovont of falluro to reach inatorial agreomont by our omployoos, not tho formor employees, tho managomont ox-pnrto ox-pnrto or Jointly roforrlng tho dlsagroo-mont dlsagroo-mont of tho U. S. R. R. Labor Board for decision. Thoroforo slnco our f orm-oromployeos orm-oromployeos loft our sorvlco of tholr own frcp will nnd accord, thereby ceasing to bo employees ot this system, sys-tem, tho public and thoso who romaln-ed romaln-ed loyal to our sorvlco and thoso who havo ontorcd tho sorvlco slnco tho strlko, as well as thoso who aro ontorlng on-torlng our omploy dnlly, may rest assured that tho management ot tho system will uso ovory resourco at Its command to koop faith with thorn ond unqualifiedly pledges Itself to mako no settlement ot tho strlko which will In any manner whatsoever doprlvo them ot tholr rights or Jobs which thoy have gained In accordance with our shop craft agreement nnd tho declaration declar-ation of tho Labor Board. The only way that any ono of our formor employees em-ployees ,may enter our sOrvlco Is as n new emp'.oyco and tho opportunity to bvon thus entor tho sorvlco la growing grow-ing los3 duy by day, owing to tho fnct ,that'bur forces aro rapidly Increasing. Increas-ing. Tho public will kcop In mind tho fact that this strlko is not against this railroad system but that It Ib against tho decision of an agoncy, our government. govern-ment. Thoroforo tho strlko simply rosolvos Itself Into tho question whether tho ordorly process ot law and order shall provall or the abrltary ( action of a very small minority. To that question thero can bo but ono answor, wo aro a law abiding peoplo tho ordor procossos ot tho law shall ' provall. Tho managomont ot this ' system has religiously at nil tlrrios ' kept faith with Its omployeos, both ' as to Its spoken and written word ' and It always will. Yours very truly, j ' C. R. GRAY, Proaldont. |