Show RAIL RAILWAY WAY HEADS OPPOSE HOUR 8 DAY DURING WAR Deny Production i 1 in nt er Period Equals That in Nine Hours RECENT UP TIE-UP IS' IS CITED AS EXAMPLE EXAl Ten Hours Until Peace Is System Ad Advocated by Employers Washington Feb Advantages O 20 of or orth th the hour eight-hour da day as described to the railroad d wage commission by representatives representatives es of oC the were questioned 1 toda today by operating officials who at the s same me time disclosed that representatives tives thes of or the tho federal railroad administration administration adminis adminis- were ere considering the a advisability 1 It ity of or lengthening the work in the shops hops In order to hasten repairs W 1 J Tollerton general superintendent dent ent of or motive e power for Cor the Chicago Rock Island Pacific read a telegram front from R R. H II H. western regional director wh which Ich asked Do you Ou not believe e wo we are Justified 11 in working locomotive e at roundhouses as man many hours as p possible Opposes Oppose Ier Per Cent Ceat l Penalty Mr r. Tollerton said he had replied 1 recommending recommending rec rec- ommen fn a ten-hour ten da day provided pro the unions would accept time and a a. halt hall pa pay for the tenth hour as I Is now paid for rOI the ninth Instead 1 of oC exacting the t oC ive i h hr hours r p pay y r. r for r the tenth hour a according ord ng to existing 5 agreements J HP Ile He de declared there was wa surplus supPly supply supply sup sup- ply u of mechanics and that ho he believed d mechanics very vey shortly would be use used exclusively l el In essential production to carry the country through h the present crisis D. D It H of or the New ew ew York Central Central Cen Cen- lines limes wc west west t ald said the nine and ten- ten tenI I hour shifts shirts of ut workers had been the salvation of oC his road during the winter win win- ter ter In enabling all the motive o power power- to be kept in con commission lon JOD Long Shift Best Beat eNt la in Mr Stress Do you OU not believe e that a man does docs as much work wort In eight hours as In ten Secretary Lane chairman of tho the commission asked 1 both hoth witnesses witnesses c re recalling recalling re- re calling the contention of or union leaders that the hour eight-hour dJ day resulted in as much work per man as the longer shift shirt because of oC Increased efficiency That has not been beets our experience Mr Ir Tollerton said We c get as much work out of oC the last hour on the piece basis basil as the first hour Mr McBain re replied replied replied re- re plied what pulled us through |