Show i I N S NEW fW RAil it CONTROL 3 3 Bro Brotherhoods and A. A F. F oi ol i J L. L Issue Statement Before I Filing Labors Bill BuY 1 Wi With l Congress ess Tomorrow J r fly nT As Associated Press Pre tW WASHINGTON Au Aug 4 Organ 4 Organ Organ- j Iab labor r can e came canie out today with the unequivocal formal demand that private pr le capital be retired from the 2 rail railroads road s. s r A tripartite co control composed of the he public the operating management f and the i is demanded inK ini in- in i tead K Addressed to the Amerl American public ud and signed h b hy the he be Ire fire i fl d. d lh d nt the C u formal state state- Y 7 Federation of oC Jabor a was wa was was' issued announcing this proposal pro pro- josal which will bo carried before C Congress Wednesday e H i Change of or I It marks marks' says rays aS a'S the statement the step tep by wh which ich oran organized laD Or r passes from from rom demands for or Wn wage e increases to demands eman emans s' s that the S system o of profits in Industry be l overhauled This sentence sums up in a few feu words tho the proposal o of which there ave been hints and indications but which i it- it now v laid 1 before the cou country for ifor or the thc first time In of official ot- ot tidal Yashin Washington on it Ls is T recognized a athe as ns the most serious and far reaching proposition the thc country will be calleon called calle on onto ortto to face acet ace t fc Characterizing Characterising the proposal as ns Ia la bos bo's bill b it il Is put forth as a remedy for tor the hl high h cost of or living because the the railroads arc tho the ke key Industry of or the nation It demands mands th the genuine op co-op operation co-operation Ind and partnership based on a real corn com o of Int Interests and participation LIn In ln control of or which President Wilson Ibon spoke to Con Congress and which the statement state state- meat ment says ay has been Ignored b by labor labo and the private owners of oL the rail rail- roads reads t F We w ask it says that the railroads rail rail- toads roads of or the United States he be vested In- In the Ia-the th that those actually enRaged ent en- en t Raged a d In conducting that Indu Industry try not from Wall street but from the tho railroad Offices and yards and out on the railroad railroad rail rall- road lines shall take charge of oC this service for hc the public publiCo Principal I Demands t Briefly labors labor's plan demands r That private capital be bo eliminated i from the railroads 1 That Thal th the private ate owners receive for tor them government o bonds with a fixed Interest return for tor every honest dollar that that they have Invested That the tripartite control heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- I fore referred to be established In corI cor- cor I ons which shall lease the roads rond 1 In which the thc public the operating managements nanu nod and labor shall bo be repe represented rep rep- resented e equally That the public public the operators and line th w wage fe earners cantors share equally all revIn rev rev- It ue In excess of ot the g guarantee tee to te capital by br granting to the opera opera- ors Ors and the tho one half the f s which are ore to be made madey madeJ J y such a perfected organization and t o the tha public tho the other halt half as coni con- con LI i rn s. s b by Increasing service hout adding costs or b by re reducing Costa role ori originates with labor at I the tho statement because labor to have have- firm organizations Ugh which I it may become I I I Not I rhe h trainmen n are arc not represented In te e statement because W. 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G Lee pr sl- sl di t t or of the thc brotherhood roth was out of or the tho c tr f but Lut It w was said sald that the tho they will Je It Ith It t h hc statement follows p. p e ln innuendoes u in tn tele telegraphed r pho disi dis- dis ni c i ea from 1 Washington ton appearing f In Speech of oC Representative e Blan- Blan oJ Ion ot of Texas Texas that the railroad unions pr rB D holding f W up Congress and the IP S' S ma may tS as well cease II This Appeal Is mado made to the Ameri- Ameri J people direct it Invokes the Judg- Judg tnt ni and common sense of public sen sen- nt Of all tho Public which earns carna a aa ae it are e or a stipend Wo 0 recognize recon that j oll way Wiy In which we can exist r. i tI u the tho r s nt is to demand I rU er w I in wages PUl Wt agro with Representative this affords but tempo lempo- El J Continued on pale page 2 i UNIONS DEMAND NEW MEN RAIL CONTROl Continued from toni Page 1 relief reller It does not offer a remedy Labors Labor bill on tho the other hand provides provides pro pro- vides ides a remedy and wo ask asic merely that Its terms be scrutinized Our full argument argument ar ar- ar- ar in support of those thee terms will willbe willbe willbo the thc be bo presented on Wednesday before Hom o committee on Interstate tc com corn merce In this statement wo are sounding tho the note of or our basic pie That this rob role roJo originates with labor laborIs labor Jabor happens to Is merely merel because have ha firm organizations through which articulated It IL Is not notto notto notto It ma may t become to benefit labor as labor alone It I Is to benefit the tho consuming public of or which labor at present Is the thc audible partIn partIn part In In labors labor's bill providing pro that the public take over tho the and ancl es establish establish establish es- es a 1 tripartite control between the public the tho railway raila operating management management manage manage- ment and the tho the labor Jabol or organizations organizations or or- I of oC America have o established established stab which cn envisages es d this new policy their condition not only a as producers but also as consumers It marks the thc step by which organized organized organ organ- labor passes from demands for or wage Increases to demands that the I system stem of profits In Industry be over over- hauled ule Hitherto during successive sive wage negotiations and arbitration awards wo we have ha called for or provisional settlements only of oC questions arising out of or differences as to wages hours and conditions of oC labor That principle of genuine cooperation cooperation oper co atlon and partnership b based upon areal a real community oC Interest and participation participation pation in control of oC which President Wilson Ilson has spoken to Congress ha has been ignored both b by labor and b by the private owners of or tho railroads What wage wag Increases have been re received re re- during the past Pst few years rears re resulted re re- suIted only In imme Immediately being followed fol ol- ol lowed by more than proportionate In Increases increases In in- creases In tho the cost of living Each rise In wages has turned out to mean only temporary relief for Cor the affected work work- C ers rz When the Increases have p gone around the tho circle labor as producer loses Joses the advantage ad of the new wages through tho the additional cost It pays as consumer Moreover oreo the tho rough compounded com corn pounded profits taken on these wa wage c increases each cycle ccle becomes an upward upward up up- ward spiral of oC costs which the consuming consuming In ing public vainly reaches readies to control As the major part of or tho the consuming consuming- public labor Jabor Is entitled to finn on nn tho l nf th tho nuMIe railroads ii As a producer d of 0 c capital ll i It Is entitled to representation on the directorate di directorate dl di- of or the railroads To capital which is the fruit of or yesterdays yesterday's labor Jabor wo we now propose to discharge e cr every Just obligation We dem demand nd that tho the owners of or c capital pital who represent only onh financial Interest as distinguished from Crom operating brains and energy be retired from Crom management management manage manage- ment mont receiving recel government o bonds with witha a fixed interest return for ever every honest hon boa est cst dollar that the they have Invested In Inthe Inthe inthe the railway Industry We ask that the railroads of or the United States be vested este In the public pub pub- lic lie that those actually ena engaged ed in conducting that In industry not from Wall all street but from the railroad offices of or ices and yards and out on the railroad railroad rail rail- road lines linc shall hall take charge of this service for Cor tho public These represent alt aIt the brains skill and energy that Is Js in Sn the busi busl nc ness The They are arc entitled to that measure meas ineas- ur ure of at control which is equal to their ability and their responsibility for op op- orating crating the transportation properties Then and then only will the service he primarily for the public not mull manly to speculators and Inflators of oC ca capital p I tat As ts As a means for or accomplishing this end we ask that a lease bo be granted to a corporation created not for Cor or profit but for public service We ask that this corporation be controlled in Its Ils management b by an equal representation tion of the three fundamental Interests interests Inter inter- ests upon which industry is 18 based The public operating managers and wage age earners will then guarantee both tho the Integrity of or the Investment required for tor tho the conduct of tOe Industry and that return which induces Induce it It by in investing investing in in- vesting to 0 o enter the public service Plan Finn for Sharing The public as consumers and the op op- crating mana managers ers and wage wago earners as ns producers having Joined In that guarantee guar guar- antee will then share equally all earn earnings InS's in excess of ot the amounts re required required re re- to me meet t the guarantee This Is provided pro by granting to the wage wae earners and management one half of at the savings which the they through their perfected or organizations organization can cnn make and by securing to tho the public tho the other half t to bo be enjoyed b by the consumer consumers either cither b by charges or by re reducing reducing re- re tho the cost of tho the service which the machinery then In existence can render Thus the cost coat of ot transportation Is automatically reduced exactly In proportion proportion pro pro- portion i as benefits accrue to th the producers pro pro- of transportation Increase In earning power of of producers under this system can not be reflected in In Increased Increased In In- creased costs It must be bo balanced b by decreased costs cOlls the Tho are the key In Industry of oC tho nation nallon They affect at once the tho price ol of every er necessity As Increased transportation costs arc reflected d In the tho Increased price Drice o of all commodities so a rc reduction in those costs must bo ho reflected by ty b reduced prices We say this because uso of or labors labor's In Interest in in- terest as consumer as 05 part of oC an overburdened overburdened over over- burdened tI public This fundamental statement o of principle wo we respectfully respectful respectful- J I ly submit to tho the American people Chairman Cummins of oC tho the senate in interstate In In- commerce committee toda today called a meeting for to tomorrow morro to discuss discuss discuss dis dis- cuss railroad problems and determine whether hearings shall be re |