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Show ifl.ll n hue I6Eip$E Higher Pay for Railroad Employees Approved by McAdoo. WASHtXGTOX, Sept. 3. Nearly 1,-000. 1,-000. 000 men, or half the railroad em-ploj em-ploj ecs in the United States, share in additional wae increases approved today by Director General AIcAdoo for track laborers, watchmen, other maintenance nf way employees, clerks, station agents and other classes of employees drawing relatively rela-tively low pay. The new increases, the second granted in supplement to the government's grca-eral grca-eral wape order, will add nearly 5100.-000.000 5100.-000.000 to the annual railroad payrolls, it is said. Most of the increases range from 10 to HO per cent above present wages. The latest increase is the result of protests from representatives of clerks, maintenance of way men and other classes shortly after the original wasre order was announced that they were grunted little more money under that order than they had received before. On investigation, the board on railroad w a pre s and working conditions, an advisory ad-visory body created by the director general, gen-eral, found that the unorganized groups had rot been allowed wage increases 'n ihe past commensunuo with those allowed al-lowed sironpiy organized elaseo of employees, em-ployees, liven the Kuerai advance did not enable ituniy of t hese to meet prow -r.x expenses under wa r prices, and The board reported this to the director pen-eia! pen-eia! together with its recorn men da Uns. This order will ra i e to nearly J 5 e. 0 . -000.000 the annual increase in wages (Continue a Pago Ten, jMILLlOl! TO IE ! A WA8E INCREASE ! - vl'o.'Unui-.l fnvn V .. Ono ) !:v;,nl,',l v.il:.v ,-n','l.' on,,- !'' li.yi.H ,-i ,' l:ii,,'ii owl l' l!i.' .'.rin-I .'.rin-I in. Mil j 11 . v lin ,1, I '-!.' -,l IV,' iv,!i"i" )..v,..,l l,lii x .. ' ' ".,'-' - ! .1 : 1 I. I'M. . "."','. "V"'l I n,,- .1....;.. (.. ' '.-"1 '-'. ' ,i m,T....-i ''I'" ' .l M'i "' '' ' '"' -I |