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Show RAILROAD SHOPMEN THREATEN TO EXTEND STRIKE .. ...... . . ill B Motherhoods Charged I n House With "Holding "Hold-ing Up" Congress for Another Pay Increase. government Transportation Transpor-tation Ownership Pro- josed as Remedy for Existing Conditions. VASHINGTOX, Aug. 2. Dissatis- i with President Wilson 'a proposal have congress create a special body P' pass on their demands, or consider lpr. 1 tylm in connection "with the high cost living problem, the railway shopmen .an. today to take an official strike e. !he shopmen contend that the rail-y rail-y wage board of 1 he railroad administration admin-istration should pass on their demands nt:'l, failing favorable action, a striko 150(1,001! men is threatened, labor of- "als said today. leprcscnlal ivc Blanton, Democrat, FEias, charged in the house today that railroad brotherhoods were "holdup "hold-up congress, much tho same as hwayinen, for another unfair bil-i bil-i dollar wage increase." Pcprcsent-f'P-'C l.ilnnton said this was the fourth 'oot'C the railroad men had asked in-c in-c a;sos, and that congress must conic con-ic in session until the increases aro 1 nted. "'The first, threat," Mr. Blanton said, ( suited in the Adamson law bceom-effective. bceom-effective. Then the four great 4lt heihoods forced Mr. McAdoo to 'lit an increase of f 754,811,000. Not . sfied with (his, Director General 1 es was held up for another annual 'ease of $07,500,000 and now we it legislate so they will get another ion dollars. 'HIKERS LIKENED HIGHWAYMEN. ttd They como like highwaymen and atcu to destroy the railroad aetivi-of aetivi-of this country after October .1, 'ss their demands are met." enator Cummins, chairman of the Ltte interstate commerce committee other members of that body believe demands made by railroad em-iw'ees em-iw'ees for increased wages to meet tho 1 cost of living will hasten action congress on legislation establishing 'itioiial policy with respect to the j-jjfoth the senate and house commit- ' have been working on such legis-, legis-, n for some time, and presentation '. tentative bill this month is cxpect-V cxpect-V Chairman Cummins and other mem of tho commerce committee met in-v.j in-v.j lally today to discuss the railroad si alien, but no decision was reached. ;l vas said that all of the senators :i, 3 impressed with the gravity of tho ! ition. L PROPOSES U. S. rflL OWNERSHIP. .(.3vornmcnt ownership of the rail- Ms is proposed in a bill introduced ,tliy by Representative Sims, Demean Deme-an Tennessee, Tho measure embodies Tjlplan which has been endorsed by li'four brotherhoods and the Anionic Anion-ic Federation of Labor, and which Mj presented to congressional eom-t'cs eom-t'cs recently by Glenn V,. Plumb. '. a statement accompanying the lure. Representative Sims said its .tment would "establish harmony 3 cen the public interest, the' wage M frs and capital" and would bo a ,h step toward solving the high cost -j iving problem by lowering trans- it ion charges. ider the bill oprrating control of $-ntiiiiir . on Parro 10. Column 2A (Continued Fro.n Page One.) tiie railroads would be vested in a directorate di-rectorate of fifteen, five appointed by the president, five by operating offi-r.ials offi-r.ials and five by employees. Holders of 4 per cent bonds which the government govern-ment would issue for the purchase of the lines and the employees would share equally in the earnings of the roads. Representative Fitzgerald of Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, called at the White House today to-day to advocate increased wages for government employees. "In view of President Wilson's letter let-ter regarding increases for railroad employees," em-ployees," said Mr. Fitzgerald, "something "some-thing should be done for all classes of government employees, all of whom are notoriously underpaid." |