Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-11-22 | Page 2 | Better Service on Pullmans Urged

BETTER SERVICE ON PUllMANS URGED M. M S S. S Warfield President of Sleeping Car Conductors tors Pleads Pleads- for Increase Emphasizing a need for better sleeping car r car service on railroads M. M S S. Warfield president of ot th the or order order order or- or der of at sleeping car conductors R a n rived here last night to inform the local members of ot the organization tion the resul of ot his plea to the railroad labor board for increased wages Mages and for tor better working conditions con con- Warfield will address sleepIng sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing car conductors at the Hotel Utah this afternoon and at o'clock FrIda Friday Warfield bases lila his claim for tor b beten beter bet bet- t- t en cr er working conditions and an In InI Increase increase In- In I crease In salary on the tho argument i that it would give the traveling public better and more secure service service ice on sleeping cars ars lie He added that his effort to give bet better beter er service was not hot altogether altruistic but that It would result from a change change- in the working working- conditions which would allow sleeping car car- conductors to remain on duty during the tho nights and eliminate the rest on route period The public l s should t be e vitally in interested in- in t eJ In the demand iemand n of the he sleeping sleeping sleep sleep- ing car conductors for tor better service service sen ice and an adequate wage Warfield said At present trav travelers lers do not notI have hav the protection and supervision hat Is necessary during the night I Under the proposed ne new arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment w the sleeping car conductors conductors conductors con con- are attempting to secure I and which is being opposed by the tho I Pullman company there would auld be constant attention and supervision rendered the Warfield explained that sleeping car conductors are now paid on a graduating scale cale the minimum be beIng being being be- be ing a month and the tho maximum being for tor a month of at hours hour He lie is asking the labor board for tor an Increase of ot 15 which would make the he he class receive and the tho class clau receive The order of ot sleeping car conductors conductors con con- 0 was formed by Warfield ld in j. j 1 af gr aJ February I 9 when e the lie direction I of ot Pullmans was not under fede federal al control At that time Pullman conductors conductors conductors con con- were receiving receiving- h. h minimum of ot a month When tho lie government government government gov gov- ook over Its Pullman op operation operation op op- and nd order 27 put Into effect Pullman car conductors were In Increased increased In- In crease creased to minimum and 90 per cent of ot the conductors enrolled in the organization Under the act of Warfield stated that there was no provision In the labor clause re relative relative relative re- re to wages for tor sleeping car conductors This he ho a added ded was settled set set- Iet- Iet tied by agreements made on January Janu Janu- ary any 1922 by bY which he the l Pullman ullman conductors were to receive receive- minimum and maximum Warfield stated that the Pullman n company is attempting attempting- to return to war pre-war conditions and Is opposed to o the Increase ort oil October 24 and 25 5 From here here- Warfield will visit other division points to Inform sleeping car conductors of the tho labor and wage conditions He lie explained wa when n asked regardIng regarding regarding regard regard- ing the policy of ot the tho organization relative to the railroad surcharge that tha Its Us Influence would be to do away with the tho surcharge on the ground that thai It was waR an Imposition on the traveling tra public