Show KILSON f WILSON FOR ACTION I I LIVING COST T of Locomotive Engineers IK S Say ay P- P Prices M. M Must I orne D Down own or W Wages ages U Up p pI I I I f IP By Oy Associated Press WASHINGTON ASHINGTON July 31 31 me action be taken talen by the gov- gov t ent to reduce the increased cost living Ving was made ade of President Wil VII yesterday by bv Warren S S S. Stone i 1 Id ident nt of oT the Brotherhood of Loco- Loco IJ iV ire Engineers and a number or ot 1 er of the brotherhood who edat the White House ft flea fter requesting that some action be len eHi by the government the state- state mt read read to the president by Mr Q which also was addressed to ambers of the cabinet said Should Sh uld this not be considered we we will be forced to urge that 1 se whom we represent be granted increase ln ease in wages to meet the de- de oration of the purchasing price c of f dollar be that what it may which 3 a easily nibe determined by competent his action may be unique and it e 0 properly termed a pioneer in the history of labor or or- in seeking an audience h he chief executive of our couil- couil r nd d. d in a manner suggesting to I t the convening of the members of oft t abinet or that portion that m may may y b be beckly befi fi assembled However the re- re ought seems to us to justify the thes PI 1 ans s and should our efforts in this I completely fail then v- v will f forced to request for those whom a aj r represent present the granting of an inI in- in I js ein in wages to enable them to live I Io u o ding cling to the American standards PER CENT AMERICAN BORN I We We e Invite VO 11 attention to the fact I I 77 per cent of the I emotive engineers are American I t I ens and it may be safely I t fe ie that the remaining per cent are 1 citizens and they have of I CiTe a great interest in not only I iri wn welfare but I in the welfare al the people and they are not unI un- un I of your past efforts in behalf I e people Yet we find ourselves earning earning less les money than we 11 1 I Ou onto to the thevai war vai This can be demona demon- demon a ad d by simply taking as au an illus illus- lI n n a daily wage of 5 prior to the ther I r r. r which at that time was worth t and today it is worth judging authority only S while it may be stated staled that we wead nad ad a substantial increase in I p when considering the theILa lar ILa only as a mp medium ium of exchange fir has been substantially de- de I I creased when compared with prewar prices APPRECIATES GENERAL INCREASE I The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers appreciates the fact that all allI I wages are being increased and that I constant demands are flowing to the employers and we must of necessity be mindful of the interests of our craft but we do not believe that increasing in- in in 1 creasing the compensation accompanied accompanied accompanied by a greater Increase In the cost of commodities of life will produce lasting lasting benefits benefits to our craft or to the American citizen in general find it consistent consistent con con- We Va trust that you may I future I to give us in near something definite as to what we may mav I expect that will aid in guiding us a as asto to our future actions hoping that you vou appreciate the spirit that has prompted I this action on our part |