Show UNIONS UNIONS' TO FIGHT WAGE PROPOSAL Railroad Labor Leader Claims Orders Organizing to to Use All AU Forces CHICAGO June 17 7 The Thc The railroad railroad labor labor unions union will oppose the proposed 22 1 2 1 2 per cut cent in their theil basIc pay ay with every very force within their power A. A F. F Whitney chairman chairman chair chair- man of the Railway Labor Executives Executives' association declared today following a conference with the chiefs of 15 of ol the 21 sta standard ard railroad unions The unions Mr Whitney indicated are not disposed to go so far however how how- ever as to Ignore the notice of the cut which the conference committee of railroad general managers proposes propose to make effective next November 1 l lat at expiration of the present agreement agreement agree agree- t ment meat under which the unions are talc take lag ing ng a 10 per cent temporary wage do de The 10 per cent deduction would be absorbed In the 22 12 2 percent per percent cent basic cut under the managers managers' proposal Having Raving not yet received notices of ol the he cut from all the roads involved involves I and having heard nothing officially of the mana managers managers' ers ers' Invitation to meet rae July July- 12 at the Palmer House to consider con consider sider the question of the cut the union chiefs will wUl refrain from acting on the invitation until it is formally extended extend ed Mr Whitney indicated He lIe said sak he ic had been misquoted in articles s today to to- day inferring that invitations fat fot the meeting in in July would be ignored At their their meeting meeting today the union chiefs considered labor problems arising arise aria ing from passage of the emergency railroad transportation act and voted to Lo cooperate fully with the federal coordinator to be appointed under the act and to render render- every possible aid aida to a insure obedience nce to provisions of the act The group will continue dis tomorrow |