Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-28 | Page 1 | U. S. Board Denies $3 Increase to Rail Workers

I U. U S. S Board Denies 3 Increase Increases I oRail Workers Workers' rs s t v 4 SHING ON ept 28 UP r The White House announced Tuesday that a a- special railroad emergency board bad had deni denied the 3 daily dally wage increase demanded by more than operating railroad and recommended recommend recommend- ed instead an increase of 32 cents a day in the basic wages The boards board's recommendation upheld upheld up up- held Little Steel formula condi condi- It found that the 32 cents was all that could be allowed under formula and recommended that this increase be retro retroactive to April 1 1943 The recommendation was submitted submitted sub sub- to President Roosevelt and now is before Economic Stabilization tion Director Fred M. M Vinson for final determination tion of the bo board rd Frank M. M filed tiled a dissent on grounds that the authority of the board was was not limited by the Little Steel formula The unions Involved in the wage case which covered virtually all of the railroads and their operating operating oper oper- were the the Brother Brotherhood Brotherhood Brother Brother- hood of Locomotive Engineers the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Firemen Fire Fire- men and the Order of Railway Conductors the Brotherhood Brotherhood Brotherhood Brother Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen and the Switchmen's Union of North America The board said it made its recommendations rec roe low because of Vinson's Vinson's Vinson's Vin- Vin sons son's action in turning down a wage increase recommended by another board for railroad V A White House summary of the boards board's report said that although the trainmen's case tor for the increase in in- crease was strong the board adhered adhered adhered ad ad- hered to the Little Steel formula in accordance with the limitations of the stabilization program The original wage demand was made last January The board I set setup setup setup which reported today was up on May 31 by Chairman William Wilham Wil Wil- liam ham M. M Leiserson of the national I railway labor panel Its Its' members were Walter P. P Stacey chief jus jus- justice justice tice of the North Carolina arolina supreme court I. I L. L professor economics of of at the University of Michigan and New York attorney C 4 if