Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-06-09 | Page 1 | Committee is Drafting Appeal to Harding for Wage Reductions Delay

Committee Is Drafting Appeal to Harding for Wage Reductions Delay Railroad Employes Want Opportunity to Show Inequality of Adjustments Ordered to Become Effective July 1, Next CINCINNATI. O. Jun S By U. P. Drafting of an appeal to President Harding to prevent th 10,0Ofl.0O0 wag cut recently ordered by th United States railway labor board being be-ing mad effectlv July I waa Begun her today by a special committee representing 1,100.00 ahop and maintenance main-tenance of way employe of th road. "tluapend th wag reduction until we hav had an opportunity to prove to you and to th lahor board their Inequity and th disastrous effect their enforcement would hav upon th workers." wo to b th gist of th appeal. A week will he required In Its prepa-rationa. prepa-rationa. B. it. Jewell, head of the railway rail-way employes department, American Federation of Labor, said today. Rta-tlstlral Rta-tlstlral experts of th railroad unions began preparation 'of a detailed analysis analy-sis of th wag and coat of living situation. sit-uation. Th declalon to appeal to Harding waa reached let laet night at an xecutlv meeting of union leadera repreeentlng virtually all the crafts hit by th wag reduction. There la no question of Harding's power to suspend the operation of the labor board's order, union leadere aald. Th appeal will he carried to Washington Wash-ington by a committee, which will lay before th preaident a detailed written argument of the workers' esse, with th workers' figure. They will oak I him to hold up the wag out and order or-der a new Inveatlgatlon of th subject of railroad wages by some governmental govern-mental agency. At laet night' meeting a committee on strike program waa named to pro-par pro-par for a strlk If th union men vol for It and th appeal to Harding la unsuccessful. un-successful. Announcement from Chicago that another wage cut, affecting M.000 clerks, signalmen, marln department employes and atatlonary fireman, would b ordered next week by th labor la-bor board created no surprise among U anion leaders her.