Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-03-20 | Page 2 | Rail Chief Says Lines Are Unit

ill CHIEF; IS LIS i ARE UNIT ! i j President of Union Pa-i Pa-i cific Denies Dissen-! Dissen-! sion in Systems as to Labor Policy j CHICACO. March P.- At-tempi At-tempi in? to lirinf out al-lrfd al-lrfd tlmaention in the rank of j railway cxeciitivra ovrr national , ae-reemrnt. labor coilliacl nut m . - . , I high offic:l through a grilling ' ia l nation bafor th railroad labor Vnard today. K. I. Wa'ah. union roun- ! el. failed ta obtain any anmlaeion. j however, that ther wa dml.n of pinion. I C. R. iry of Chnaha. pre;d-ni of lh faion Pacific eyatem. un.ler que, turning by Mr. Walah. detailed hia ac Uvltlea aa chairman of Iha now abandoned aban-doned labor mmmMtea of Ihe naeocl-alka naeocl-alka of railroad eiecu'lvef. It waa In thia commute. In union contended, con-tended, that a aplll developed MINORITY anivAILIO. After aulllnlna artivltle nf th labor la-bor committee, of which he waa chairman. chair-man. Mr. Orav eiplained ihe baaie nf ale m)orlly report nn eatahliahmg national na-tional boarda of ad)uetment. Thia report re-port waa rejected by Ihe member rnade. It waa brought nut, and a minority report of W. W. Atterbury. vice prealdcnt of lh I'enneylvanlo. adopted. The majority report of March S lit. Mr. I tray aald. waa preeenled with the Men lhal an agreement lo oatabllah national boarda, whlrh ware urged by the ewiployera. area th leal way ta eat lie dlaputea. -The report waa not a recommendation." recommen-dation." he eaid. "Tha majority of the committee had aa open mind on whether boarda of adjustment ahould be netional, regional or lofal. Th nb-ed nb-ed lan to regional or local board waa lhal they would reoulr to many man. Mr. Atterbury held that national ' board meant national agraementa. That wa th fundamental dlatlnrttan between th majority and minority report." re-port." WHY HI RIIIQNID. Mr. Oray declared wader gueaUonlng that be had raatgned aa chairman when the member roada adopled Ihe minority Atterbury report, and, although al-though continuing ae - a committee member. auggetd lhal Mr. Atterbury be appointed. J. M. ftheehan. counsel for Ihe railroad rail-road commit! before Ihe labor board, aeked Mr. Oray ro tell what ha thought about national agraementa, contending that the line nf questioning had not borne on the Juatneaa nor rea-eonebleneaa rea-eonebleneaa of aurh rule. "My feeling I that It I practically hnpoeelble to devlae rulea which operate oper-ate Juatly and reeoonably ovar the whole country.' Mr. Oray aald. Mr. Hheehan asked If there had ever been any disagreement on Ihe continuation con-tinuation of national agraementa by the rail eierullvee. -Never." Mr. Oray replied. ILL OF ftlOHTt. Mr. Bheehan then referred te Ihe eleven fundamental- prlnclplee laid down aa "labor a hill of righia" by union officiate yeeterday. "Ould any railroad operate with efficiency ef-ficiency with all Iheee rule In effact," Mr. Hheehan aaked. X'rtaln of three rulea are very rs-atrlcuve- Mr. Oray replead. "It le almoet tmpoaalble to aet up any eel f rulea which will do Justice lo all " rrher today. T. lWltt Cuyler, chairman of the execullvea' aaaucla-tion. aaaucla-tion. waa on Ihe aund and maintained that ba had had no part In lh formation forma-tion or adoption of any labor policy. He refueed to admit there was any difference of opinion an nallonnl agreement.