Show STATEMENT OF CAR MENS MEN'S POSITION ISSUED Members of the arbitration boa board d to ho he by bv th the Utah Light and Traction company and members of the executive committee of the local division No Amalgamated Association Asso- Asso of Street and Electrical l Hallway Rail Hall way vay have not yet been chosen hosen it was said today by both par pa- par par- ties ies The streetcar emp oyes announced however that they would select a aman a aman aman man from their own committee to represent represent represent rep rep- resent the union on the arbitration board oard Under this plan according to the he men an official of the Utah Light and nd Traction company will be chosen as s they state H. H F. F Dicke general manager of the Utah Light and Traction Traction Trac- Trac tion lon company decided in conferences to o choose an outsider in the discussion if f the committee did or to an executive o of ot the company if a member of f the committee were chosen MEN ISSUE ISSUE STATEMENT The streetcar men for the first time issued a statement concerning their part art in the recent long conferences between between be- be tween the management of the Utah light and Traction company and themselves It follows While we Ve e oppose the the- one-man one op operation operation op op- ration of streetcars we are not concerned concerned con- con with that at the present This phase hase of the question is not under deate debate debate de- de bate ate at all Under our contract with the le company which is a perpetual one the he contract remains in force unless WR wet noon onen soma omA section of it We Ve have hara n n H only opened the wage wage section and the rest est of the contract remains in force t for or the present present- The one-man one system systems Is s not a question of arbitration r we weare were t tare are re not discussing it and are confining I our ur arguments to the wage question f When the management of the streetcar street- street c car ar r system decides upon what method it t shall pursue to gain an increase in in revenue then will be the time to take up that question We are not managIng managing manag- manag Ing ng the company and have hae nothing to todo todo todo do with that end of the question If the he one one-mah one man operation system is decided decided decided de de- de- de upon we will then take up the question INCREASED WAGES Now we merely want an increase in wages Last year we received an 8 per cent increase but a short time later received a 1 per cent decrease when the company took away the half I rates we have had on light bills This I meant a 1 per cent decrease in in wages fo for the first year men who did not participate participate participate par par- in the increase Last years year's increase was the first we received in five years All other lines of labor have re received received re re- from 25 to 75 per cent increase in wages to meet the th cost of living and we need it to live In the conferences we found that no solution of the l a could be made so we took advantage ta tab tage e of a d contract with the company regarding arbitration and decided with Mr Dicke to take our problems to an arbitration board The board will decide decide de de- de- de cide clde the question and we hope to rush matters to a conclusion as the present contract must be renewed May 1 1 Mr Dicke made no statement today todar other than that the company was choosing Its Us representative on the board and was ready and anxious to reach an early |