Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-01-03 | Page 3 | Rail Strike Bill to be Changed

AIL STRIKE SHE BILL TO BE CHANGED Chambers bambers Points Out Weakness Weakness Weak Weak- ness Anent Arbitration i. i Awards f 1 t Br Bl rn 3 nite to The T WASHINGTON D. D C. C Jan 3 An 3 An amendment to tho the presidents president's strike triko prevention policy to compel employers to carry out arbitration awards will be bo at once by Judge William L. L Chambers Chamber chairman of or the tho United States board of or mediation and concilia- concilia Lion tion and John W. W Davis solicitor gen gen- if a I of ot the United States This an announcement an- an was made mado after Judge Chambers before beCore tho the Inter interstate tato commerce commerce com corn merce nerce committee pointed out the this respect i of oC tho the bill In Jud Judge e Chambers told lold the committee that organized labor l had a well welt complaint against th the propose proposed pro pro- pose posed legislation because it failed to cm- cm compelling PIO a n method of or of oC awards to observe ion J n. n Hn in 90 per pcr cent of ot the cases said Judge fudge Chambers employers Jive live ul up upa but there is Js no 0 a e th the arbitration award of oC compelling the other othel 10 per eat to give ghe the employee the full bene- bene its of ot the award The Tho Judge said Solicitor General Darts Da Da- view The Tho amend- amend 18 J a agreed with his cent nent will be submitted to the commit commit- ee tomorrow Strikes will become as M obsolete as eventually Everett E P. P Wheel Wheel- r of ot New Yorks York's Reform club pre pre- lf before the committee toda today lo Ie urged the presidents president's strike pre pre- proposal al as a step in hi the ight direction It II congress can prohibit a strike for tor days das wh why cant can't we prohibit It Senator Brandegee of ot Con- Con JI I think it Is within the power of oC to do 30 so answered r. r I 1 dont don't expect to live to ece see t but I believe the day lay will m come hen strikes will be c as dead as duel duel- n ng Chairman Rowlands Newlands insisted l that he lie law hud had nothing to do with men n their jobs johs as Individuals but butas of ot combinations us as aimed solely at formed to tic tio up interstate i