Show NEWS REVIEW OF 0 CURRENT EVENTS railway labor board refuses to Ab abrogate the national working agreement IS WITHOUT jurisdiction cenate senate committees Committe ew report against naval holiday and of immigration germans are preparing their counter pro on reparations by EDWARD W PICKARD this years first pig big labor light th tant at between the raffi railways and the ra mil I 1 woi workers kers really opened last week when the national railroad labor board took up the appeal ot of tho the rail executives tor for abrogation ot of tho the ita ia working the lien bear ring drew to chicago tile the heavy guna gulls of both the executives and the railway brotherhoods brothe the file board decided against tho the railways which however havo have not abandoned tho the light As aa was foreseen alleon declined to intervene though asked to by both bath sides stating lie ho would not take any action which would interfere with tho the orderly procedure of 0 the interstate commerce commission or the ilia ri railway allway labor board frank 11 I 1 walsh counsel lor for the rail unions and 73 ajewell MJ M jewell ewell liend of their department of the american federation ot of labor aro are lending leading tile the tight fight ot of tho the brotherhoods brothe their first nc lie tion was to question tho the jurisdiction of the labor board boar iain in this matter t gir tho the ground that a question involving the financial ability of the ho roods roads to pay la Is within tile province of the interstate ter state coni commerce merce commission the labor board being limited by law to questions of wages and working conditions dit ions this point the board decided was well token taken chairman bartov said eald tile the board tor for several months had been considering tile tho national working agreement clause by clause to determine whether any parts were unreasonable ind and it ho a urged that it bo be not further interrupted by the he introduction of bf unwarranted dern demands fernands ands by either party the second part of ilia ho general argument of mr walsh w i that the move by tho the railroad Is part of a wall street conspiracy to kill fhy power ot of the unions establish the open shop crush collective bar bargaining gaining and reduce wages twelve new york banks said mr walsh through interlocking dinic 11 ree to torn rates tea control 02 class I 1 roads rends which have 80 w percent V cent ot of the class I 1 mileage and 70 76 per cent cent ot of the alio total railroad milci milliage age of tho united states in tile tho hearings of the lockwood committee in yew york k the fest festival ivAy revealed a movement on tile ali e port part ot of interests to cruth unions and establish the open lopen shop chop it Is titled first nt at wo two basic indus trieb ot of balding construction and transportation A great crent ninny many persons ng not directs T con corned in the present controversy believe with mr mi walsh that hut there here Is a 0 c concerted ted move movement men to estatio ish tile tho open opell altop and likewise it a bredl erca ninny many persons persona are in with such a movement these persons see sed the impending conflict as aa n tight fight not lie be tween labor and capital but between tyrannical cat labor unions mid and Inthis industry try mont of them thein havo have suffered andare suffering buffering front aror the intolerance of orvaill organized zed labor and organized capit capital at and ahey tire aro very tired red of it |