Show SHOULD IT NOT BE mm BLU icken MORAL obligation RESTS UPON AND ROADS TO KEEP WHEELS ROLLING if 1 I e chairman of labor board doing all poss ble to avoid clash be tween rail workers and their employers boston railway managements and their hav hin a moral obliga obligation tio i to av old interruption of traffic and the united states railroad labor board 13 1 endea endeavoring Noring to lead leid both carriers and rail workers to carry out this oblige tion pen W hoofer vice ice chairman airman dh of ta e labor board declared friday before the Bo boston stort chamber chant ber of coin cont merce mr hooper G W W hanger public member on an I 1 IV L nimen labor member of the board v ere guests of the chamber at a luncheon where mr air hooter voiced the opinion thai that america had aixa basse wl 1 through chemin the win ter of our discontent and find was now standing ng on tiptoe with nith the eblogan of the vernacular ir on ler 1 er lips let lets 3 go the hard pull Is over the femur governor of tennessee slid the farmer Is the only man in the country w ho ras bealls deflated he Ile alone did not have hane the p of organization to retard his decent and break his fall the next time tills this country takes an international jo jovel rl ie in the hn ila of war var the fanner will mill have his ute along with him and w III not be ini invited cited to step 1 out on a storm cloud and sl de down a rainbow mr hooper said he expected the number of T railway employed emp loyes to be largely increased in the string that revenues would mould be enlarged by in creise creased il business an I 1 that conditions would probably ably justify a reduction ef of rates is so essential to the res to ration of normal bubness in return to normal governor GoNer gov arnor nor hoop er sal al I 1 the r railroads had tl e tra tran mitlon without Alt hout piny iny general tribe strike or serious erous disturbance As a rule both managements man and employed emp loyes I 1 lave a e cooperated cordially in carr ing out ti 0 e transportation act mr lir hooper said tills this has hs not been easy for ealier side the railroad s have had to contend with financial difficulties and have hae been continual continually subjected to the temptation of taking tl ti e bit in their teeth and tra arving ing to get relief by independent action more mom quickly than the labor bo leard ird consic ered lit it just and reasonable to give to ii tt em only a few carriers have liae sue c imbed to tl is temptation and discon tent have hane resulted the complaints of the amplo employed emp loyes es have hane been tl at certain carried to avoid dealing with labor organizations have disregarded the rights of the majority guarin guarantee teel 1 by the transportation act that certain carriers b hive bie ie evaded the board s wage orders by having ers in charge put into effect wage or ders of tie tle courts without the matter to tl 0 e board and that tain carriers h have hie i e evaded the wage de visions of the board I 1 y contracting or claiming to contract certain classes au of the r work mork to indel eident contra con trac tors whiten er may inny bethe be the merit of thes these contentions content conten tons ores of the ernpao employed emp loyes es it Is evi dent that tl ev involve provocative sit nations aider somewhat trying cli cum stances tl e emp ernal i 3 es esh eshi hav i e exhibit ed oommen lable self elf restraint on the offer oti er ian 1 an 1 i all ill the tile carriers have hine promptly put into effect decisions of the labor board AN with ith which they m were ere not in thorough and have hane struggled patiently 11 ud d courageously with cm cn dillons the rhe quest on will mill occur to you will YOH the fear of condemnation of public sentiment ulm as av s secure the obedience of the parties to the decisions of the rat railroad irad labor board or will there come a time when I 1 a 0 gerful motives of self interest will mill indice one or ane other to trample underfoot the board f decisions and sno or override ride public opinion it must not toe be forgotten tint thit there are some labor leaders and certain la a bor periodicals which persistently pr ch the d squirting squi eting doctrine that thir he the toilers at orf this country cannot trust the courts court and ind I 1 abing jerls d stion of tl air troubles tl TI e railroad labor board if moved by a it por found de des re to do justice may largely cou i bract tl ti 1 is 13 3 destruct iv e 1 i ent and tl ti at lt NN without slop im in over like a neu re p perlor arlor communist |