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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, Director' Forbes Again Makes Serious Charges; Refers to Replacement System as Criminal WEDNESDAY STINE MORNING, OCTOBER IE PLIES aA j - t, v v- a , f 19, 1921. 4 A A V 1811 WASHINGTON. Oct " 18 Replacement; of disabled service men "under conditions that are criminal and relating to slavery," waa charged byinDirector Forbes of the veterans bureau an address today at the firat meeting ef the bureaua district manager Colonel Forbes criticised tha system by service men had been placed In Officers Ac- which training and in hla address later, through a statement, announced disapproval of contracts held by thirty-thrschools Meet and Individuals for training disabled veterans. In this connection ha told the district managers that In a number of cases for Discussion they had been derelict in their duty. "The word has also gone around that certain districts hkve their own little OwHiwi from Oh. political machines here In Washington to run affairs of that district." he said. "I forced to accept cut to prices or wages want to warn those men who may have such an idea that Im going to wreck all ' he said. political machines, and before I am "The time ha come," hie atatement concluded, for the farmer, representing the public on the great middle ground, to Engineers; W. G I.ee, oreaident of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and act." The eleven great railroad unions which W. S. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Engmemen, all with have not yet formally Issued a strike After a telephone call, although most of them have voted headquarter there. for a walkout with the brotherhoods, conference Mr. Stone announced tonight that the three chief executive had acwill go ahead with their proposed meetcepted the Invitation and would leava for ings. The first meeting will take place here Chicago Wednesday night. Similar requests, he said, wars cent tomorrow when the executive council of the shop crafts made up of the 4b,uw L. E. Sheppard, president of the Order rt will go of the of six members Railway Conductors, and T. C. Caahen, unions, Into session. This council probably will piesident of tha Switchmens Union of North America, with headquarters In Cedecide to call In the railway employees conference committee, made up of loO dar Rapids, Iowa, and Buffalo, respec- members, according to B. M Jewell, head tively, It Is understood Mr. Caahen will be This committee has of the shop crafts power to authorise a strike, or. If It does here tomorrow for a conference with the e to take the full responsibility, ttree local executives and K. P. Curtis to call a meeting of the 1000 general of Texas, a grand officer of the Order of Railway Conductors, who will reprechairmen. sent President Sheppard at the meeting. The twelve divisions of the maintenance of way organisation, representing Mr. J5tone aald President Caahen would also a quarter of a million rail employees, accompany the three local executives to will meet tomorrow, while telegraphers Chicago, where they vtll be met by Mr. meet Friday and the clerks Sunday. Most beep para. The local execut'vot had but little comof the other unions also have schedment to make on the request for tha uled meetings for this week. conference with the labor board, announcMr, Jewell and others have steadfastly have cuts and on that the purport of the meeting was a strike ing wage opposed not specified. announced that they will fight vigorouswalkout to a orders being Referring to the call for the Chicago ly prevent conference. President Lee said. issued. "Of course, I will attend. I will attend any conference that holds out the ADVISORY BOARD possibility of an open dcor to settle tht matter. J have in mind tnj homes of and 160,000 men it) my crgunlzatlon MAKES CHARGES the I realise what tips means to them. I Will do my utmost to reach an amicable Lake Tribune Leased Wire. settlement." Cbti.fe Tribune-Sal- t NEW YORK, Oct. IS. The railway executives advisory committee. In an InDISCUSS SI GOVERNORS terview today at Ite headquarters, Broadway, announced It was convinced PROBLEM RATES that tha publication of the railroads In groups number 1. 1 and S, whose emS a. to at o'clock in. strike ployees were DEB Iowa, Oct. 1. AttenOctober SO and November 1 and Novem- tion wasMOINES, concentrated on freight rate ber S, respectively, was solely to bolster problem by middle states the governors and up the morale of the railroad workmen public officials who met here today at In group No. 4, which had not voted the the call of Governor N. E. Kendall of strike vote. necessary Iowa to consider means of reviving agriThose railroads are. according to a culture and business, and diminishing un. member of the committee: emplojment. . The Pennsylvania system, the Orand waa It that transporpresent agreed Trunk, the Canadian Pacific lines in the tation charges made profitable farming Vnlted States, the Boston and Maine, impossible. Resolutions expressing this the Rutland, the Lehigh and New En- view and the necessity of apeedy Buffalo and action by urging gland, Central Vermont, the Interstate commerce comSusquehanna, Banitor and Aroostok. 'Cen- mission on the pending western hay and tral Railroad of Georgia. Maine Central. grain rate case were prepared, but acChicago, tion on them waa held over until toChicago and Eastern Illinois, Indianapolis and Louisville and the Dela- morrow so that Governors John J. Blaine ware and Hudson railroad. These roads of Wisconsin, J. A. O. Preuse of Minneare Included In group No. 4, set to strike sota, and Arthur M. Hyde of Missouri, November 6 at 8 a. m. whose attendance is expected at tomorThomas De Witt Cuyler, chairman of rows session, may participate in what the committee, who has hie headquarters Is done. In Philadelphia, came to New York towas reached as to Similar unanimity day and went into conference immediatethe necessity of action bv congress In commitof .members tha wlth other ly reaffirmation of state authority over tee. state rates. In theory. It was said, ths E. M. Rlne, chairman of the General ths Juristransportation act recognises over Managers' association, upon whom will diction of state commissions state devolve the task of planning food freight rates, but in that practice jurisdiction movements, said that steps toward a Is set aside by rulings of the Interstate plan for the movement of foodstuffs had commerce commission. It waa intimatalready been set In motion. ed that the conference probably would adopt a resolution calling for an amendment of the Esch transportation law, BROTHERHOOD HEADS clearing up the disputed point. Another question on which the conferINVITATION ence showed warm feeling waa that of deflaInterest charges and ths CLEVELASHV-OhlOct. 1. (By the tion policy followed by the federal reAssociated Press ) Scene of action in the serve banka. Agriculture was dec'ared to threatened nation-wid- e progressive rail- hava been undulv penalised by excessive road strike to begin October 30 shifted pressure for liquidation Under peculiarly difficult conditions.. The necessity for back to Chicago today with the announcement that the throe local members of lower interest rates and longer termb for anIt waa the "Big five" railroad brotherhoods had farm credit was emphasised nounced that the conference probably accepted a request from the railroad la- would put Itself on record to (hi efbor board that the five chief executives fect. confer with the board In Chicago ThursGovernor Kendall day afternoon. presided. Three were Governors 8 R McKel-vl- e the confe-mTelegrams requesting present were sent to Warren 8 Stone, presiof Nebraska. W. H McMasters of dent of the Brotherhood of Locomotive South Dakota, Clyde M. Reed, chairman Brotherhood cept Invitation to ee Thursday. 7. not-car- - OF two-thir- ACCEPT o, ee through with this position this bureau is going to be operated on sound, modern business principles, and every phaee of It la going to be clean and above v board." . The soldier rehabilitation division of the federal board for vocational training was blamed by Director Forbes for some of the difflculttee encountered, and a Union Leader Issues project in southern California was mention by the director as a place where "the men had no more chance than a Defending snowball In hades of being trained." Schools and Individuals whose contracts have been disapproved by the veterans' Course Brotherhoods. bureau, as announced by Mr. Forbes, Include: New Mexico State School of mines, M ; N. Broadmoor Art academy, Socorro, Colorado Springs, Colo ; McDevttt comW. CLEVELAND, Oct. 18 pany. Tamarack ranch and 101 ranch, Henry Von Babem studio, C. 8ton Issued a signed atatement in aliform; San Francisco, and Fred Hummel, reply to statements made by Joseph 11. De frees, president of tha Chamber of in Commerce of the United States, of ths public utilities commission of the Kansas and authorisesd representative of Washington yesterday denouncing aa strike "a most Governor Henry Allen; R. U. Knudson threatened 'railroad cruel and unjustifiable attack on the of the Industrial commission of Wisconsin; Thorne A. Browne, member of the people and go eminent of the United railroad commission of Nebraska, and States. The statement follows: William M. Smith, member of the pub""In tha beginning It would naturally lic utilities commission of Michigan. bo assumed that Mr. Defrees, speaking for the Chamber of Commeiee of the OGDEN EMPLOYEES United States, would be voicing the but In opinion of all American cltlsen DISCUSS d Mew of the statement It Is the judgment of the railway workers Is simply speaking (or the mil he that Oct. OGDEN, Tonight the strike element created by the miseries tttuatlon waa discussed before the mem- llonalre bers of the various Orders by different of the late, war and now posing aa great and patriotic' cltixens without regard to r Railroad employ sea meetings. cripplee and unemployed, who families gathered at the Eagles hall to- the many tlma appreciate that tor them-t- he to to a statement by C. W. at this listen night war la not over. Maler, special representative of the locomotive firemen aud englnemen. In the Reasserts Odd Fellows hall tonight Vice President Loyalty. F. H. N emits addressed the memberes of "Mr. Defrees states that the an the Order of Railway Conductors. The tieipeted withdrawal from the service announcement was made prior to the a most cruel and unjuatl commencement of the meettnge that any contemplates fiable attack on the cltixens and gov statements come would from a eminent of the United State public Thla crepreas committee to bo selected later. ates the Impression that the railroad A a far as could be learned In ths local workers are not loyal cltixens and parailroad circles nothing has been done triot an unwarranted and undeserted Hi tlie matter of making accusation of a body of men who have for meeting an emergency , arrangements exbut it is Wa point with proven their loyalty. will probably be pride to the number of railroad employees pected that action taken In the immediate future. The who volunteered their services In the Southern Pacific, Salt Lake division, em- great war. , "Mr. Defrees calls attention to the ploys the largest number of men uho would be affected by strike orders This tribunal eatahlialied by can great which number Is estimated between 6000 and augmented the possibility of an amicable 6600 and includes employees of all desettlement. He lays emphasta on the partments. In the shops at Ogden ft Is fact that tha fundamental principle of said there are about TOO employee this tribunal waa to adjudlcata the conSome of the employees of the railroads dition that now exists and reminds the In Ogden have expressed the opinion that railroad workers of their great Injustice there will bo no strike. and their inability to distinguish between the present time and 1914, and charges them with deliberately ' disregarding TO of tha board Rail Statement of OUTLOOK the ' Special, square did service. ch B B B B B B B B B that B business B B B B B B B is part $4.95 i B B B B B B B B B B B B B Day.,. -- B B B But only at 0 B fl B fl B B no sa maw 1 r BRUNSWICK AND VICTOR VICTROLA side by side , and receive an unbiased and sincere demonstration of these leading phonographs. B B B B B B B fl B B B B B B fl B fl B B Bflflflflflfln flflfl flflflflflfl flflflflfln Bflflfl k Baby Day in the Domestics (Annex.) 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No fixed plan waa laid down In tha conference, but opinions of board members, coupled with the announcement of the public group In Wash-- ington Sunday, indicated that tha fol- lowing would be the proposals taken up In Thursday's conference: Immedlate'drijpmslon of the strike order, pending jMffferinegotlationi looking in AUt Use forestall bor orga out. fiProposal Fa jdk'kirm on which nal aettlemenr4a I be reached, to include these point, iwjth the proviso that there will be no strike. Withdrawal for definite period of the proposed request by the roads for further wage decreases. Immediate reduction of freight rates. This leaves open the two points aai by the train service men to be paramount. One la the question of time and the other la cancellation or revision of rules and working condition High labor leader have been Insistent that these two points form the real bone of although the brotherhood strike cote waa taken on the July 1 wage reduction. Just how the labor board proposes to get around these two stumbling blocks was not made clear. I understand the Interstate commerce commission has a number of important rate reduction cases on hand, on which it will act immediately, Judge Barton explained. 'That will give ua something to work on. Of course, the lnteretate commerce commission has no jurisdiction on wage question" Judge Barton declined to give his personal view of the situation and said he could not apeak for the board, but made It clear he did not wish to conceal anything "which the" board could, with proThe actual basis of priety give out the Thursday conference, he said, waa Indefinite tonight, and would not be formulated until the entire membership of the board compared suggestions tomorrow. 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Labor can you hear the gray, i 0 fl blue, Black sateen with inside attached bIooner making extra unnecessary undergarments hand embroidered cunningly g with yam and applique ' Ages 2 to I year. He Is Misinformed. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 18 The ex eeutive officers of the Ninth army corps area. Including approximately 8000 troops In tha state of Washington, Montana, Idaho. California, Oregon, Nevada, Utah . Reaches Chicago, and Wyoming, are thinking hard" over the part tha army ahall play In the general railroad strike if It occurs, but no special plans are being made or discuss- - ' i officially." Major General W. M. Wright, commanding the area, said today. ol Edward McGrath, superintendent CHICAGO, Oct. 18. (By the Associated Pres) Charged by President HarOeotlaaed so Fag Flfteea ding to take every possible atep to throttle the threatened rail strike ordered by the brotherhoods for October 50, Chairman R. M. Barton of tha railroad labor board arrived here tonight. 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