Show open shop claims uncle sam as ally of tho the op open en shop ADVOCATES in industry claim nn an ally in the united states stat es railroad labor board na as the result of a recent decision A railway employees employ ces membership or in an organization should not bo be matter ot of compu compulsion ision the labor board ruled in sustaining a compan complaint int of the Switch mens union of north america against a contract of the san antonio aransas arandas pass railway company with the brotherhood of railroad trainmen guaranteeing 9 that 85 per cent of tile the car calders carders ders ya yard r d employees bo members of the brotherhood the board thus declared tills this stipulation void an anomaly of the case Is that because the switch mens union to Is alfill abed with the amerlan american federation of labor it leaves tile the federation on record as Rs opposed to the closed shop tile the dispute followed dismissal of 0 A ai brown san antonio ft aron aran gas pass railway sw switchman lichman through operation of the percentage provision of the carriers contract with the train mens brotherhood the board directed that he be reinstated with seniority rights unimpaired and that tha he be be paid for time lost loss lass any amount lie may lave bave earned while engaged in other employment A point drought brought out in ili tile evidence of the tie cuse cose which the board emphasizes in its decision was that the Switch mens union of north america negotiated the drat agree ment ever executed lut that tion has renounced tile the and become the victim of 0 it IT tant lint the rule in question la Is discriminatory and n unfair Is beyond controversy tro versy rends tin an excerpt from tile the labor boards decision A railway employees employ cea membership or ber barship shIp in na an organization should not be a matter of compulsion ile ho should not ile be coerced either by the labor organization tion or by the carrier in tile the exercise of lite hla right to join an organization or to make a choice between two rival I 1 eions anybody interested Interest od in alie theor organization of an employee can find abundant methods of a n mate nature to bring to bear upon him 4 it must bo be remembered that railway ft i employees have not advocated tho the closed shop and tills this 1 principle 1 l has not been recognized elsewhere tv ID tho the railway service i |