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Show CONTROVERSY IS OF CONCERN TO Tltt PUBLIC As tho problems, confronting the railroads aro of concern to the general gen-eral public, involving as they do all classes of people, you will, no doubt be .ntcrested In notlug tho following quotation from a recent Issue of a bulletin Issued by the Chamber ot Commerce of the United Slates, nt Washington, D. C, which relates to certain demands of railroad operatives: operat-ives: "In January, 1916, the attention of the Officers nnd Hoard of Directors of tho Niltlonal Chamber of Commerco Com-merco was called to tho fact that grave d'ffercnces were Impending between be-tween the railroads nnd certain of their employes which, If not adjusted might result In serious Interruption lo transportation. IlelloUng that such Interruption of traffic operation wcul d be a national calamity, resolutions resolu-tions wero formulated and adopted nt tho Fourth Annual Meeting In February, Instructing tho Doard of Directors to appoint a committee to inpstlgntc such phases of the sltua-t'on sltua-t'on as might rclato to tho Interests of commerco nnd tho public. "Such n committee was at onco appointed nnd after thorough inquiry Into tho subject of the resolutions, presented to tho Board of Directors a report which was -made tho basis of a referendum and submitted to the constituent organizations, April 25, 101C. "A single recommendation was placed before the membership of tho Chamber. Under the by laws tho vote closed at midnight on Juno 9, 1910, when 3CC organizations had filed ballots. These organizations arc situated In 43 states, tho District? of Columbia and Hawaii. "In the balloting, each organization organiza-tion casts ns many votes as It may havo delegates nt an annual meeting of the Chamber. Tho number ot tho delegates which an organization may have depends upon tho number ot its members, but In no case falls below 1 or exceeds 10. "Tho recommendation of the committee com-mittee and tho result of the balloting ballot-ing were as follows: 987 3-4 votes In favor; 29 l-4avoles ngalnst. Congress should be asked to direct the Interstate Commerco Commission to mnko Immediate Investigation In-vestigation and to present a report as soon as practicable, as proposed by tho committee. In accordance with the vote, the Chamber Is committed to tho recommendation recom-mendation in that more than one-third one-third ot tho voting strength of the Chamber was recorded and more than two thirds cast favorablo votes, representing moro than 20 states In favor of the proposition. Further than tho foregoing Indicates Indi-cates several bodies voting against the measure qualified their negative votes by stating that they believed Investigation should be made but suggested that somebody other than tho Interstate Commerce Commission do It. |
