Beaver County News | 1927-08-26 | Page 9 | High Tribute Paid Leaders of Labor

HIGH TRIBUTE PAID LEADERS OF LABOR Canadian Railway Head Lauds the Workers. By SIR HENRY THORNTON, President Canadian National Railways. "My personal experience may have been unusual, but I can say frankly that in ail my dealings with working people and trade union leaders. I have never found the first to be deaf to reasonable argument and fair treat- I - 'vvv vf. I: . V, - v. i s f- V a 1 Sir Henry Thornton. ment, and I have never had one of the latter to let me down or pursue a treacherous or dishonest course." Sir Henry Thornton is a railway executive of considerable experience. American born, he held important positions po-sitions on United States roads. In England he was general manager of the Great Eastern railway. In France he was a major general in charge of r.ritish rail transport during the World war. And for four years he has been at the head of Canada's experiment in public operation of the greatest railway rail-way mileage In a single system on the globe