Show RAilROAD LABOR BilL HITS SNAG Chance for Public to 0 Bo Ba Gouged Seen by Soc era eral Solons WASHINGTON Feb Y 25 28 ByThe The me Associated Allo Press The Prees-The The Wat Wat- son Parker railroad labor bUl bUI along along thus UlUS tar far on Its ite leRis 4 journey b by the t unprecedented united support cupped of ot railway ay I ant ani encountered opposition when when taken taken up Wednes Wednes- Wednesday Wednesday day In the th house 1 Demands for or amendments amendment to af at afford af- af ford tord adequate prot protection to the made by several DubIc were y mem bers berL Virtually no opposition was os expressed against the proposed 1 of ot the railroad d labor board nor the basis bails for or voluntary ac- ac acI machinery provided pro I I In fl the measure the debate center center- centering Ing ng on on the whether hethel It sut- sut I assured continuous jer- jer er- er erI ervice I vice and proper rate without provision being made for representation tallon In In ne under II Its terms CHARGES CH MITT MIT Charges that the proposal lea leavins Ins Ing the h public unguarded was wast t foisted upon congress conne- by directly Interested parties and was on on the I of being swallowed whole were vere met arguments IJ that U the I greatest Interest would be In voluntary agreement be- be between be between tween 1 groups whose negotiations any radical ot of either tide side an attack upon un controlled 4 wage agreements rep rep- rep representative Nelson Nellon Republican of MaIne the bill bOJ as al an fidO doted ted child of ot uncertain parent parent- parentage parentage age ae temperamental and too sweet to be true tr Compulsory ar arbitration I tion Is necessary he said as a IIA safe safeguard I guard against forcing the public topa to pa pay for agreements In which It would have no voice PU PUBLIC LIC NOT In reply Representative Barkle Barkley of Kentucky ranking Democrat op the commerce committee which re- re ro ported the measure contended that the public has no more right to a i toko in agreements between rail rail- railroad railroad railroad road operators and employee thou than it t has to butt Into any other Indus Industry try Iry The measure Is fundamental fundamental- fundamentally ly Iy fair fall to all parties panic he J continued carrying out the tho principle of pro pro- every mad maI In private Indus indus- industry try fry ry In his right to dee with his em- em plover In determining his wage The clause of the transportation act of 1920 creating the railroad Ia- Ia labor a- a hor bor board was squeezed through In Inan Inan lian l an emergency he added saying It Its hybrid Impotent nature had de- de stroe the confidence of both sides side In any dispute dispute- brought before It tt Representative Cooper Rep b- b Uran IIran of Qt f Ohio said the bill was WM as essential an element clement In of world peace as al a disarmament In brInging about permanent bar har- harmony harmony mony In the railroad Industry It would serve as an art example to the Industrial world he ho contin contin- continued co Int and make moke It possible for In peace to follow naturally naturally ally ully SEES SEE WAGE INCREASE SE brotherhoods Demands by by- railway brother brothel hoods for wase increases estimated 3 variouSly from tram to 5 are aro In the of tin offing g Black Democrat of ot Tex Tex- Texas Texas as charged charred saying that to Jq q sl ewal ow this bill would be to lay Iny last straw to break the camels camel's camelback back He e urged a change embody embody- embodyIng lug Ing the principle of an amendment by Representative Hoeh Hoch ot of Kansas KaniM to specify that the Interstate co commerce melce corn com mission had 0 o protect the public nubile against unwarranted rate g increase I resulting from wage agreements Representative Mopes Mapes Bep b- b Bean of Michigan referring to the bill as a miracle miracles asserted that under Its provisions the oper co-oper- cooperative co dIve function of legislation would toe be tested placing operators end and under the highest moral obligation differences to to settle their theil differ differ- In good faith falth under a a ma- ma ma created bY themselves |