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Show Higher Wages for Express Company Workers Ordered WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 Employe of tho American Hail way Express company will be given Wage increased as soon as rates are advanced in accordance ac-cordance with the plan recently sub-mltted sub-mltted to tho interstate- comracrcf commission, it was said todav bv rail- road administration officials, ttroctor. General McAdoo expects to Initiate the rates on behalf of the express company, com-pany, which is his agent. The war labor board today announced announc-ed It had referred thc express company com-pany employea' requests to the board of railroad wages and working conditions, condi-tions, a railroad administration adjunct, ad-junct, which has "primary jurisdiction." jurisdic-tion." This body will work, out a scheme of increases aggregating about I $12,000,000 the added revenue which the express company expects to get from tho higher rates. |