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Show MIL EMPLOYES DEMMD COPY OF STATISTICS Workers Take Steps Toward Preventing Inaccuracies In Minutes. CHICAGO, May 24. A demand that the committee representing the railroads rail-roads in the hearing being conducted by the railroad labor board on the employes' em-ployes' demands for increased wages bo compelled to furnish employes with copies of all statistics presented, was made today by the employes' representatives. repre-sentatives. Tho demand was made, it was said, "to prevent Inaccuracies concerning tho wages now received from creeping into the minutes," B. T. Whiter, chairman chair-man of the committee, representing the association of railway executives, j which is presenting a roply to the demands de-mands for increased wages, agreed "ho furnish the employes' representatives representa-tives with copies of all testimony presented pre-sented and to inform them of the source of such ini'ormation." The employees' representatives said when they presented their testimony before the board in Washington they had furnished the roads with copies of their statistics and work sheets show-inw show-inw how these statistics were reached. Answer to Whiter. ! The demand came after Mr. Whiter had attacked demands of the railroad clerks for higher wages on the ground it would be unjust to many men. and to tho roads to grant a blanket in. ' j crease. "-y "While many of these men merit j M, consideration, it would be unfair to r M grant a general Increase affecting all of them," he said. "Fully one-half ot these clerks are from 18 to 23 years of age and receive good pay considering consider-ing their age and experience." Mr. Whiter said the average pay for junior clerks was 5S7.50 a month and that tho proposed wage increase would bring their pay to an averago of $128.30 a month. During the past five jH years thoy havo received increases of from 74 to 130 per cent, he said. Mr. Whiter also raised the question of the board's authority to grant in-creases in-creases retroactive to any date prior JM to March 1 when tho transportation act creating the board went Into ef- J nrt IH |