Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-11 | Page 2 | Return to Work W. G. Lee Urges

RETURN TO WORK I. E. lEWm Confident That Increase in Pay Will Be Granted By New I Wage Board CLEVELAND. April 10 Y. G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, today issued tho following: statement rognrdinc tho nationwide na-tionwide strike of railroad yardmen and switchmen: "Tho situation at Chicago is constantly con-stantly improving and those In charge of tho five brotherhoods thcro report daily gains, and hopo that more of the thinking members of tho organizations organiza-tions will return to their former positions po-sitions very soon. "It is believed tho mombors will recognize that the only hopo of securing se-curing additional increase in pay to which they are entitled and which we are confident will be granted by the labor board recently created by federal fed-eral law, just as soon as that board la appointed by President "Wilson and for them to return to work immediately. immed-iately. Tho fiftoen railroad labor organizations or-ganizations have entered Into and signed an agreement to present thoir wage demands to such board according accord-ing to tho law, and it is unreasonable to expect that any increase will bo granted except by the board, and In accordance with the federal law. It Is equally certain that whatever benefits bene-fits are secured will come through tho authorized committees of tho established estab-lished labor organizations."