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Show ou DISPUTE OVER LABOR COSTS CHICAGO, Jan 30 Statements of tho railroad labor board as to estimated esti-mated savings to Iho railroad resulting result-ing from changes In two rules affecting affect-ing the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship Clerks Freight Handler, Express and Station Employee, gave u "grossly exaggerated idea" of the reductions re-ductions in railway labor cohin. Sumuel M. Fclton, president of the Chicago Great Western railway, said In a statement state-ment Sunday. Referring to tho labor board's statement state-ment when the rules were made public pub-lic recently, Mi. Fellon said that tho board had given tho impression that the railroads believed n saving in ox-cess ox-cess of 160,000,000 would result In the chmiKCs, while the board's experts estimated es-timated 115.000.000 us a conservative estimate, of the lavintja Mr Fclton inserted no f itness for the railroads hud estimated savings from changes would unmunt to 860,-000,000 860,-000,000 and contended that the statistical statis-tical department of the labor board had estimated savings that could be I effected at 4.S23.:.24. |