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Show BOUND TO AVOID RAILROAD TIEUP ; Spring Revival Predicted By Hooper in Talk on Labor Board BOSTON, Jan. 27. Railway managements man-agements and their employes have a moral obligation to avoid interruption of traffic ami the Inltd States railroad rail-road bbor hoard is endeavoring to lead both carriers and rail workers to curry out this obligation. Ben V Hooper, vice chairman of the labor board, declared today before the Bo. -ton chamber of commerce. Mr. Hooper. G. W V. hanger, public pub-lic member, and W. L, McMenlmen, labor member of tho board. Were guests of the chamber nl a luncheon, where Mr Hoopor voiced the opinion that America had passed through "the winter of our discontonl" and was now "standing on tiptoe, with the slogan Of the vernacular on her Hps 'Let's goV RKV11 Mi IN si'KJNt. 'The hard pull is over," the former governor (if Tennessee said. 'The armer is the only man In the country w ho has rcil) deflated He alone did not have the parachute of organization organiza-tion to retard his descent and break his full. The next time this country :il;es un International joyride In tho Zeppelin of war. the farmer will hn" 111 parachute along with him and will not be invited to step out on a storm cloud ami ullde down on a rainbow.' Ml. Hooper said he expected the number of railway employes to bo largely Increased in the spring, thai 1 revenues would be enlarged b In. 1 Oreaaed business and that conditions I Would probably justify a reduction of rates "which is so essential to the restoration res-toration of normal business. RUIiES OBEYED. In return to normal, Governor ' Hooper said, the railroads had accom-! accom-! pllshed the transition without an general strike or serious disturbance, I "As a rule, both manajrenif nt.s and mployea have co-operated Cordially in lurrying out the transportation act," Mr, Hooper said. "This has not been I easy for either side The railroads have had to contend with financial difficulties and have been continually lubjsetsd to the temptation of taking; the bit In their tf-eth and trying to get relief by Independent action mort-quickly mort-quickly than the labor board consider. consid-er. I It Just and reasonable to give to them. Only a few carriers have succumbed suc-cumbed to this temptation, and, in svers Instanoe, friction end discontenl have resulted. EMPLOYES COMPliAlN. "The complaints of the employos have been that certain carriers. to avoid dealing with labor organiza tions, have disregarded the right 1 , the majority guaranteed by the transportation trans-portation act, that certain carriers I have evaded thi board's wage orders by having receivers in charge put Into (effect wage orders of the courts With-! With-! out submitting th mutter to tho board ! und that certain carriers have evaded the wage decisions of the board by contracting or claiming to contract certain classes of their work to independent inde-pendent contractors. "Whatever may bo the merit of these contentions of tho employes, it Is evident that Lhey Involve ,to, t-tlve t-tlve situations. L'nder somewhat trying try-ing circumstances, the employes have exhibited commendable self-restraint CARRIERS PATIENT. "On the other hand, practically all the carriers have promptly put into effect decisions of the labor board with which they were not in thorough accord and have struggled patiently and courageously with discouraging conditions "The question will occur to you. will tho rear of tho condemnation of public pub-lic sentiment always secure the obedience obed-ience of tho parties to the decisions of the railroad labor board, or will there come a tlmo when powerful motives of self-interest will Induce one or th other to trample under foot the board's docislons and override public I opinion 7 "I would nor underestimate Hie po- 1 ncy of puMic opinion. it exerts a 1 -bsjbj-I eaiSsM m tremendous influence in this count! ; of ours. My persona view is tha neither the carriers nor their employe I have the moral right to dIscontinu railway operation to enforce tho de mand of either upon the other. "It inut not be forgotten that then are some labor leaders and certain labor la-bor periodicals which persistently preach the disquieting doctrine thai the toilers of this country cannot trust the courts and tribunals having Jurisdiction Jur-isdiction of their troubios. The rail road labor board, if moved by a pro-found pro-found desire to do Justice, mwy !argoi counteract this destructive preachment, preach-ment, and that without slopping ovei like a neuresthanla parlor Communist." Commun-ist." ' OO |