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Show SCORES HOOVER FOR RAIL CONFERENCES CHICAGO, J'an 16 Conferences being held between railroad labor or-j ganjaeatlona and leaders in the Association Asso-ciation of Railway Executives under tho auspices of Secretary Hoover were termed an "attempt to establish a super-railroad labor board" in a sta!o-, ment issued by J. G. Luhrsen. presi-' dent ot tbe American Train Dispatch-1 era' a jsoclatlon. "At a time when tne labor board must fight to nave its powers de'ter-i. de'ter-i. lined in the federal courts, we have a cabinet officer setting himself up as intermediary between litigants be- fore the labor board." the statement said. "Can the public draw any other conclusion from this series of con- ferences than that the labor board is iietng branded in certain quarters i -1 1 failing to function, and does not th:- appear like an effort to over-ride tlie authority of this board?' . . . . . "SSBi |