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Show STRIKE THREAT 1 IDE BY SHOP Ml LEADER Breaking of National Agree-I Agree-I ments to Mean Walkout. Organizer Declares RAILROAD EMPLOYES CALLED TO CHICAGO .Labor's Side to Controversy Will Be Given Hearing By Board Monday i CHICAGO, Feb: 4. lnternaiion.il and national officers! of the railroad .unions today were summoned to Chicago Chi-cago to onBlder labor's side In the Icontroveisv before the railroad labor hoard over the m plovers' proposal to abrogate the national agreements. William Schocnberg. of Chicago, organizer for the machinists' union, told the Federated Trades council, of Milwaukee yesterday that a general ' railroad strike will take place within a week If the railroad labor board I permits railroad executives to nbio-gate nbio-gate wage contracts, adding that the program of the railroad executives is part of the open shop fight against union labor. The railroad board went Into executive execu-tive session after the completion of another portion of ihe hearing on I wage agreements yesterday and on-I on-I nounced it would hear B. M. Jewell, representing the railroad unions, next Monday Statements in rebuttal bv ! the employers arc to follow, the hoard dee!. h d. and an immediate decision is expected. |