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Show KEYMEN'S HEAD PROTESTS CUT ; Railway Telegraphers May ! Go Out on Strike, Says President JAMES Ii. KILC. ALLEN. (International News Serviced CHICAGO. Dee. 9. "The United States nwlrod labor board Is a ware I cuttlnp agency." E J Manlon president of the Order of Railroad Teleprapher3 of Armrln made this declaration tonight In commenting com-menting upon the action of tho labor board In lopping off about $1,500,000 from the yearly salaries of 11 O00 telegraphers on ll western roads "The cut was outrageous and unjustified." un-justified." said Manlon ' The board said I La decision corrected Inequalities j caused by a former Interpretation ol ja fed-ral ntllroad administration order or-der What the board really did -was I to create inequalities. "LIVING WAGE IGNORED." "The cut applies chiefly to teleK-raphers teleK-raphers in large cities where the reduction re-duction Is not justified because of the co8l ol living. Tho cut applies to I the highly skilled, to the men in high tension Jobs. It means J 1 5 to 2Z loss a month in their pay envelopes. "Why, these men can hardly get hv now. "The labor board does not seem to recognise the principle of a living wage. At a time when concerns nil ovei th. country are raising salaries of their men. they hand out a cut to the telegraphers Tho board's record indicates it is serving tho Interests of the railroads with'Ot regard to the interests of labor." HINTS OF STRIKE. President Manlon said the ;n,.n "will est 'it this cut" "They may even go to extreme measures." he added. "Doe-s that mean strike'.'" he was asked. "Well, he replied, "that's a polite way of saying tho same thing. " The decision '. the board becomes effective January' 1 1023, the teleg-raphers' teleg-raphers' was the last wago dlsputo pending before the board." |