Show The American Weekly I WILL YOUR MARRIAGE LAST LAST LAST- How low science can predict the success or failure of a marriage I Read about Dr Ernest W. W Durgess' Durgess revealing 10 year study of 1000 couples and his amazingly amazing amazing- ly accurate forecasts forecast Its It's In THE AMERICAN WEEKLY that great magane magazine maga maga- zine ne distributed with next Sundays Sunday's Los Loa Angeles Examiner TRAGIC MY MYSTERY S T E R Y OF OP TILE THE WOUNDED E EAGLE A G OLE LEI I The dashing young socialite had everything He lie Was wealthy and a ft matrimonial prize for beauties on two continents Yet he failed 1 to o find happiness Read his dramatic story In THE TIlE AMERICAN WEEKLY that great magazine distributed with next Sundays Sunday's Los Angeles Examiner r CF 4 it l s 01 jamming I i 11 hf 3 a l lr r 1 s 1 f lei Pr l u 6 I I a. a lUjO pit 3 Unions Block Labor Peace Refuse Peace Refuse Wage Boost I Already Accepted by 19 Other Railroad Unions The Hie Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Engineers Engi Engi- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen Firemen Firemen Fire Fire- men and and the Switchmen's Union of North America representing railroad employee have refused to accept the offer of the Railroads of a wage increase of 1534 cents an hour This is the same increase awarded operating non-operating by an arbitration board in September 1947 This is ia the same increase accepted by conductors trainmen and switchmen switchmen switch switch- men by agreement on November 14 1947 Agreements have been made with represented by nineteen nineteen nineteen nine nine- teen unions But these three unions unions representing representing representing rep rep- resenting only men are trying to get more They are demanding also many new working rules not embraced in the settlement with the conductors and train train- men Incidentally the Switchmen's Union of North America represents only about 7 01 Ot all railroad switchmen the other 93 being represented by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and covered by the settlement with that union Strike Threat The leaders of these three unions spread astrike a astrike astrike strike ballot while negotiations were still in progress This is not a secret vote but is in taken by union leaders and and votes are signed by the in the presence of union representatives When direct negotiations failed the leaders of these three unions refused to join oin the railroads in asking the National Mediation Board to attempt to settle the dispute but the Board took jurisdiction at the request of the carriers and has been earnestly attempting since November 24 1947 to bring about bout a settlement The Board on January 15 1948 announced its inability to reach a mediation settle settle- ment The leaders othe o of be he unions rejected the request of th the Mediation Board tor to r The railroads ac accepted What iVow The Unions having refused to to arbitrate the Railway Halfway Labor Act provides for the app appointment of a finding fact board by bythe bythe bythe the President The railroads feel it is due shippers passengers employee stockholders and the general public to know that throughout through through- out these negotiations and in mediation t they ey have not only exerted every effort to reach a fair and rea reasonable settlement but they have also met every requirement of the Railway Labor Act respecting the negotiation mediation and arbitration of labor disputes It seems unthinkable that these three unions representing less than 10 per cent of railroad and those among the highest paid can un successfully maintain the threat of a par par- strike against the Interest of the entire entIle entire en en- tire tIle and country country and against 90 per cent of their fellow employee The threat of a strike cannot justify grant granting grant vant- ing lag more favorable conditions to em em- than have hare already been put In effect for lor nor will It alter the opp opposition of the railroads to unwarranted wage Increases in increases increases In- In creases or to changes In working rules which are not justified A glance at the box shows what represented by the Engineers and Firemen make They are among the highest paid In to Inthe Inthe the ranks of labor In the United States If It not the highest Compare these wages with what you make 1547 1141 bmp tam Inn I B lI man tin rut 15 li i Here la Is a comparison of m im it I t Maul Maul millS lump Cuts cue V rU Im lad au average an annual ual earn earn- ENGINEERS firemen fogs ings of for engineers g 1939 and Road Freight o pre prewar re- re Local and Way w war wp shown hown r and is le what what 1947 Also Alao so Road Passenger 1947 Road Freight Through would have earnings earning been if if the 1515 ce cents ts Yard Yd 2749 per hour increase offered of of- FIREMEN dered by br the railroads toad Road ad Freight 2738 2736 and rejected by the Local and Way union leaders leaden had been Road Passenger i 2732 in effect throughout the Road Freight Through 2069 entire year 1947 Yard 1 1962 Railroad wages computed from Crom Interstate Commerce Commission Statement M Full year 1947 estimated on 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hu helping with the rigging Wasn't long before they were working side bj by side on Eds Ed's bench sharing a common interest Instead of keeping them apart Eds Ed's hobby brought them more together From where I sit lit a husbands husband's hobby can often be a wife's as welLIn well wellIn In fact Ive I've got the m missus interested interested inter inter- ested in tying trout flies flies and and along with that mellow glass of beer it makes mabs the evenings go by br mighty pleasantly 9 l. l Copyright 1948 1943 United Stater Foundation |