Show HAILE 90 H BILL NOW LAW WATSON PARKER MEASURE FIXING WAGES UNDER DISPUTE IN OPERATION old board dissolved and set of medi acors tor will be named by president coolidge signs the bill washington the watson parker bill for or settlement of railway labor disputes was signed friday by president coolidge who said in a statement that although he be would have hare preferred a more definite declaration tor for the tha possible protection of the public he believed there was involved an issue of arst first public importance that of encouraging an industry to adjust relations between employer and employee without the intervention ot of the government with presidential approval of the act the railroad labor board in existence tor for six years was abolished and a new system provided tor for by the establishment of 0 conference groups and adjustment boards within the indus try and the creation of 0 a board of mediation whose five fire members are to be appointed by the president it the board by conciliation falls to effect a settlement of a dispute provision is made for arbitration or as a last step for the appointment of an emergency board by the president to investigate and report on the facts involved tor for the information of the public the members of the mediation board are expected to be named in time tor for the senate to confirm them at the present session the new adjustment plan which was described by the president as providing for self government within the industry in labor matters had been urged by a majority of the members of the association of railway executives and by the twenty standard railway labor unions including the tour four brotherhoods brothe while opposition was expressed by a minority group of railroads in the association by the american farm bureau federation and other groups hailed by the railroads and unions favoring it as a treaty of peace it was criticised criticized by opponents as not sufficiently protecting the public interest the president referred to this point in his statement |