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Show ANGEL, come home. All is forgiven, or at least I hope you'll forget that I didn't buy you those wonderful Van Heusen CENTURY shirts for your birthday. I remedied the situation at 1 KNIGHT'S IN SUGAR HOUSE : i o CMoedv Woods go SdCxq Ttx Switchmen's Union of North America went on strike switchmen (the other 05 belong to the BRT and ten days ago rather than join the Rio Grande and four ORC) , thereby set in motion a chain reaction wh other western railroads in accepting a 40-hour week already has worked irreparable harm on their conv- and $1.49 per day increase in pay (equivalent to more pany, their fellow employees, their friends and neigh- than 18 per hour), recommended by an impartial bors in home communities, and the entire nation, fact-finding board appointed by President Truman Any strike is costly to all concerned. This on and composed of Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice has tied up completely the principal transportation Roger I. McDonough, University of California Pro- agency serving scores of communities thruout Colo- feasor of Economics Gordon S. Watkins, and Indiana rado and Utah. This loss never can be recovered. Toa- Supreme Court Judge Mart J. O'Malley. miles and passenger-miles cannot be stock-piled; it L The SUNA, representing only 5fc of the nation's not used when available they are lost forever. Here's cost of the strike in its first ten day: To the Rio Grande Railroad $1,700,000 m gross revenues To the 500 switchmen on strike more than $ 60,000 in wages To the 7,000 other Rio Grande employees out of work because of the strike more than $ 740,000 in wages To the thousands of employees of other industries laid off as a direct result of the switchmen's strike more than $ 600,000 in wages PAYROLL LOSSES IN JUST 10 DAYS HAVE EXCEEDED. $1,400,000 To the communities served by the Rio Grande 1. Payroll totaling $1,400,000 2. Low of markets for 5100 cart normally loaded in local Rio Grande territory during this 10-day period and over 6200 cars normally handled to and from other territories Products of agriculture, 1280 cars Forest products, 2040 cars Livestock and animal products, 340 cors Manufactured goods and miscellaneous, 3520 cars Products of mines, 4100 cars 3. Passenger space which would have been occupied by 23,000 passengers who already held tickets. 4. Personal inconvenience to all members of the community, disruption of travel plans, delay in inbound and outbound shipments. 5. Drastically reduced income to many communities dje to loss of tourist business. To the United States government more than $230,000 in federal income faxes; disruption dis-ruption of rail transportation during a period of international tension. The Rio Grande and the other railroads affected not only offered to accept the settlement recommended by President Truman's board (which would add over $300,00 J annual'y to Rio Grande payrolls) but also volunteered volun-teered the following concessions : 1. To negotiate an earlier effective date than that recommended by the Board. 2. To give consideration to a request for an increase in the differential between a foreman and a helper. 3. To extend to the SUNA switchmen any better settlement which might later be obtained by other unions representing 95 of the switchmen in the United Stales, which hove similar cases pending. LThe SUNA switchmen's answer was NO. Saturday, July 1, after the strike had been in effect for one week, a representative of the federal government called upon the switchmen to return to their jobs in view of the present international situation. The SUNA switchman's answer was NO, on the grounds that no national emergency exists. With each day the strike continues, the losses continue to mount. DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD a Hwrf tody !ss ) 'xriMtec is twSea? XT RECEIVES THt DRAINAGE OF TWl LAMO--IT WEARS AWAV OR BUI LOS UP THE LAND (T SUPPLIES THE ATVtOSPHEPi WTTH MOISTURE rT l THE. GREAT RE6ULATOR OF CLIMATE AND IS THE HISHW OF ALL NATIONS. 167 1 What are the advantages of trading at the SOUTHEAST J PHARMACY. YouH always receive the finest for the least, ol course. Take advantage advan-tage of our wonderful line of "specials." You'll SAVE, SAVE, SAVE. Southeast Pharmacy 2660 SOUTH 20TH EAST Phone 6 2181 |