Show featherbedding feather bedding scheme heme of Fir emens union to put an additional fire fireman manon vOn diesel locomotives has been considered TV ile fact finding boards appointed by presidents roosevelt and truman have said these demands were devoid of merit and they were now the Fir emens leaders seek to fro paralyze railroad transportation to compel the railroads to employ a wholly unnecessary additional fireman to ride on diesel locomotives this scheme is plain Is BED I 1 r I 1 M T WADERS ADERS OF the Fir emens union have extra fireman is needed for safety reasons called a nationwide strike starting with heres what the board had to say the record of diesels safety four great railroads on april 26 these on that point railroads are the new york central pennsylvania the safety and on time performance is outstandingly good santa fe and southern of diesel electric locomotives operated presidential FACT FINDING BOARD REPORT the union claim that second fireman a under tinder current rules have been notably read these excerpts from official reports is needed on grounds of safety is sheer good of presidential fact finding boards hypocrisy safety has been dragged in into to upon careful analysis of the data submitted the safety record of diesels is outstandingly this dispute only in an unsuccessful effort on safety we have concluded stan good and it follows that to give a cloak of respectability to vicious that no valid reasons have been shown the safety rules now applicable have featherbedding feather bedding demands is as a support for the brotherhood proposal produced good results after a careful study of the first demands under tinder which a fireman would be the safety and on time performance of this union a presidential fact required to be at all times continuously of diesel electric locomotives operated board 21 1943 under current rules indicate that finding on may reported cab of in the road diesels the proposal to president roosevelt that there was no be diesel electric operation lias has been safer must rejected need for an extra fireman on diesel than steam locomotive operation locomotives the real reason behind these demands is remember these are arc not statements of again on september 19 1949 after a that the union leaders are trying to make the railroads they are just a sew few of the second hearing the union leaders demands jobs where there is no work in other many similar conclusions reached by president on dentT Tr fact of rumans finding board which aich words a plan plain case of feather featherbedding bed bedding h mg second board president a reported to spent months investigating the claims of truman that there presently exists the railroads have no intention of yielding the union leaders to these wasteful make work demands no need for an additional fireman upon either the ground of safety or that of efficiency and economy of operation safety record of diesels is DA outstandingly good although the railroads accepted the board findings the union leaders have brazenly we are publishing this and other advertisements to talk to you rejected them they represent that an at first hand about matters which are important to everybody |