Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1921, Page 3

) - ; THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1921. NATIQNAL AGREEMENTS GROWTH| Abe Martin Says: ' TPANAMA TOLLS TAKEN UP. iz oot son ezt oo a‘ 'E i . OF SI ATION 3 Have You Done Yo Share? American merchant marine shait pass Rivers and Harbors Congress Re- !roush the la: witho Seen as Storm Center of Controversy Now ! payment of tolls. HAWAIIAN-TRADE BALANCE ; Waging Between the Roads and : Their Employes. ma canal viving Opposition. The National Rivers and Harbors Congress has issued a questionnaire onrl‘lnlma canal tolls. In explana- tion of the blank the congress states: “The National Rivers and Harbors Congress has always been in favor of exempting vessels eng; ed in coasi- wise trade from the payment of tolls at the Panama canal. A strong cam- paign was made in favor of this principle when the Panama canal bill ‘was under consideration in 1912 the resolutions adopted by th. Vention held in December of that v said. “We heartil commend the Six upon its grant of the recently enacted law, from tolls upon ships en wise trade Are you one of the 4312 persons who have responded to the appeal of the Associated Charities and the Citi- zens' Relief ‘Association for more members and more money? Islands Sold U. S. $192,383,185, Bought $74,052,453 in 1920. HQONOLULU, T. H., April 4—The territory of Haw sold 192, "M"wq 3 Eight thousand dollars is still needed to enable these family welfare agencies to continue their work. worth of products to the mainland of the Ut to A States in 1 a total value of > of t 0, and bought 453, They need your help. allowed to deal with the em s of the ndiviaual roads. plaze It was in 1912 that the Federation of Federations was organized by the shop crafts in Kansas City, and two years later this organization became the railway employes’ department of the American Federation of Labor. The country was divided into three divisfons by the organization of the general managers of the railroads for purposes of their own — the western, the northeastern and the southeastern. The workers followed out this same line of division cnd sought to bring about agreerhents covering the working conditions of the employes in each of the three di- visions. Finally a great step forward was made when the shop workers in the southeastern division entered into a divisional agreement March 1, 1917, with the roads of that division. It became effective in September of that year, a few months before the rail- roads were taken over by the EOV- ernment. What Employes Belleve. The employes believe that if the roads had not been taken over by the government. similar agreements would have been made in the other divisions, and that these sectional agreements were merely leading up to national agreements and stand- ards of work and pay. In fact, it is their contention that the railroad managers were themselves looking forward to such agreements realizing that it meant a saving of time and money to deal with the employes col- lectively rather than in smaller groups. ot BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. (Copyright, 1921, by The Washingten Star) A storm center of the controvery mow waging between the railroads and their employes is the so-called “national ‘agreements.” Under these agreements working conditions and wages are standardized the country over. The questions that arise are with “nationally” rather than by the jndividual road with its particular employes. The national agreements as to working conditions were made while the roads were under federal control, late in 1919 and during the early part of 1920. The wages of the employes were standardized when the railresd administration issued order No. 27 in : May, 1918, which was supplemented from time to time thereafter. The railroad employes look upon the pational agreements as @ great step forward in obtaining the justice due them in the matter of working econditions. They sometimes refer to them as a “bill of rights” of railroad labor. “Will you give it by sending a contribution to Howard - S. Reeside, 923 H street northwest? hizh prices received for Hawaiian AT P e | MUSIC PROGRAM PLEASES. Grondahl), “Dance from Jolster” |} (Grieg) and the last group. “Valse| = Mignonne” (Grunfeld), “Due Bist die | Attractive Numbers Rendered :t! the Arts Club. Rub” (Schubert-Liszt), “Death Scene from Tristan and Isolde” (Wagner- Lisat), An cspecially ‘attractive musical| “Ni60 bachiy songs were “Oh, for & | program was rendered last evening at|Burst of Song” (Alliston), “Omnipo- | the Arts Club, under the direction of !tence” (Schubert), “Requiem” (Hom- the music committee, |of which r), “Treachery” “I Love the ouW. Fairfax is chairman. The!Thee" (Grieg), “Hindoo Chant” (Bem- artists were Miss Mabel C. Linton, iberg), “Banjo Song” (Homer) and pianist, and Arthur Chester Gorbat ‘h, | “Mother of Mine.” ‘basso, with Miss M. Katharine Floeck - her, accompanist. Miss Linton and ’ Mr. Gorbach each gave three groups of selections. Miss _Linton's program comprised three German dances by Beethoven. « group of Scandinavian songs, includ ing “Barcarole” (August Enna), “A la_ Gavotte” (Richard Anderson) “Summer Song” (Agathe Backer —e e for harmony. If one class of em- ployes on one road, say the Balti-; more and Ohlo, receives. 2 cents an|{ hour less than a class doing similar work on the Pennsylvania, the men on the B. and O. are in a fever of discontent and agitation is con- | stantly in evidence for more pay. BANDITS L.OOT THEATERS. DETROIT. Mich.. April 4—Three armed bandits this morning entered . but in this we were de the exemption was repealed ships for the use of the canal. JIt is understood that the matter will again be taken up by Congress, | two vaudeville t e : probably at the extra session begin- into the office s T A ning April 11 "It is possible that the| $4,000. At one xemption will be carried farther than | major part of the oot was obt b;rore. for the national platform of ' a tchman and three s:rJhw‘r:l‘nnE; the party now in power contains the were held 4t bay while the combina- following declaration: ‘We recom- ' tion was being knocked off the safe Germany seems t’ have been prepared fer ever’thing but git- tin® licked. We've got so mary candi- dates fer th’ pustoffice that they’re wearin’ badges t’ keep from solicitin’ each other’s in- fluence. Copyright National Newspaper Service. i T isn’t always the ‘ big deals that mark the success of a Real Estate cffice. The smaller deal oftentimes require more thought, closer financing and mean more in the final analysis. The Small trades are important ones in this organization. Wheth-] vou want to invest a few nds or many thousands, your best interest is centered here. 1005-07 Penna. 616 17th St. South of Pa. Ave. D. J. KAUFMAN’S MAN’S STORES We Give the Values and Get the Business ization of wages. It is their conten- tion that a man who lives and works in a remote part of the country should not be given the same wages as a man who has to live and work, for instance, in New York or some other metropolis where, they say, the cost of living is much higher than in the first place. The roads want to Avenue Roads Denounce Pacts. “The railroads, on the other ‘hand, through their executives, are de- nouncing the national agreements as the cause of tremendous waste in the operation of the roads—estimated as high as $300,000,000 annually. They argue that the conditions imposed in these agreements compel the rail- roads to pay for a great deal of time that is not really used in work, and also force the roads to employ more men. The employes, on the other hand, deny these charges, and bring counter charges to the effect that the railroad managements are inefficient and wasteful. There are five of the so-called na- tional agreements relating to work- ing conditions entered into by the railroad administration during the period of federal operation of the roads. The first was with the em- ployes represented by the railway employes department of the American Federation of Labor and its affiliated erganizations of the mechanical sec- _tion. The agreement was signed Sep- tember 20, 1919, by Walker D. Hines, director generai of railroads, and rep- resentatives of the followin zations: The International Associa- tion of Machini~‘s. the International Brotherhood of Hoilermakers, the In- ternational Brotherhood of Black- smiths, the Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers' International Alliance and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America. Other Agreements. The other national argreements were between the railroad adminis- tration and the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes ‘and Railway Shop Laborers, effective December 16, 1919, between the rail- )rund administration and the Brother- hood of Railway and Steamship | Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes, effective Jan- wary 1. 1920; between the railroad ' administration and the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oflers, effective January 16, 1920, and be- tween the railroad administration : and the Brotherhood of Railroad Sig- i nalmen of America, effective Febru- ‘ary 1. 1920. These agreements were continued in force-and effect after the roads When the war came and the gov- ernment took the roads. then there was but one employer to deal Wwith, and naturally, the men say, the na- tional agreements followed. The na- tional agreement, they say, is based upon the old Southeastern agree- ment. At the convention of the rafl- way employes’ department of the A. F. of L in St. Loufs, {n 1918. a Qommittee was appointed to seek such a national agreement. Seventy- three men, representing all trades and all parts of the country, met in Washington with representatives of the roads and drew up the agree- ment. It was presented to Director General McAdoo. He was going out of office and he turned the matter over to his successor, Mr. Hines, who, in turn, referred it to the board of wages and working conditions. A conferance, made up of fourteen rep- resentatives of the roads—all prac- tical railroad men—and fourteen rep- resentativés of workers worked fur- ther on the agreement. Later still another committee of five, appointed by the di tor general, took a hand in the mattér, and finally, on Septem- ber 20, the national agresment was national agreements are very com- prehensive. The eight-hour day as provided for in the Adamson act is, o” course, included. and provisions for in making promotions, along with merit. The rules deal with the hours for going to work, for meals, for laying off. for filling vacancies tem- porarily, with the character of work to be performed the various crafts. with apprentices and helpers, and, in fact, every conceivable con- tingency that may arise. Standard Wages Follow. Standardization of wages through- out the country naturally followed, the men point out, when the railroad administration started to fix wages located. One of Arguments. R EISEMAN’S 605-607 7th St. A Good Spring Suit At Eiseman’s Costs You~0nly = be able to pay the men, 50 far as pos- sible, just what they can get men for lnT;;'arloul parts of the country. e railroad workers, on the other piho railroad workers, on the sther|coming down then thelr wages should Ing in this country does not vary a|fom& SO0y fire the war the rail- great deal where railroad shops are | Dot that BOLOTS 1 where raiiroad shops are|road employes on the whole were it matter little, they say, for|derpaid. For many months after the the workers get a raise the landlords and the merchants in the various localities are not slow to take advantage of it and prices go up accordingly. One of the main arguments ad- vanced by the men for the stand- ardization of wages is that it makes wages, it may be stated that workers do not hold with the argu- ment that if the cost of living Is come down. In the first place, they underpaid, some of them grossly un- war began they saw men in other employment _recelving higher and higher pay while theirs remained sta- tionary, for the most part, until May. 1918. They stuck to their jobs, how-, ever, Then, too, they say, the cost of living is not the only criterion in establishing wages. Men are en- titled to something more than a bare 1iving. 270701070700 72 Bet. F and G Sts. In connection with the mll!eru?f' More Active Than Ever. “priced “GOOD TIMES” are here as far as these two stores go. The reason is plain—our mer- chandise is 35 to 409, lower in price.. The result is Business D. J. KAUFMAN. Join the throngs of wise buyers and “top off” with one of these really popular Washington Heights Best buy in the city today. h and 20th Centu FOR COLLECTIONS Al Prices were handed back to their private owners by the government, March 1. 11920, and the United States Railroad Labor Board in Chicago is now con- ducting - hearings _to _ determine ‘whether these lgr;%l‘lenll should be .+ retained or scrap . The development of the national agreement between the railroads and ) the shop crafts as represented now by the rallway employes’ department .of the American Federation of Labor and grant increases in pay. The gov- ernment could not well pay & machin- ist doing & certain kind of work on one road more or less than a ma- chinist doing' the same kind of work on aenother. The raliroad executives are bitterly opposed to this standard- prevents Dys- pepsia and re. B e o A ycikiag conditions = 3 * 1.9 Il§ —And there are plenty-to choose from, too. : digbation jmnd Saint Patrick S| Rich blue, i)towrll)s, gtzays, tans, greens, in At Both Stores there’s a s i flannels, fancy cashmeres and worsteds. wealth of selection in Con- Ash your Physicien ; - v Note the Name Solemn Requiem for His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons tions — th: southwest and south February of that year a momentous eonference was held by representa- tives of the machinists in the south- west section and some nineteen roads. It lasted for six weeks. There were * mine men on each side of the confer- ence table. Prineiples Followed Out. ‘While no definite agreement was signed up, certaln principles were laid down which later were followed eut. It is recalled today by repre- sentatives of the machinists’ union Father and son can rejoice over these values! servative, Young Fellers and= : Sport Models. All colorings, all new 'designs. . There is an Office Building —in ‘Washington that is not paying the owners one- half of what it should, because of inexperienced manage- Watch Repairing Jewelry Repairing Prompt Service—Moderate taking part in that conference that the railroad executives insisted that Wednesday, April 6 ment. $ : Alia gendral ollisera”of (he Intara- > AP That statement is directed at the owners of this par- Cheues CHARLES E. TRIBBY, Jr. tional union be present—rather than the conference be conducted by the sepresentatives of individual roads.| This, they say. does not jibe with the Plea of the roads now that they be SPECIAL NOTICES. MOTOR to New York. Ad- dress Box 147-K, Star office. 5* FIRSTCLASS AND EXPERIENCED ELEC- trician is ‘a a postion to wire 2 or 3 houses. Prices consistent with finished workmanship and best of materials. References furmished. 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