Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1922, Page 11

LOSEPAYAPPEAL Labor Board Reaffirms Stand | -Against Union Overtime Wage Demandy B the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 16.—The United States Railroad Labor Board, in a de- cision, upheld its: former stand in denying matntenance of way men their request. for time and one-half after eight hours’ work and on Sun- days and holidays. By the board's decision the present ruling of a pro rats rate for the nl.nth and tenth hours and time an¢ . half after that hout is_upheld. A re- . quest for a ruling on contract work, the decision stated, had been answer- ed by previous decisions. These de- clared such contracting an attempt to avold provisions of the transporta- tion act. ‘Workers Gain Polnts.- Rulings favorable to the employes ‘were contained in the decision in that employes’ time must start and end at designated assembling points and supervisory forces shall be compen- sated on the same overtime basis as the men supervised when the general force is required to work in excess of eight hours. The last ruling applies 1o foremen employcd on a monthly basis. In a dissenting opinion, A. O. Whar- ton called attention to discontent and unrest among railroad erployes “when an examination of the decision of this board will disclose that ther has been but one decision lssued dur: ing its existence that represented any betterment of thelr conditions of em- ployment.” Chairman Ben W. Hooper, while agreeing with part of the dissenting opinion, declared the discontent among the employrs was not impressive. “In view o! the sufferings and losses of the farmers and producers of the country, from which railraad labor has been largely exempt, the railway employes could consistently - subdue their ‘unrest and devote their en- thuslastic exertions to the efficlent service of the people who are paying for it,” he said. Answers Criticism. “It might also be remembered that many of the rallroads have not been pleased with decisions of this board. Some_of the most important Jlecisions that have cver been rendered by the + board were favorable to the employes. For example, the Pennsylvania case and the contract cases. in both of which the Department of Justice at ‘Washington is defending the rights of the employes on up to the Supreme Court. “When the constituted authorities are oeing critlcized for denying some of the tentions of a given class of citizens it would be refreshing to make occasional mention of the fact that the same authoritles have been equally as zealous in upholding tne rights of that class. A degree of fair- ness along this line would obviate class hatreds. allay unrest and strengthen loyal patriotism.” — PREPARE T0 PREVENT . ANOTHER MINE STRIKE Labor Department Officials, Lao'k- 3 ing Into Next Year, Confer With Union Men. Possibility of averting another nation-wlide coal mine strike was dis- cussed this afternoon by Secretary of Labor Davis with four officials of the United Mine Workers of America and Director Kerwin of the bureau of conciltatalons of the Labor Depaft- ment. Following failure 9f the’ Chicago operator-miner conference last week to arrive at an agreement on wages for the coal year beginning April 1 next, government officials were rep- Tesented to be apprenensive of ane other coal strike. Specifically, the gonforence today ‘took up conditjons in _the anthracite fields in the Con- nellsville and. Cambria districts of | Pennsylvania. where a group of min- * ers, estimated to total 15,000 men, are out of work. The miners’ representatives who met with the secretary today in- cluded John L, Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America; Philip Murray. vice president; John Kennedy and Cris Goiden. The mine union _officials have been in Wash- ington for the last two days testify- ing before the coal commission. also anxious, according to John Hays Hammond, its chairman, to avert possibility of another coal strike and has endeavored to impiess upon the union officials that the. government and the consuming public desires no recurrence the industrial trouble of * in the coal industry that occurred last summer. FRANCE AND CANADA SIG TARIFF TREATY Exports Will Be Admitted on Bet- ter Basis by Both Coun- tries. By the Associated Press. PARIS, December 15.—A commer- clal treaty between France and Can- ada was signed here today. ‘The treaty, to which were attached the signatures of Premier Poincare, Luclen Dior, French minister of com- merce; Lord Hardinge, British am- bassador to Fraance; W. S. Fielding, Canadian minister of finance, and Er- nest Lapointe, minister of 'marine and fisheries, ‘replacés the pre-war ar- ent between France and Can- ada, It gives Canadian. commerce new sdvantages in severa] hundrad articles and places France on' the . most-favored-nation basis with Can- French exports will be admitted to Canada on what is called the inter- mediate tariff, whlch i3 the most fa- vorable, eéxcept that given England, apd will afford France a better outlet for her wines, automobiles, laces, feathers and other de luxe merchan- mn that formerly prevail! An twonty-ol:ht c-n-ltln accorded the mh(-u hrlfl and 326 are intermediate tariff. Interms articles are - allowed to cnur asis as from the United States llfld'r lhl Franco-American commercial agree- hint of 1921. f the. American agreement should cuu 1o’ operate, it is provided that Canada be & 25 per cent reduction from the minimum tariff. ‘The treaty is a permanent one, but may ‘be-denounced upon six moaths motice. ——e on these intermediate articles 's, the Slation of underwriters, dates back séventegnth century, though only tnwrpor-led in 1871. ¥ Lioyd' RAILWAY WORKERS famous English asso- | BOMB EXPLODE. ;Rs AFTER 57 YE : .USE-AS PLAYTHING OPELOUSAS, La., Deccmber 16— Tossed about fifty-seven years, in which_time it served as an andiron and was used in shot-putting exer- cises and for other purposes, a bomd intended for use tn the civil war ex- ploded yesterday wrecking & tene- ment house on the plantation of A. E. Veltin, two miles south of here. It was serving as an andiron when it exploded, no one being in the house at the time. The house was Wrecked and burl\ad. HAWAI “ENSLAVED BY SUGAR BARONS B Japanese Score Capitalists and lmportatloq of Coolies, |f Before Inquiry. By the Associated Press. HONOLULU, December 16.—That Hawalil is a ingdom”s ruled politi- cally and economicaily by a few suger capitalists, at whose mercy one-third of the island's_population exists; that there is no labor shortage and that the importation of Chinese coolies for the plantations would mean “reviving slavery in an Integral part of the United States,” were some of the trenchant paragraphs in a statement submitted to the eral labor.inves- tigation commission by the Japanese Laborers’ Association. The commission, which recently heard a statement from the Filipino Labor Unlon, also denying the exist- ence of a labor shortage, was ap- pointed by the federal government to Investigate the situation in the islands following the appeal from “a- wail for permission to admit contract Chinese labor for stated periods. Driven From Homes. After denying the charge that the Japanese threatened to dominate the territory’s business, the Japanese La- borers’ Association’s statement sali “Unmerciful capital drove the na- tives of Hawail from their homes and from the soil to make way for sugar. The first importation of Chinese (which occurred a number of years ago under the monarchy) sounded the death knell of the Hawailans. “There exists in Hawail a sugar kingdom, due. to the fact that the capitalists of the sufer industry have invincible influence on the political and economic ‘life of the islands and possess all land suitable for sugar cultivation almost to the last acre. One-third of Hawaii's population living at the mercy of the sugai planters.” The statement . declared that the Japanese population of the islands had fallen off 17,000 between the years 1908 and 1922, while the Filipino population was showing a heavy: in- creagse. It added: “The Filipinos drove out the Japanese and the plant- ers hope that the Chinese will drive out the Filipinos.” Ceoliec Menace Scored. that the actual last was 953, and dontinued: importation of Chinese coolies would defy American civilization and Amer- ican ideas. It would mean the re- vival of slavery in an integral part f the United States.” The statement closad with the declaration that plantation workers cannot live on their present wages, and intimated that higher wagea and general reform of the treatment they receive on the plantations.would keep thém' on the- job. ‘The commiesioners announced to- day they would close thelr:investiga- tion and leave for the mllnlu\d on the steamer City of Los Angele: They refused to make any ment as to their decision, and that they had a mass of dm:\lmenu and_statistics which_would hlvs be digested before a finding woul made public. ¢ —_— WILL JAIL DRY VIOLATORS. {New York State Officials Drop “Summoning’’ Business. NEW YORK, Daeember 16. Prohl- bition enforcement age! structed by Acting Sune Prohlbltlon Director E. C. Yellowly last night to jail every violator of the prohi- bition law, and cease issuing sum- i monses. Such prl-oneru, the prohibition director orders, shall be turned over to the police, to be held until they obtain bail or are arraigned in court. “There has been too much of this ‘summoning’ business,” said Mr. Yel- lowley. “From now on we will ‘make arrests.” The_police have heen empowered to fix ball in federal prohibition cases, e e he announced. 5 | fen: lihhrymAm!flwlfl‘ the “government by lence, the Military Order of the World ‘War yesterday unanimously adopted a resolution protesting against sny Amnesty for war-time prlumu whn 0 ted of conspirin, fi government lnd nsis re convici ¥ htll' full seritences be e_Soclety, in which called at- HE Editarid Section presents concise opinions on the en- grossing subjects of the hour, contributed by those in closest touch with the affairs_ of the moment. HE Pink Sports Section will in- terest every. one—men and women; old and young—wha have a hobby in the world of sports and athletics. Entertainingly written. HE Society Pages are full to T o:itl?( with who's who lnd what’s doing in the bril- liant American Capital city. HE Girls’ Page has its personal message te the yoang ladies, delivered by a girl who knows wl_nt interests her sisters. “'l'lu Man With the X-&y "'%-uby May Soars a Bit.” Pioneer RNESTY FOR WARTIVE 55 2 PRSNERSRESTD tontion to the plotting of the radicals in this éountry in effort to overthrow dress ard resolution was wuluud U:lud States secretly plotting lnuhnn irivestigated and reed, t! using every power at their command to destroy:_the fivcrnmam by force and yiolenve. r. Whitney stated that he was not unduly alarmed by their advances if the awake from their apa thom in check. he” added, the eople of Pou-omd anq Moscow nst | thought the sume thi: did not J m" :‘\ukl in ‘tlmo to hpwn t }37-:"'33 of rror and anarchy now 55 ‘m”. he [~ ar. wnnmy also stressed for general amnesty for tha so-called 'orce and. vio- y and hold Defore the local chapter at & monthly political prisoners, doeurln that it i dress Which Cited &dinl ,Plntl “‘:x';“",‘,':v'; e ‘&‘;{ E;‘“fl"w:‘".“l Was &n organised : attempt Of the to Overthrow Government. Rt pee e e, wora o, pittieal Secrat Plottings by Rads. prllanorl and only thope were con- NS Dot hat the rode, under orders vicied of oon e bt el kil o= Following an address by R. M. 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