Evening Star Newspaper, March 9, 1928, Page 5

] " (PERATOR UPHOLDS LABOR BARGAINING! Tells Senate Inquiry Group, However, “Dictation™ Will Be' Fought. By the Associated Press The principle of collective bargain- ing was upheld before the Senate coal | investigating committee today by Frank | E. Herriman, president of the Clear-| field Bituminous Coal Corporation, & subsidiary of the New York Central | Railroad Co.. who at the same time took # decided stand against what he termed “collective dictation” by the United | Mine Workers The distinction drawn by Herriman precipitated a short clash with Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana. In an- swer to the Montanan the coal operator £aid he believed in organized labor long as the labor is our own workers. He denied that it was proper to assume ‘qhat President Lewis of the United Mine Workers represented the union miners in the Central Pennsylvania coal region as much as the president ot the New York Central Railroad repre- sented the railroad. Says Arbitration Refused. n asserted the United Mine would never arbitrate. but al- sted on having their terms nder threat of a strike. Pressed by Wheeler, he said he be- lieved in the general principle of or- abor and agreed that the anization had done much to rking conditions. d that the “contented orking in his flelds be ify as non-union men. as the union was represented. Sen- ng. Republican, Idaho. as- such witnesses as he desired would be summoned. Denial that " Wages were re- duced by the Pittsburgh Coal Co in 1925 because of his desire “to make a £0od record” as chairman of the board of directors was made by W. G. Warden of Pittsburgh. Contradicts Mine Chief. who succeeded R. B. Mel..n &s chair of the board. flatly con- tradicted the previous testimony of John L. Lewis, president of the Un:ted Mine Workers, on this point. He said b!fl_hzd talked with Lewis in March, 1925, about reducing the miners' wages and added that no such remark about wantng “to make a good record” in his Bew position had been made. The wage redustion was proposed on account of the poor returns of 1924. he said. but this was dus to economic con- gitions and mnot to R. B. Mellon's ad- “_*sxnuon arden testified that the breaking the Jacksonville wag» agreement g-:{ fi‘.'s: brought up before the board of directors in May, 1925, and that he advocated an “cpen shop™ opsration of the mine. was supported by a unani- Mouse vote of the board, he added, an4 it was decided to go back to the 1917 wage scale Opposed by Donaldson. Cross-examined by Oliver K. Eaton, unicn attorn Warden sald that his olicy had n opposed by John A. naldson. a vice president of the Pitts- burgh Coal Co. and that Donaldson had left the comoany as a result of the decision of the board. Senator Couzens, Republican, Michi- whether a legal opinion on e validity of the “Jacksonville agree- ment” had been available before the ©ompany abrogated the instrument and Warden said that an oral opinion had Deen rendered to him by Don Rose. the :vmmny atiorney. “The opinion,” he id. “was that we were within our legal Tights in making the change.” Questioned further by Eaton. the ©perator said the surplus of the Pitts- Warde burgh Co. was aproximately $80,000,000 when the wage shift was decided. He also told the committee that John G. Search had been loaned to his com- pany by the Pennsylvania Railroad for the purpose of organizing the “coal po- lice” n the company territory. Tells Company's Side. Lesher appeared yesterday a8 the first of the numerous operators and their representatives subpoenaed for the in- quiry on request of the United Mine Workers. At the instance of Oliver K. Eaton, attorney for the union, the company officer outlined his administrative dutics and briefly traced the history and scope of his organization. He sald that a formal statement of its side of the case would be submitted later. Senator Wagner, Democrat, New York asked Lesher for statistics on past earn- ings of hiz company, but the witness pleaded unfamiliarity with those de- tails. Eaton then informed the com- mittee that he had the figures, and later he asked the company officer whether the earnings were not $14.000.- 000 in 1917, £9.000.000 in 1918 and ¢4,- 500,000 in 1919. Lesher said he conld not_answer. Frank E. Herriman, president of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Co.. a sub- sidiary of the New York Central Rail- | road. which operates mines in central Pennsylvania, assumed responsibiiity for reduction of miner's wages under { the Jacksonville agreement scale three | months after that agreement had | terminated. Ve agreed with the union for 30 years,” he sald, “and we wanted to con- tinue to operate under the union when the Jacksonville agreement ran out, if { the unton would give us a scale under which we could operate. They would | not, and economic competition made the previous wage scale impossible so | we had to turn non-uniol —_———— EMPLOYMENT REPORT NEARING COMPLETION Director General Holds Survey Re- sults Will Be Ready With- in 10 Days. s { Director General Jones of the United States Employment Service reported to | Secretary of Labor Davis today that the Nation-wide survey of unemployment which has been in progress for severa! 1 be laid before the Labor Sec- within 10 days. Mr. Jones would give no indication of the exteat or | spread of unemployment in advance of submission of the figures ohtaincd by | the employment service and tabulated by the Labor Statistics Bureau. | | Secretary Davis has taken no action | toward initiating another national sur- vey of unemployment authorized under a resolution introduced by Senator ‘Wagner of New York, and passed by the | Senate last Monday. Funds for this sur- | vey are not available at the present time, it was said at the Labor Depart- ment tod: and the Wagner resolution did not authorize appropriation of funds to carry out its purpose. All the funds | not otherwise used by the United St | Employment Service in its survey wer | allocated to the Labor Statistics Bureau to carry out the work of tabulation. The Labor Secretary is known to feel | that unemployment is not as widespread | !as it has been pictured. but that any | estimate in advance of an official nose count would be premature and might affect the authority of the official fig- jures. Varying estimates of unemploy- ment e placed the number of men | out of work as high as 3,500.000. but it is understood this figure is high and that the actual number may be show: to be less than 2,000,000. o A T Lexington Starts Cruise. The Navy Devartment was informed | late yesterday that the new airplane ! |carrisr Lexington left Hampton Roads | as originally scheduled - yesterday for| | Pensacola, Fla.. from where she will pro- | | ceed through the Panama Canal to foin | coal | the battle fleet on the Pacific coast for | | mageuvers | i | Quality Jewelry—Always ATIONALLY advertis has vs been the 1 best merchandice from the most relia This th. come to this 7 years. akers. service satisfies ed quality merchandise. It policy of this house to carry e merchandise is backed by a Tens of thousands store yearly and have for Lowest Cash Prices On Easy Terms enient credit plan malkes paying eass to each atche fect Diam Tewelers and one cent to the cost, not even mnpaid balance, A fair deal ana and every one on Dia and Jewelry has nown as the “Home of Per- “Washington's Most Popular THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (.. FRIDAY. MARCH 9, 1925 SENATOR ASSALS REPORTS ON 1. C. €. {Says Rumored Statements Intimate Attempt to Intimi- date Senate. Calling attention to published re- ports to the effect that one or more members of the Interstate Commerce Commission might resign as a protest against the failure of a Senate com- nttee to approv® tae renomination of Commissioner «isch. Senator Neely, Democrat of West Virginia ceclared in the Senate today thal if this report is true it constitutes an attempy by mem- vers of the commissioa to intimidate the Senate. Senator Neely said that he would in- ticduce a resol:tion later in the da o Ming on the rcomriissioa to infor the Senate her such reports are fiue. “If it is true,” said Senator Neely, “it reveals the fact that the Inter- state Commerce Commission is now en- gaged in the most reprehensible, the most unjustifiable and the most rev- olutionary attempt of intimidation in the history of this country.” Operators Plan Action. The Senator from West Virginia sald the 1eports indicate the commission is not satisfled with making itself a dic- tator ot the property of the country, |PCO but sceks aiso to dictate to the Senats A few days ago the interstate com- merce committee of the Senate made an unfavorable report on the renomina- tion of Mr. Esch. but the Senate has not_vet taken up the report for action Coal mine operators from Southern territory, meeting here today. voted to | institute litigation in the Federal courts against the latest decision of the In- terstate Commerce Commission in the lake cargo rate controversy. Most of the principal bituminous coal operators located south of the Ohio River were represented in the session. In addition the principal Southern coal carrying railroads. the Chesapeake & | Ohio. Norfolk & Western and Louisville & Nashville roads were represented. al- though the question of whether the railroads will participate in the opera- tors' appeal to the courts was left open. Gore Heads Hearing. w» 5 their clients at the conference that there was good ground for appeal with a prospect of success. Gov. Gore of West Virginia attended the gathering, and took charge of the conference. Decision to Be Fought. The court fight wiii pe against the ruling of the commission, in refusing the Chesapeake & Ohlo, Norfolk & Western and Loulsville & Nashville Ratlroads the right to make a voluntary reduction of 20 cents per ton on lake cargo coal, moving from mines south of the Ohlo and Potomac Rivers to the Great Lakes for transshipment by boat to the Northwest, The commission had previously al- lowed a 20-cent cut in the rates on lake cargoes from Ohio and Pennsylvania districts, and the Southern operators contend that th# gave a rate advan- tage to thelr Northern competitors, which threatens the destruction of the industry. e W. E. LITTLE BURIED. Former Federal Employe Taught Apprentice Plate Printers. Funeral services for William E. 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